Title: In Between
Author: Iolre
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, John/Jim, Sherlock/Jim, Mycroft
Warning: R, slash, drug abuse (Sherlock), suicidal (Sherlock)
Length: Novella
Status: Completed
Broken and battered by an old girlfriend, months after he's home from Afghanistan, John is forced to seek refuge at Asylum - a home for men with nowhere else to go. When he meets and begins to bond with his eccentric roommate (who is even more broken than he is), John realizes that maybe - just maybe - he can heal again.
AO3
There is a sequel but I decided to only rec this story. It is much stronger on the impact than the sequel. The sequel's a bit fluffier.
Same author as:
First Meeting
