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THE FOURTH BONUS CHALLENGE

Apr 15, 2011 19:22

HELLO HELLO! It's the 15th so it is time for

THE FOURTH BONUS CHALLENGEThis month we're doing things a little different again. I'm giving you four unlikely situations and to complete this cycle's last bonus challenge, you will write a ficlet about at least one of them. That's all the instructions I'm giving you this time :D ( Read more... )

round 4, cycle 2, bonus challenge

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Epilogue: I Dream a Highway (Back to You) irisbleufic April 16 2011, 11:05:36 UTC

Song from which the title comes performed by Gillian Welch

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Peacehaven, she'd told Lestrade. It's just outside of Brighton.

Why not Brighton? he'd asked. Plenty of accessible beaches there.

Because they'd never have stood for it, she'd insisted, holding her chin high.

And so, here she is, with the Detective Inspector (so kind, bless him), pulling up to the simple wooden bollards lining the end of a desolate residential street called Phyllis Avenue after an hour and a half on the road. They'd made no stops, her hip be damned. It's an important errand ( ... )

Re: Epilogue: I Dream a Highway (Back to You) venturous1 April 16 2011, 12:44:30 UTC

I know I'm repeating myself but I love you. no one is ever allowed to kill them but you.

irisbleufic April 17 2011, 23:08:26 UTC

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That's quite a responsibility to be handed, even if only by a single reader, so I won't treat it lightly. Thank you *hugs*

Re: Epilogue: I Dream a Highway (Back to You) mushroom18 April 16 2011, 12:50:39 UTC

That last, short line just did it for me, right after Lestrade asked Mrs. Hudson to drop the formalities. I love the thought of Sherlock's violin and John's cane keeping Mrs. Hudson company.

Though the fics break my heart again and again, I LOVE reading them.

irisbleufic April 17 2011, 23:07:24 UTC

I like the thought of her chatting to them. It's fitting.

Thank you :)

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irisbleufic April 17 2011, 23:06:51 UTC

...I'm glad closure has come of these additions, instead of irreparable damage. Can't get away.

Thank you.

Re: Epilogue: I Dream a Highway (Back to You) falling_voices April 16 2011, 14:04:14 UTC

"They're all I had left."

Aaaaaand here I go again. Just a few words. I just. It's terrible and wonderful, how many feelings you can inspire in such a short piece. /sniffles

irisbleufic April 17 2011, 23:05:58 UTC

Well, this 'verse is best told in as few words as possible, I think, across the board.

Thanks *hugs*

Re: Epilogue: I Dream a Highway (Back to You) mazarin221b April 16 2011, 14:26:28 UTC

Oh, my heart aches for them. So beautiful, as always.

irisbleufic April 17 2011, 23:05:17 UTC

Those prompts are quirky and clever. Alas, none of them were going to coax humor out of me.

Thank you :)

Re: Epilogue: I Dream a Highway (Back to You) violetbruises April 16 2011, 14:29:21 UTC

*Sniffles* This was just perfect. It gave me a sense of closure too, kind of like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. And that last line, oh my god.

irisbleufic April 17 2011, 23:04:01 UTC

(And here I'd been aiming for an understated ending. Not so much!)

Thank you *hugs*

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irisbleufic April 17 2011, 23:03:02 UTC

I think I may be running out of (useless) virtual tissues, but never out of hugs. Thank you.

Re: Epilogue: I Dream a Highway (Back to You) kellen_lee April 16 2011, 15:56:20 UTC

Oh god. I have to quit reading that last line, otherwise I'll lose it. Their deaths were always fine with me, because they went together, but thinking about how their being gone impacts Mrs. Hudson (and Lestrade and Mycroft) is heartbreaking. The simplicity of the box and the seaside area she chose is poignant as well. <3

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