Podfic rec: Sherlock

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"Sleep Is a Place" by mad_maudlin, read by cellardoorpodfic | Gen or pre-slash | Sherlock hasn't slept in four days. | 16min.

John snuffles as you slide under the blanket with him, dressing gown and all, then snaps awake. "What? Sherlock? What the hell--?"

"Shhhhh." It's a single phoneme, pure sibilance, and in the still of the room it seems like it will never end, like all the air will rush out of you with it, all the dancing motes of thought. It's a terrible idea and you are too tired enough to mind it. John's mattress is entirely too firm.

"Sherlock, it's three o'clock in the bloody morning. What's the matter?"

"Sleep."

This podfic is like a lullaby. The reader almost convinced me that I was terribly sleepy too. The way she read it, so softly...