FIC: The Trick is to Keep Breathing, BBC's Sherlock, R?, Sarah/John/Sherlock.

[saathi1013]

Title: The Trick is to Keep Breathing
Author: saathi1013   
Fandom: BBC's Sherlock
Pairing: varying permutations of Sarah/John/Sherlock (established)
Spoilers: just watch the series, it's only 3 episodes.
Rating: R? but just barely.
Contents/Warnings: Angst, h/c. Mention of bloodplay/needleplay.
Series: This is the fifth in the Lorem Ipsum Series. Also,

Comments

[kellwho]

Ooh, I watched TGG last night and thought John was doing the sos thing too. Ah, well, nice fanon. :)

This series is something I fell into, expecting that the triad dynamic couldn't be written well or in character and I'd give up a few paragraphs in. WAS I EVER WRONG.

Can't praise it enough so I'll simply add that I can never, ever, EVER, get enough power play/bdsm/heavy kink play in any fandom, so not only will you not lose me, you will have me in my bunk for hours. Jesus, just the first time Sherlock touched Sarah the way he did I made little undignified whimpering sounds.

[saathi1013]

Ahahaha, another convert! *cackles madly* And YES, I do so <3 me some kinkplay in this fandom (as if you couldn't tell). Have you read Parrotfic's ' If I Fell' yet? because it is one of my VERY favourites, my remix of it aside. Top!John, Sub!sherlock, Sherlock POV, exquisitely IC. Unf. Go read it now if you haven't already.

(I feel like I should make a recslist, but I cannot be buggered. Recing in random comments will do for now, I suppose)

[kellwho]

I have read it, and the remix, along w lots (but not enough) D/s stuff. (I'm compiling a rec list of my own for my newly converted friends, yours is sure to be on it!)

[saathi1013]

god yes, we need more D/s stuff. And more top!john, pleaseplease? When you get that recslist up, please send me a link? as clearly our tastes are similar, haha, and I would lovelove to see other fics you like. ^_^

[cloudtrader]

Gosh this series is so fun! I'm really enjoying it. :D

[saathi1013]

You say 'fun' on this installment of the series. With a Molly icon.

I don't know you but I suspect that you're one of the most awesome people ever, right now. :D Because you're just odd in hilarious ways.

...*pauses, blinks*

*Points finger* You! You recced me on Crack_Van! *flails* I think I need to sit down. Because that made my whole holiday season, did I mention that? And all of your recs there have been amazing, with half already on my favourites list (even the ones I won't admit to in polite company), and the other half quickly got added to it. *takes a deep breath* Yeah, so, what I mean is thank you, both for that and for commenting here. Sorry for the flailing.

[cloudtrader]

Heheheh, and you just made me grin and wiggle like a puppy in my chair. :-P

The icon is called "Molly - Thinking Dirty Thoughts" in my dropdown. And this series? Much with the naughty thoughts. (Plus, Molly/"Anthea"!!! :DDDDDDD) I really adore your Sarah. I've always been a big fan of Mary in the canon and my person OTP is Sherlock/John/Mary (STILL can't find that Irene/Sherlock/John/Mary story that I read in a zine a million years ago, which makes me full of woe) and I adore Sarah in the series. She's pretty badass -- knocking out Tong assassins on her first date with the boys! I've really been enjoying this series and the dynamic between the three.

And yes, I was the recsperson for Sherlock on crack_van last month. I'm glad my rec made your day! :D You write really enjoyable stuff, and write it well. I'm a bit sad I didn't have the time to recommend more stuff there, but I was totally pushing it there at the end with multiple recs every day, lol. I'm not much of a creator of fanworks at the moment (it has been years

[saathi1013]

^_^ to all of the above.

And also: it doesn't matter if you're in a creative slump, because good reccers? are as essential to fandom as writers who churn out a story a day, because you're willing to sift through everything *for* us and give us *gold*. I'm just thrilled I counted, even the once. XD And you were so amazingly prolific in your recs that I don't think I got through 'em all yet... but I'm enjoying every one, so far.

[juniper200]

This series makes me so happy.

[saathi1013]

oh, hurrah! I was fretting that the angst in this one would throw people off...

[darthhellokitty]

Oh, I can't do justice to how good this is with the kind of comment I'm capable of right now - just saying, oh my goodness, this is good, and painful, and wonderful, and amazing, and everything else.

[saathi1013]

/blushes madly/

[kholly]

As painful as the "tactical retreat" was I'm glad you included it because it added a genuine layer of realism. Sometimes their lives suck and if there were no consequences of that it would become hard to read.

I'm enjoying your Sarah much more than I did canon's. It's nice to get to spend time and add depth to minor characters.

[saathi1013]

thank you, I really am glad this did not Ruin Things Forever for this series. :)

(and we haven't got *enough* canon!sarah yet for me to really judge... here's hoping she comes back in s2 and the writers don't make her SUCK. *crosses fingers*)