Fic: More than you think you are
Feb. 2nd, 2012 05:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anarionTitle: More than you think you are
Words: 300
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Pairings : Sherlock/John
Summary: John watches Sherlock sleep. Fluff.
I can Feel the floor boards beneath my feet as I stand here and watch you sleep.
The desire for you spreads through me as fast as a deadly Disease. There is nothing I can do about it, even if I wanted to. You are a radiant beauty, pale in the Bright Lights of the moon.
Whether I am Unwell or Cold, All I Need is to step into your arms, feel you holding me tight, your chin resting on top of my head, your breath ruffling my hair, and everything is instantly better.
How can you love someone like me, with all the scars, the visible and the invisible? How did you even notice me with my limp and my Hand Me Down clothes?
Could I Be You, just for a moment, would I be able to see myself in a different light?
I gently lie down on the bed next to you and you instantly turn towards me, a sleep-heavy hand reaching aimlessly.
They said being with you would be my Downfall, but they were oh so wrong. When you came along my Soul was a tiny flickering light, but you managed not only to preserve but to reignite it.
You’re so real, you’re warmth and companionship and you are here. That makes all The Difference.
My thoughts wander a few hours back to you Bent on this bed, every Push bringing our heated bodies closer together, until we were almost inseparable.
I want to be close to you now, sleep in the safety of your embrace, but I fear to disturb you. The clock downstairs chimes 3 am.
Then you suddenly pull me into your arms and your voice reaches me just before sleep takes over.
“John, you are so much more than you think you are.”
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AN: Yeah, no idea where that came from. I was putting new music on my player and while typing the titles of a Matchbox 20 album I noticed that they are almost a fic in itself.
[Should I mention that the first word combination that caught my eye was 'Bent' and 'Push'?]
So I wrote a little fic, using all the titles in the right order. The album is -of course- called 'More than you think you are'.
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Date: 2012-02-02 05:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-03 08:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-02 05:28 pm (UTC)It reads perfectly beautifully as a story, without even knowing the background, but the way you've incorporated all those songs is nothing short of genius. I'm sure it would take me at least 5,000 words to cover an entire album - I am in awe!
Favourite phrase: 'a sleep-heavy hand'. That's gorgeous :D
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Date: 2012-02-03 08:41 pm (UTC)See, everybody has their strength. I couldn't write 5000 words without losing every reader on the way. But your 5,000 words would be amazing! :)
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Date: 2012-02-02 05:48 pm (UTC)Whether I am Unwell or Cold, All I Need is to step into your arms, feel you holding me tight, your chin resting on top of my head, your breath ruffling my hair, and everything is instantly better.
I'm sure I'd feel the same if I were in John's place. Can I be in John's place for a minute, please ? Just to be sure, you know.
“John, you are so much more than you think you are.”
Perfect last sentence for a very lovely fic. John angsting in the dark (without any reason, as everybody knows, except him, of course ; read fanfics, John !) and Sherlock sorting everything out with a few loving words... Yep. I like that very much.
[Should I mention that the first word combination that caught my eye was 'Bent' and 'Push'?]
No need to mention it. It was obvious ! :D
Did you notice I 've written a whole comment without using the words Sunday or blow ? And you say I'm not subtle ! Pft.
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Date: 2012-02-03 08:42 pm (UTC)*dies laughing*
No need to mention it. It was obvious ! :D
Really? I wonder why...
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Date: 2012-02-02 06:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-03 08:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-02 06:37 pm (UTC)My fave part is that John's soul was a flickering light until Sherlock reignited it. sniffle
There are crossroads where someone holds out a gloved hand, and we take it or not.
The album title biz, so clever on top of the pretty. I love it!
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Date: 2012-02-03 08:43 pm (UTC)Aaw, thank you very much! <3
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Date: 2012-02-02 07:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-03 08:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-02 07:53 pm (UTC)[Yes. 'Bent' and 'Push'. Won't hold it against you, no ma'am.]
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Date: 2012-02-03 08:44 pm (UTC)[Yes. 'Bent' and 'Push'. Won't hold it against you, no ma'am.]
It's kinda mesmerising, isn't it? ;)
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Date: 2012-02-02 08:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-03 08:44 pm (UTC)Also, your icon! *haha*
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Date: 2012-02-02 08:13 pm (UTC)*giggles*
Take no notice of me. I am in whimsical mood.
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Date: 2012-02-02 08:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-03 12:04 pm (UTC)Can't
Look
Away
May be here some time ...
Sorry about the puddle of drool on the floor.
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Date: 2012-02-07 11:42 pm (UTC)Oh, Sherlock. Why must you stop at your scarf? Here, baby, let me get your coat for you...
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Date: 2012-02-09 12:38 am (UTC)It's nice here, though ...
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Date: 2012-02-09 12:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-17 08:44 am (UTC)That little pout he does when he sulks in it is eye-glazingly wonderful.
*droooooool*
I love those little quirks of his mouth so much. *rawr*no subject
Date: 2012-02-02 10:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-03 08:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-02 10:27 pm (UTC)Oh I hope you do this more often because this was truly splendid.
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Date: 2012-02-03 08:51 pm (UTC)I have started to look at song titles in a whole new way. :)
Thanks for your beautiful praises! <3
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Date: 2012-02-02 11:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-03 08:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-02 11:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-03 08:46 pm (UTC)Yes, exactly! <3
Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment!
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Date: 2012-02-03 04:49 am (UTC)Thanks for this!
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Date: 2012-02-03 08:47 pm (UTC)And what? You wrote something for this album too? That is amazing!
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Date: 2012-02-03 09:22 pm (UTC)http://www.angelfire.com/oh4/homeofthegoddess/slash.html
XF, Sherlock, even a little H50 and Buffy--chances are you'll find something here you like :)
Cheers!
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Date: 2012-02-03 04:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-03 08:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-03 06:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-03 08:49 pm (UTC)Thanks! :)
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Date: 2012-02-06 12:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-26 07:42 pm (UTC)How is your fic coming? Haven't seen an update in a while, did I miss something? Maybe I should friend you. Would you mind?
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Date: 2012-02-15 12:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-26 07:42 pm (UTC)I missed you here!
Also, thanks! <3
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Date: 2012-02-26 07:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-17 08:40 am (UTC)(I have their "Yourself Or Someone Like You" and "Mad Season" albums, so I recognized those three)
Their songs are great, and are perfect fodder for a tale or two... <3
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Date: 2012-02-26 07:44 pm (UTC)They make great music, don't they? :)
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Date: 2012-07-15 08:53 pm (UTC)