(I know, I never write, I never call. I'm blaming it on a longass semester and the gradual death of my personal laptop, which means all my logged-in-as-Amal internet takes place on my phone. But anyway, I am writing a thing.)
Truth May Vary (2703 words) by amalnahurriyeh
Chapters: 1/12
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mary Morstan/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mary Morstan, Mycroft Holmes, Original Characters, Cameos from the majority of the recurring characters
Additional Tags: Post-Reichenbach, Not Season/Series 03 Compliant, Racebending, Mental Illness, Kid Fic, Divorce, Emotional Infidelity, (actually emotional polyfidelity but people are dumb)
Series: Part 7 of Truth May Vary (Post-Reichenbach series)
Summary:
Posting plan is every 2-3 days. I've got the first 4 chapters written, and the rest solidly outlined; my weekend plan is called chapters 5-7, which is totally plausible, given that last weekend was called chapters 2-4...
Truth May Vary (2703 words) by amalnahurriyeh
Chapters: 1/12
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mary Morstan/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mary Morstan, Mycroft Holmes, Original Characters, Cameos from the majority of the recurring characters
Additional Tags: Post-Reichenbach, Not Season/Series 03 Compliant, Racebending, Mental Illness, Kid Fic, Divorce, Emotional Infidelity, (actually emotional polyfidelity but people are dumb)
Series: Part 7 of Truth May Vary (Post-Reichenbach series)
Summary:
Seven years after Sherlock's death, John's life is normal.
And then it isn't.
Posting plan is every 2-3 days. I've got the first 4 chapters written, and the rest solidly outlined; my weekend plan is called chapters 5-7, which is totally plausible, given that last weekend was called chapters 2-4...
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Again, too lazy to do a proper repost, so have the link to the AO3 version:
Doubt Looms Over The Mind (2124 words) by amalnahurriyeh
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: Suicidal Thoughts, Doctor Who References, Sherlock Is A Bit Not Good, Murder, Paranoia
Series: Part 6 of Truth May Vary (Post-Reichenbach series)
Summary:
Getting close to the part where I actually have to start writing the long version...
Doubt Looms Over The Mind (2124 words) by amalnahurriyeh
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: Suicidal Thoughts, Doctor Who References, Sherlock Is A Bit Not Good, Murder, Paranoia
Series: Part 6 of Truth May Vary (Post-Reichenbach series)
Summary:
He does not see things. But sometimes he remembers.
Getting close to the part where I actually have to start writing the long version...
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I am too lazy to repost this today. So, here, go find it on the AO3:
These Things They Go Away (738 words) by amalnahurriyeh
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson, Mary Morstan/John Watson
Characters: John Watson, Mary Morstan, OMC
Additional Tags: Kid Fic, parenting, Not series 3 compliant
Series: Part 5 of Truth May Vary (Post-Reichenbach series)
Summary:
These Things They Go Away (738 words) by amalnahurriyeh
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson, Mary Morstan/John Watson
Characters: John Watson, Mary Morstan, OMC
Additional Tags: Kid Fic, parenting, Not series 3 compliant
Series: Part 5 of Truth May Vary (Post-Reichenbach series)
Summary:
Here was someone who felt he had full right to take over his life, ordered him to do ridiculous things at all hours of the night, expected him to respond immediately when summoned, and couldn't be arsed to say thank you at the end of it half the time.
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Title: The Birds All Left
Author: Amal Nahurriyeh (
amalnahurriyeh/
amalnahurriyeh)
Summary: Molly says good-bye a little later than everyone else.
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes & Molly Hooper friendship fic
Rating: PG
Warnings: just some sad.
Angst-level: sad but not crushingly
Timeline: Takes place somewhere between five and six years after the events of The Reichenbach Fall, in the Truth May Vary universe.
Disclaimer: Intellectual property is a capitalist fiction designed to oppress the working fic-writer. That said, I don't own them either.
You can also read it on the AO3.
A/N: Written for
louisebrealey's birthday. I am kind of ashamed of this fact, but, well. No shame in fandom, and I think we can all agree Loo's a badass. Unbeta'd, because
leighnahurriyeh fell asleep on the couch before I could hand her the computer. Let me know if you see typos, etc.
Returning to type: the title is from Your Bones, by Of Monsters and Men. I included a link in the text to give a visual reference for one of the objects mentioned in the fic.
( She kneels down and pulls the weeds, letting the soil fall back to the ground from around their roots. )
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Summary: Molly says good-bye a little later than everyone else.
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes & Molly Hooper friendship fic
Rating: PG
Warnings: just some sad.
Angst-level: sad but not crushingly
Timeline: Takes place somewhere between five and six years after the events of The Reichenbach Fall, in the Truth May Vary universe.
