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morganstuart

The Distance Getting Close (Sherlock)

Apr 25, 2011 20:08

Title: The Distance Getting Close
(1st in the Good Father Series)
Author: Morgan Stuart
Fandom: Sherlock
Disclaimer: This universe does not belong to me; I'm just an appreciative visitor. I make no profit from this fan work.
Description: What Lestrade needed that night was distance. What he wanted was a few hours alone in which to grieve. What he ( Read more... )

sherlock, fan fiction, the good father series (sherlock & pros)

Comments 36

theteej2 April 26 2011, 01:11:10 UTC

Oh my GOD!

This was eloquent and gorgeous and struck dangerously close to home. Beautiful job, just beautiful!

I've found myself just sitting there, or even showering, and a stray thought would go through my head and I'd think about Cheryl and the tears would just start rolling. And I couldn't shut them off. Since the funeral that hard grief has abated, now there's just a deep sadness and a peace only God can give.
It's a relief in a way.

This story reminds me of that,(and that grief shouldn't be buried.) It's exquisite, thanks so much!

morganstuart April 26 2011, 14:37:32 UTC

Thank you so much for the lovely feedback! I truly appreciate it.

It broke my heart, reading your comments and thinking of your recent loss. I'm glad that, having gone through that hard grief, you're finding peace. My heart goes out to you.

I really appreciate your kind words. Thanks again for reading and commenting.

bk7brokemybrain April 26 2011, 20:18:00 UTC

I love seeing the early days between Sherlock and Lestrade. They are both so wound up here, I loved the resolution brought on by the violin. Gorgeous.

morganstuart April 26 2011, 21:26:36 UTC

Thank you so much! I'm so glad the resolution with the violin worked for you and you liked the story as a whole. I really appreciate your kind feedback!

lucybun April 27 2011, 02:38:14 UTC

Beautiful! Lestrade and Sherlock are actually the only pair I don't seem to ship in this fandom, but I do love to read stories about their friendship and/or working relationship and how it formed; and this is a great example of one of those stories. There is a sense of care here on both sides that shows why these men were drawn to each other and how they helped each other to get to a better place. The use of the violin here as a way for Sherlock to communicate in a way his words won't allow is touching. Lovely, lovely, lovely.

morganstuart April 27 2011, 13:45:20 UTC

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm so glad you liked it, and that Sherlock using the violin to communicate made sense and worked for you. I really did want to show how these two men helped each other, so your comments made me very happy. I really appreciate your reading and commenting!

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morganstuart April 27 2011, 13:47:27 UTC

Oh, thank you so much! I'm so glad the father/family dynamic worked for you.

That he can find something to feel good about in the fact that Sherlock's still alive, thanks to him, and the way Sherlock uses his violin to help share his gratitude for that is really satisfying, too.

This really makes me happy. Thank you! I was aiming for "bleak but hopeful," so your comments have officially made my day.

BTW, I love your description of moving their energies toward each other; I wouldn't have been able to describe this as well as you have, but it was part of the sttucture of this piece from its inception, and it's really gratifying to know that it came through and made sense. I really appreciate your feedback. Thanks for reading and commenting!

amedia April 28 2011, 19:19:02 UTC

I love how you extrapolate backwards; I can see this young man becoming the Sherlock we see on TV, and this Lestrade becoming our Lestrade, and the relationship they have on-screen coming about just this way.

Come to think of it--this hadn't occurred to me until just now--this actually makes it very sad that Lestrade still threatens to look for drugs and Sherlock still admits he may find them. What a wonderful subtext to import. o_O, as the kids say these days.

summoning the voice of the father he'd never had the chance to be.

Every line of the story was just right, but this is the one that made me wibble. By "just right" I mean crafted to the point of transparency, so that the perfectly-placed words efface themselves and the story itself shines through.

morganstuart April 29 2011, 10:41:05 UTC

I can't begin to express how much this means to me. Thank you so much for your always-insightful comments. I'm so pleased that you find these characterizations -- of each of the men on his own and of their relationship together -- as plausible when weighed against how we see the men and their relationship in the series.

You're right: it really does make the "drugs bust" extremely sad. Lestrade looks at him with what I read as this "Don't tell me I don't have the right to do this, because I have every right in the world, and you know it" expression, and I think it fits the idea that he's "purchased" this right with the proverbial blood, sweat, and tears. (It's not unlike the father, taking the keys from the teenage son, saying, "Why yes, I can ground you. I bought that car you're driving.") There's such a sense of exasperation and affection and weariness and history in that scene, it seems to me there's much more going on there than a DI wanting his evidence. John's reaction, interestingly enough, suggests to me that, after a few ( ... )