Fic: Cooperative Principle - 5/8 (BBC Sherlock)

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Title: Cooperative Principle
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 7.7k this part, 56k overall
Betas: vyctori and seijichan
Disclaimer: Do not own.
Summary: As the newest instructor at St. Bart's, John has been explicitly warned to never do Sherlock Holmes any favours. Too bad the sex is so good.
Warnings: explicit sex, dubcon, PTSD, panic attacks

Comments

[coendou]

Eep! See, I was thinking this would happen eventually - Sherlock stumbles on the real cure for his limp. But then I thought would come he happy ending where John realizes Sherlock is still interested... But there are three chapters left, not one! There must be more angst in store! Aaaaaaah, I don't know if I can take it!

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Hm, more angst in store? I wonder what could have ever given you that impression...

[alltoseek]

“Why not?” Sherlock demands.

“Because you want me to.”

Ooooh - John is good!

So much porny loveliness, and then WHAM - in the leg with teh angst again ;-)

But this is good, because now John can find out SH wants him for him, not his stupid leg :D :D :D

ETA: Oh, I get it now! SH thinks John was using him (Sherlock) to cure John's limp - and now it's fixed, John has no use for SH anymore, and goes off 'home'. This is going to be good!

*loves the "dual misunderstanding" romantic trope*

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Thanks!

Interesting prediction, no comment on the validity.

[airynothing]

Oh, ow, wow!

So looking forward to a resolution for this! And to think there's three more chapters...

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Yep, three more. So if you think the angst is bad now...

[cordelia_v]

This just gets better and better.

John's imaginative ability to invent new, alternative reasons why Sherlock does not actually care for him is deeply impressive (as is his lack of self-esteem). And Sherlock keeps missing it: how John is misunderstanding Sherlock. Not that John gives him that much to work with, however.

It's amazing how you make that plausible even though this Sherlock is as good as he is in canon.

Watching these two talk past each other is exquisite torture.

[cordelia_v]

My personal head canon for the end of this scene, by the way, is that Sherlock is off on a case. Can't imagine why he'd ignore a text otherwise, and it didn't sound like the previous case was completely wrapped up yet.

But naturally John sees it in the worst possible light . . .

*wants to hug John*

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Key point: John didn't actually text. He's just waiting for one.

[cordelia_v]

*slaps forehead*

No, of course he didn't. And he still assumes it's over, even though Sherlock generally doesn't contact him while he's on a case.

He is amazingly entrenched in that POV, isn't he? I was impressed at how he could take new info---like the fact that Sherlock had himself tested so early on---and somehow reframe it to support his (mistaken) hypothesis.

Now I'm thinking about how Sherlock will react, when he finds out that John was harboring this opinion of Sherlock . . .

Your angst shimmers and sparkles.

[jperceval]

I love this fic. I love how John is the emotionally unavailable one. I can't help but note that Sherlock WANTED John to come in to 221B after the stakeout, and it was John who pulled back. I hope he gets his head out of his ass. ;-)

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Heheh, thanks!