Touchstone by shefa (R)

[crazy4bks.livejournal.com]

Fandom: SHERLOCK BBC
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length:∼9,000
Author on LJ: shefa
Author Website:On lj
Author Warnings:none, unless magical realism requires a warning…
Author Summary:On John Watson’s sixth birthday, his mum gave him a flat wooden box to hold his wish stones.
Why this must be read: Magical realism!
Okay I’ll give you more. I love the vulnerability the author gives Sherlock with concerns to the world she created. Sherlock is different from everybody else in, what can be, a very visible way and that gives a little more humanity to him that is compelling.

Touchstone

Comments

[kiharukitty.livejournal.com]

I adore this fic! The use of colors and their solidification into gemstones as emotional markers is such a brilliant idea. That the seemingly emotionally stunted Sherlock is quite literally a blank slate is quite apt, which makes his transformation throughout the story even more poignant.

This is a must read and a fic I consider a classic.

[crazy4bks.livejournal.com]

I am terrible at articulating why I think a fic is so good but you did it so well! Thanks for the comment! :-)

[cloudtrader.livejournal.com]

Great rec, thank you!

[crazy4bks.livejournal.com]

Glad I could help! :-)