FIC REC

Ever since the last Sherlock episode aired I have been somewhat desperately searching for good post-Reichenbach fic. There was a really specific itch I was trying to scratch, for something canon-compliant, in-character, plotty, that made good use of the ensemble, addressed all the sexual and personal complications that Sherlock/John would entail, and contained a good reunion. This is ... a pretty tall order, and there are definitely a few charming reunion fics out there that I quite enjoyed.

This fic, on the other hand, does every single one of those things and has basically ruined me for not only any other post-Reichenbach fic but quiiite possibly with whatever Moffat and Gatiss come up with.

the sensation of falling as you just hit sleep by greywash. Love is a much more vicious motivator.

This has excellent ensemble (my particular favorites are Molly and Mycroft, but everyone's pretty great), a wonderfully creative version of Moran, made me yell lots of advice at the screen and claw at my couch with feeeelings, and does Sherlock and John perfectly. The author also wrote some accompanying meta (spoilery for the show but not for the fic beyond basic conceptual things) re: how the fic is about the aspects of the show they found most frustrating, specifically "Sherlock's really sort of adolescent understanding of love, Sherlock's deliberate and methodical deceit of John, and the massively overcomplicated and convoluted nonsense that Moriarty and Sherlock (especially Sherlock) seem to think is necessary to do pretty much anything." Which is to say, this is also a fic about awful people learning to communicate. I don't know if you guys know this, but basically NOTHING makes me weak in the knees more quickly.

So um yes! That is your enthusiastic fic rec for the evening.