Disclaimer: Intellectual property is a capitalist fiction designed to oppress the working fic-writer. That said, I don't own them either.
You can also read it on the AO3.
A/N: Written for
Returning to type: the title is from Your Bones, by Of Monsters and Men. I included a link in the text to give a visual reference for one of the objects mentioned in the fic.
( She kneels down and pulls the weeds, letting the soil fall back to the ground from around their roots. )
Title: Hold Your Hopes, It's Now
Author: Amal Nahurriyeh (
amalnahurriyeh/
amalnahurriyeh)
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Genre: Gen
Characters: Mycroft Holmes, Anthea
Rating: T
Warnings: none
Angst Level: medium
Timeline: About 5years post-TRF. Sherlock is still "dead."
Summary: There was something that Mycroft Holmes could not work out. He detested this.
Also available at the AO3, as is the rest of the series. Not necessary to have read the others to follow this one.
Author's note:
Title is a misheard lyric from Mountain Sound by Of Monsters and Men. (Warning for Extreme Icelandic Hipsterism in that video.) The actual lyric is "hold your horses now," but I'm sticking to my version, because I like it better. (My son swears it's "hold your horses down," but I'm pretty sure he's wrong, too.)
Thanks to the indefatigable apocryphile/
cityesm for a beta & britpick, as always, and to
leigh_nahurriyeh for lending me her Mycroft ~~feels~~ for a few thousand words.
( Ms. Devetzi? May I have your assistance for a moment? )
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Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Genre: Gen
Characters: Mycroft Holmes, Anthea
Rating: T
Warnings: none
Angst Level: medium
Timeline: About 5years post-TRF. Sherlock is still "dead."
Summary: There was something that Mycroft Holmes could not work out. He detested this.
Also available at the AO3, as is the rest of the series. Not necessary to have read the others to follow this one.
Author's note:
Title is a misheard lyric from Mountain Sound by Of Monsters and Men. (Warning for Extreme Icelandic Hipsterism in that video.) The actual lyric is "hold your horses now," but I'm sticking to my version, because I like it better. (My son swears it's "hold your horses down," but I'm pretty sure he's wrong, too.)
Thanks to the indefatigable apocryphile/
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( Ms. Devetzi? May I have your assistance for a moment? )
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Title: Going Where We've Never Been
Author: Amal Nahurriyeh (
amalnahurriyeh/
amalnahurriyeh)
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Genre: Gen
Characters: Mrs. Hudson, John Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: (skip) This story contains a terminally ill character discussing her end of life plans with a loved one. There is not going to be any heroic rescue; she is actually going to die. Prepare your feels.
Angst Level: high; check out the spoiler-barred warnings above if you are sensitive to stuff, or possibly have some tissues handy.
Timeline: About 3 years post-TRF. Sherlock is still "dead."
Summary: Amelia Hudson prepares.
Also available at the AO3.
Author's Notes:
Well, what I thought was a one-shot (Cheerful Songs for the Broken-Hearted) has spawned a series. Oops. You might want to go check out the series page on the Archive for the general timeline. However, this can be read as a standalone.
Title from Your Bones by Of Monsters and Men. Thanks to
leigh_nahurriyeh for encouragement and
cityesm for beta/britpick.
( Amelia's hospital room had quite a good view, she thought. )
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Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Genre: Gen
Characters: Mrs. Hudson, John Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: (skip) This story contains a terminally ill character discussing her end of life plans with a loved one. There is not going to be any heroic rescue; she is actually going to die. Prepare your feels.
Angst Level: high; check out the spoiler-barred warnings above if you are sensitive to stuff, or possibly have some tissues handy.
Timeline: About 3 years post-TRF. Sherlock is still "dead."
Summary: Amelia Hudson prepares.
Also available at the AO3.
Author's Notes:
Well, what I thought was a one-shot (Cheerful Songs for the Broken-Hearted) has spawned a series. Oops. You might want to go check out the series page on the Archive for the general timeline. However, this can be read as a standalone.
Title from Your Bones by Of Monsters and Men. Thanks to
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( Amelia's hospital room had quite a good view, she thought. )
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Would you tag a story where a character has a terminal illness, has stopped treatment, and is discussing their mortality and end-of-life decisions with a friend or family member with "major character death" if they don't actually die in the course of the story? I can see arguments on both sides; on the one hand, nobody dies. Everybody alive when the story starts is alive when the story ends. On the other hand, there's no ambivalence here: the character is going to die, and everybody is fully aware of it, so it's not, precisely, a story with no character death in it--the character death is simply in the story's future.
(I know that 'terminal illness' is a canonical AO3 tag, so there's that, if nothing else.)
(I know that 'terminal illness' is a canonical AO3 tag, so there's that, if nothing else.)
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