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leashy_bebesTitle: Mistakes of Our Youth by candle-beck
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Ritchie movies)
Rated: Explicit
Pairings: Holmes/Watson
Author's Summary: It's the backstory; it's how they got here.
Word Count: 31000
Why I Loved It: This fic is stupendously, beautifully written. The dialogue is wonderful and the messy emotions are so perfectly realised, and the story fits perfectly into and around canon.
Caveat: YOU WILL CRY LIKE A BABY. Well, you might not, but I did. It's one of those fics where you reach the end, keep frantically page-down-ing for a while, then you reach for the blankets/strong alcohol and you cry and cry while realising that this heartbreak was the most beautiful thing. (I have actually only read this twice, which is unusual for the fics I'm reccing for 100 things, but it is agony in the way that great writing can be.)
Additional fair warning (which is totally an incentive and goes to show how awesome the writing is): this fic has become an irreversible part of my movie-head-canon and I sometimes cry at stupid moments during the first film now. Hey ho.
Come on, flist. I know you love fics that rip your heart out with emotion and heartbreak and I-want-to-shake-you-roughly-by-the-throat character moments that just work so perfectly.
(Comfort blanket: Go read The Greek Problem by the same author aftwards.)
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Ritchie movies)
Rated: Explicit
Pairings: Holmes/Watson
Author's Summary: It's the backstory; it's how they got here.
Word Count: 31000
Why I Loved It: This fic is stupendously, beautifully written. The dialogue is wonderful and the messy emotions are so perfectly realised, and the story fits perfectly into and around canon.
Caveat: YOU WILL CRY LIKE A BABY. Well, you might not, but I did. It's one of those fics where you reach the end, keep frantically page-down-ing for a while, then you reach for the blankets/strong alcohol and you cry and cry while realising that this heartbreak was the most beautiful thing. (I have actually only read this twice, which is unusual for the fics I'm reccing for 100 things, but it is agony in the way that great writing can be.)
Additional fair warning (which is totally an incentive and goes to show how awesome the writing is): this fic has become an irreversible part of my movie-head-canon and I sometimes cry at stupid moments during the first film now. Hey ho.
Come on, flist. I know you love fics that rip your heart out with emotion and heartbreak and I-want-to-shake-you-roughly-by-the-throat character moments that just work so perfectly.
(Comfort blanket: Go read The Greek Problem by the same author aftwards.)