Hunger Games AU?
anonymous
January 23 2011, 10:32:03 UTC
Nooo idea if this has been prompted (and if it has, omg please link me), but my roommate and my talking about Katniss and Peeta's relationship got me stuck on how I clearly have a thing for pairings where one person's devoted without any attached expectations and the other totally fails at feelings.
Which is to say I'd really like a Hunger Games AU: Sherlock and John are their district's tributes this year. A fill would just about make my month.
THIS IS HOW IT ENDS
anonymous
January 24 2011, 17:00:45 UTC
“Are you sad?” the boy calls, sing-song. “So sad, so sad your little pet died. Had his uses, I’ll give you that. You’d never have managed that overgrown idiot alone. But surely you never intended anything else. Things that are all used up get discarded, Sherlock. I did you a favor.”
Sherlock feels Jon’s knife, solid and steady where it’s concealed beneath his sleeve.
“Oh, that’s it, isn’t it?” the boy coos, softly venomous. The cameras must love the show. Moriarty has a dramatic flair that makes him draw out every death. “You wanted to be the one to end him. Wanted to squeeze the life right out of him, look into his eyes and tell him he was such a good boy, you’re so very sorry, kiss kiss
( ... )
THIS IS HOW IT BEGINS
anonymous
January 24 2011, 17:06:44 UTC
The first volunteer isn’t one of the hulking careers scrambling for attention but a skinny, small boy, surely just turned twelve. There’s a berth around him before he’s even called, like none of the other boys want a thing to do with him.
He’s smiling the whole time. Grinning, giggling, blowing kisses at the camera, skipping up the stairs to the platform. The careers are always pleased to be selected, but this is different. There’s something empty in his eyes, something dark and burning beneath that Jon feels even through the screen. This one is dangerous, his gut tells him.
They aren’t smiles, but a baring of teeth in challenge.
THIS IS HOW IT ENDS
anonymous
January 24 2011, 17:10:21 UTC
“I’ll kill you, you know,” the boy says, cocking his head to the side and grinning. He holds the stun baton he seems to favor and a serrated knife. The blade is slicked with something green--poison, surely. “Look at you, all beat up. Like a dog nobody wants
( ... )
THIS IS HOW IT BEGINS
anonymous
January 24 2011, 17:27:14 UTC
His mother is a sturdy woman, muscles built from handling haunches of meat, wrestling everything from whole pigs or cows, though most of the time it was smaller work--dog, goat, squirrel. Whatever the poachers could snag, whatever they could afford to buy from District 10
( ... )
THIS IS HOW IT ENDS (final part)
anonymous
January 24 2011, 17:29:02 UTC
The world is white when he awakens. For a brief moment he wonders if he’s dead but the sheet over him, the bright light directly overhead dispel the illusion. It’s confusing. Jon was sure
( ... )
Re: THIS IS HOW IT ENDS (final part)
anonymous
January 24 2011, 19:58:11 UTC
Ohhh my gosh, HEARTS AND STARS IN MY EYES, anon. Thank you for posting this. And oh Mycroft, you bugger. Of course you'd do that. I enjoyed the heck out of this.
Re: THIS IS HOW IT ENDS (final part)jesse_kipsFebruary 3 2011, 13:20:28 UTC
OMG OMG OMFG.
This was absolutely fabulous. Such a stunning fusion between the two worlds- you really wrote the harshness and hopelessness of the situation, and there was a plot and various endings and Mycroft being super-powerful, and the Sherlock and John relationship built up so well. . . Seriously, this was amazing. I am going to save this on my favourites, and read it a million more times.
Re: THIS IS HOW IT ENDS (final part)blamethecupcakeApril 21 2011, 03:15:33 UTC
I JUST FINISHED READING THE HUNGER GAMES THEN RUSHED OFF TO READ THIS AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT IS PERFECT AND I LOVE IT. CAPSLOCK ALONE CAN NOT EXPRESS MY LOVE.
Re: THIS IS HOW IT ENDS (final part)iwouldbegoodApril 13 2012, 12:15:29 UTC
I found this because it recently got recced somewhere, or someone asked for a Sherlock/Hunger Games crossover, and now I can't find that post anymore...
Anyway, I am so glad it did, I absolutely loved it! The intensity of the fic and the reality of it, and the plot and perfect characterization. And disjointed narrative and the form of it was so great, particularly how the This Is How It Begins/Ends part takes the central position and is the lengthiest one and includes this lovely lovely line:
Jon is too busy smiling to think that the warmth creeping into his chest means nothing good.
Which is to say I'd really like a Hunger Games AU: Sherlock and John are their district's tributes this year. A fill would just about make my month.
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Sherlock feels Jon’s knife, solid and steady where it’s concealed beneath his sleeve.
“Oh, that’s it, isn’t it?” the boy coos, softly venomous. The cameras must love the show. Moriarty has a dramatic flair that makes him draw out every death. “You wanted to be the one to end him. Wanted to squeeze the life right out of him, look into his eyes and tell him he was such a good boy, you’re so very sorry, kiss kiss ( ... )
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He’s smiling the whole time. Grinning, giggling, blowing kisses at the camera, skipping up the stairs to the platform. The careers are always pleased to be selected, but this is different. There’s something empty in his eyes, something dark and burning beneath that Jon feels even through the screen. This one is dangerous, his gut tells him.
They aren’t smiles, but a baring of teeth in challenge.
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This. I love the books, but you just made them even more awesome. Oh John. My heart just hurt for him.
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This was absolutely fabulous. Such a stunning fusion between the two worlds- you really wrote the harshness and hopelessness of the situation, and there was a plot and various endings and Mycroft being super-powerful, and the Sherlock and John relationship built up so well. . . Seriously, this was amazing. I am going to save this on my favourites, and read it a million more times.
Hearts hearts hearts <3 <3
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THIS IS SLIGHTLY BETTER.
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Anyway, I am so glad it did, I absolutely loved it! The intensity of the fic and the reality of it, and the plot and perfect characterization. And disjointed narrative and the form of it was so great, particularly how the This Is How It Begins/Ends part takes the central position and is the lengthiest one and includes this lovely lovely line:
Jon is too busy smiling to think that the warmth creeping into his chest means nothing good.
Also, thank you for letting them both live! <3
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