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rampantrecsTitle: These Waking Dream Walk Among Us
Author: TardisIsTheOnlyWayToTravel
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Rating: Gen
Story Link: AO3
Author Link: AO3
Summary: John is the Personification of Britain. Sherlock is Intrepid Adventuring. Greg is the poor bastard who deserves a raise for putting up with them.
(Mycroft is, of course, the British Government.)
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Sherlock Holmes and his brother Mycroft are Personifications. Greg knows this because one of his great-grandmothers was seduced by one of the fairy folk, which means that Greg is basically a normal bloke except he can see things that normal people aren’t supposed to be able to see.
When Greg first met Sherlock he was all blurred around the edges, confused and lost, but these days he’s full of purpose, sharp-edged and the brightest, most fascinating thing in the room. It took Greg a while to work it out, but he’s pretty sure Sherlock is the Personification of Intrepid Adventuring, or Pioneering British Spirit, or something like that – whatever it is that makes intelligent excitable lunatics do things like sail off into the unknown, or create great inventions, or, to give Sherlock’s current occupation, chase after criminals without a care for the safety of himself or others.
Sally complains a lot about how much leeway Sherlock gets; has she ever tried to keep the Personification of Intrepid Adventuring out of something potentially exciting and dangerous?
Sherlock’s brother was much easier to figure out; Greg took one look at him and thought, posh Government twat, which turned out to be exactly on the money.
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Author: TardisIsTheOnlyWayToTravel
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Rating: Gen
Story Link: AO3
Author Link: AO3
Summary: John is the Personification of Britain. Sherlock is Intrepid Adventuring. Greg is the poor bastard who deserves a raise for putting up with them.
(Mycroft is, of course, the British Government.)
===
Sherlock Holmes and his brother Mycroft are Personifications. Greg knows this because one of his great-grandmothers was seduced by one of the fairy folk, which means that Greg is basically a normal bloke except he can see things that normal people aren’t supposed to be able to see.
When Greg first met Sherlock he was all blurred around the edges, confused and lost, but these days he’s full of purpose, sharp-edged and the brightest, most fascinating thing in the room. It took Greg a while to work it out, but he’s pretty sure Sherlock is the Personification of Intrepid Adventuring, or Pioneering British Spirit, or something like that – whatever it is that makes intelligent excitable lunatics do things like sail off into the unknown, or create great inventions, or, to give Sherlock’s current occupation, chase after criminals without a care for the safety of himself or others.
Sally complains a lot about how much leeway Sherlock gets; has she ever tried to keep the Personification of Intrepid Adventuring out of something potentially exciting and dangerous?
Sherlock’s brother was much easier to figure out; Greg took one look at him and thought, posh Government twat, which turned out to be exactly on the money.
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