Fic rec: Sherlock Holmes Movie

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"Yours" by sable_tyger | Holmes/Watson, Watson/Mary, Holmes/Irene | In which Holmes almost does not survive Reichenbach, and Watson realizes that Holmes was expecting that all along. | ~4.000 words

He looks up and is momentarily stunned by the mixture of emotion on Watson’s face, always so easy for him to read. This is the first time Holmes has ever seen anguish there, mingled with something almost like an apology, unspoken and weighing as heavily as a long-held confession.

Watson’s face goes perfectly calm and still before Holmes can read any more, everything else swept away by the characteristically seamless composure of a man who once had none. “Holmes,” he says, or might have said, but Holmes has already bowed low and taken his leave.

I adore the image this story paints, the feelings it evokes. It's wonderful...