Within This Frail Crucible of Light by Eldritchhorrors (Explicit)

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Fandom: SHERLOCK
Pairing: John Watson/Sherlock Holmes
Length: 11,334 words
Author on LJ: eldritchhorrors
Author Website: on AO3, fic Masterlist
Why this must be read:
This is the second story in a series called The Cold Song and it is FANTASTIC. (Go ahead and read the first story before this one if you want, it is just as good, but the next three stories start an as-yet unresolved arc, so if you only read completed works you'll have to wait. Fortunately, this story can stand alone, even though the entire 50k word series is incredibly brilliant.)

This story and it's prequel literally had me gasping. The prose here is gorgeous and emotionally rich without being clinically detailed and overwrought. There are layers of detail here that come together to create a fantastic whole, like a delicious cake where every layer is richer and yummier than the last.

This story does need some warnings, but you'll find a detailed list in the author's headings. Sherlock is bored and John asked him to stop using drugs (detailed in the first story of the series), but Sherlock still needs something to replace it. John said he'd do anything...

Within This Frail Crucible of Light by Eldritchhorrors

Comments

[dryadinthegrove]

This is one of the best stories I've read in any fandom, ever. It is, in fact, amongst a very few fics I would point to as being some of the plain best writing in any genre, fic or non-fic, ever.I can't recommend it highly enough.