Performance In a Leading Role (7/20)

[madlorific]

Title: Performance in a Leading Role
Author: MadLori
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 8600 (this chapter)
Genre: AU, romance
Warnings: None
Rating: PG for now, may go up to NC-17 later
Summary: Sherlock Holmes is an Oscar winner in the midst of a career slump. John Watson is an Everyman actor trapped in the rom-com ghetto. When they are cast

Comments

[lbmisscharlie]

:D :D :D I was just off to bed but thought, hey, maybe I'll check once to see if madlori's put a new chapter up. SO glad I did, this was perfection. Amazing tension: you really got across how much they were yearning for each other and the buildup to the last scene was so good! Also, I love Sherlock's moviefest and their mad cyberstalking of each other.

[violetbruises]

holy fucking shit that was the loveliest thing I've ever read, ngl. SO FUCKING LOVELY. I hope you don't mind my language, but dear fucking god. my heart is doing funny things, very funny things indeed. this was just too lovely. christ.

[megaloo13]

Flailing with excitement! Cannot stop smiling! Oh, boys... :DDD

[markeyisapunk]

yay! "His lips were soft and insistent; they parted beneath Sherlock’s and they dove into each other, all their restraint long ago exhausted, weeks of restraint, months of it, terrible and draining and so futile"

this is like a microcosm of your story, except that I think the angst was good build up rather than draining and futile :). and bravo for not soft-peddling the homophobia that informs their decisions. really nice installment. thank you.

[madlorific]

No soft-pedaling here, since a lot of the conflict in this story comes (and will keep coming) from the difficulties of being Out in Hollywood and the pressure on actors from all sides to present a certain public face.

[markeyisapunk]

love it. works as a story, makes us love and root for the characters more, and doesn't gloss over RL injustice. thanks, as always!

[shezan]

THIS.

Also, OT, NICE BLACK CAT U GOT THAR!

[lindentreeisle]

HAHA YES FINALLY. Sally and Harry are right: men are dumb.

Their reunion was epic and glorious. I loved it. :D A+!