A Holmesian Solstice

Title: Hands Full of Matter
Recipient: urbanhymnal
Author: REDACTED
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Characters/Pairings: Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, OMC, OFC / Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Violence, Gun Violence, Mentions of Torture, Injuries, Illness, Fever, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Angst With a Happy Ending, Explicit Sexual Content, Post-Reichenbach, BAMF!John, BAMF!Sherlock, Sherlock is Hurt, Whump, Sherlock in Serbia, First Time, First Kiss, Kidnapping, Smugglers, Mentions of Human Trafficking, Emotional Angst
Summary: When Sherlock is captured in Serbia, Mycroft cannot afford to involve the British government in his rescue. Instead, he sends John. After two years spent thinking Sherlock was dead, John finds himself navigating not only Sherlock’s rescue but their fractured friendship as well.

Prompt: Mycroft doesn't come to Sherlock's rescue—John does. Maybe John figures it all out and goes rogue; maybe Mycroft sends him because he can't appear to be getting the British government involved. Regardless, John is the one who finds Sherlock being tortured and Sherlock is in far worse shape than he appeared in the show. Now John has to not only bust Sherlock out and smuggle him across borders while still being chased, he also has to care for Sherlock's injuries and figure out how to mend their badly broken friendship.


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