!Keep the Faith!

Chapters: 21/26 Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Mrs. Hudson (Sherlock Holmes), Mycroft Holmes, Greg Lestrade, Molly Hooper, Anthea (Sherlock) Additional Tags: Song Lyrics, Sherlock Dances, balletlock, Sort Of, Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst and Feels, Did I Mention Angst?, Misunderstandings, Introspection, Mutual Pining, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson Being Idiots, Greg Lestrade is a Good Friend, Mycroft Being a Good Brother, POV Alternating, the happiest of Johnlock endings, I promise, Suicidal Thoughts, Hurt/Comfort, sad wanking, Love Confessions, Dancing, Song fic, Johnlock Songs, First Kiss, showering together Summary:

This is a story about two men trying to find their way back into the comfort of their companionship. No easy task in the aftermath of the events of Reichenbach, a wedding and a shot through the heart. They are facing a very rocky road ahead with a lot of introspection, misunderstandings, angst and pining. They each try to cope in their own particular way. Eventually, they’ll find a way to communicate and learn about the true nature of their feelings.

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This story is not an AU albeit not canon compliant. It splits off right after the confrontation at Leinster Gardens. There’s no baby. There’s no redemption for Mary. The tarmac and S4 never happend.

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If you love Johnlock songs, if you love dancing Sherlock, if you love texting and talking and not talking and idiots being idiots… if you can stand a whole bunch of angst with a very happy Johnlock ending… then this story might be for you.

Chapter 1: In Loving Memory 

 Summary: 

 John was tired of worrying about Sherlock. It was eating him up to sit at home and to wonder if Sherlock was alright, if he would come back, if anything had happened. He had the feeling he should be at his side, have his back, but wasn’t allowed to do so. He was tired of being left in the dark.

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Coming soon...

Shatter Me 

by loveismyrevolution

This is a story about two men trying to find their way back into the comfort of their companionship. No easy task in the aftermath of the events of Reichenbach, a wedding and a shot through the heart. They are facing a very rocky road ahead with a lot of introspection, misunderstandings, angst and pining. They each try to cope in their own particular way. Eventually, they'll find a way to communicate and learn about the true nature of their feelings. 

This story is not an AU albeit not canon compliant. It splits off right after the confrontation at Leinster Gardens. There's no baby. There's no redemption for Mary. The tarmac and S4 never happened. 

If you love Johnlock songs, if you love dancing Sherlock, if you love texting and talking and not talking and idiots being idiots… if you can stand a whole bunch of angst with a very happy Johnlock ending… then this story might be for you.

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John’s throat felt strangled. That was what had tortured him when Sherlock had been… gone. That was why there had been no other option for him than to move out. The silence of the flat, no longer filled by Sherlock’s extensive monologues, Sherlock’s sulks… what would he have given for a bit of bickering, for being called an idiot again, for Sherlock’s sulking form on the sofa… because that would have also meant Sherlock’s bright eyes, mischief around the corner of his mouth, Sherlock’s stir crazy joy at the prospect of catching a serial killer, Sherlock’s warmth and gentleness towards Mrs Hudson and that private little smile Sherlock kept only for John… 

And now? Now that he was back? John had hoped to feel less lonely. He had hoped to get his Sherlock back. He had hoped to feel as if he belonged again. But where was that smile? The glint in his eyes? He hadn’t seen it in a long time. Had it ever been back since Sherlock’s return? There had always been a silent understanding between the two of them, but now John had the feeling that he didn’t understand Sherlock at all…

Knowing the song by heart, remembering each word as if it were burned into the back of his mind, John silently started singing along. Nothing more than a whisper at first, but each note echoed boisterously in the hollow of his heart…

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There will be 21 chapters updated regularly two to three times per month. First chapter will be posted on ao3 on Saturday.

I have to thank my lovely friends, amazing betas and enthusiastic cheerleaders @shylockgnomes and @jobooksncoffee (and also @mylastvow for being ever so enduring and patient in the early stages of this fic). Without them this fic would never have been what it is now. Let alone being published…

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