Fic: 221B - A wordless prayer
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anarionTitle: A wordless prayer
Words: 221
Rating: PG-13
Pairings : Sherlock/John
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: Not mine.
The Catholic mass starts when the priest sheds his secular clothing. Their mass starts the same.
Then:
Darkness – like a cloak, hiding them.
Heartbeats – pumping blood through the body beneath him, so alive.
Hands – warm, gentle.
Soft moans - a wordless prayer.
This was his religion. Everything he believed in was here, enclosed in the darkness with him. The only way he could worship the miracle that happened, the chance that had been given to him.
Who would have thought that all the things he deemed important before ceased to have meaning when he was with this exceptional, extraordinary man, who had a sharpshooter’s aim, was brave, loyal, kind, funny, so very human and – most importantly – his.
Sometimes he looked at him and could not grasp that all this would fit into that compact and scarred body, hidden beneath knitted jumpers.
He touched John again, heard him whisper his name into the darkness and knew the other man felt the same.
When they were here the ever-present noise in his head fell silent.
Of course they had conflicts. Arguments. Fights. But never here, never in the bedroom, their chapel. This was the place to celebrate their love, their very own nocturnal High Mass, a holy ritual.
This was their religion and the two men in the bed were the only brethren.
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AN: I needed a little writing exercise. This happened.
I apologise if this hurts anybody's religious feelings.
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Date: 2012-03-21 01:44 pm (UTC)Would you believe me if I told you I've got goosebumps up and down my arms and legs? That this is utterly gorgeous? That you've written something damn near sacred?
This is so very beautiful, so incredibly beautiful.
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Date: 2012-03-21 04:43 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2012-03-21 01:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-21 04:43 pm (UTC)<3
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Date: 2012-03-21 02:07 pm (UTC)*Brain, offline for the love of fluffy jumpers and even more loving sex*
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Date: 2012-03-21 09:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-21 03:14 pm (UTC)I'm writing Mystrade and they're married, but one of their sex scenes felt like worship to me, and I kept thinking about that phrase that's in the English wedding ceremony, at least when I saw the royal ones on tv.
"With my body, I thee worship."
You captured it all in a small space--majesty, power, mystery, heart, comfort, silence, sanctuary.
I like that your couple keeps their bedroom a sacred space.
Excellent work!
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Date: 2012-03-21 09:09 pm (UTC)I like that your couple keeps their bedroom a sacred space.
I believe that keeping your bedroom trouble-free is very healthy for a relationship. :)
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Date: 2012-03-21 06:06 pm (UTC)I don't think anyone religious could find fault in this.
It's downright beautiful.
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Date: 2012-03-21 09:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-21 09:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-21 09:07 pm (UTC)Thank you! :)
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Date: 2012-03-21 11:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-22 10:44 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2012-03-22 09:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-22 10:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-22 11:13 am (UTC)Have a lovely time in London !
Psst ! I think you forgot t in into he darkness ! ;-)
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Date: 2012-03-22 11:22 am (UTC)Thank you my dear! *hugs*
*headdesk* yes, I did. Thanks!
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Date: 2012-03-22 01:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-28 09:42 am (UTC)*monitor purrs*
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Date: 2012-03-22 01:58 pm (UTC)Just one (extremely minor!) quibble - can you give extraoRdinary John his missing "r" ?
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Date: 2012-03-28 09:44 am (UTC)And thanks for finding the typo. :)
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Date: 2012-03-22 03:00 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-03-28 09:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-25 05:57 am (UTC)The most common advice I've heard for having a long and happy marriage is "don't go to bed angry." And you have taken that to the logical conclusion: keep the fights out of the bedroom. You've given them a bedroom that is a holy and blessed place.
All told, this is quite touching.
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Date: 2012-03-28 09:49 am (UTC)I think it is very important to not go to bed being angry with each other or fight in bed.
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Date: 2012-03-25 10:24 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-05-05 11:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-13 07:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-12 09:49 pm (UTC)I am stunned and so very impressed.
*curtseys to the awesome*
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Date: 2012-05-13 07:34 pm (UTC)Wait, what do I do if someone curtseys? *grabs the manual*
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Date: 2012-05-13 04:19 am (UTC)("Lestrade! This isn't what you think - we were in the back seat of the squad car celebrating a very private Mass. Yes, I was letting my rod and my staff comfort him. And you can see he's already kneeling. And that was Latin we were screaming."
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Date: 2012-05-13 07:31 pm (UTC)Hahaha! *giggles like a loon*
*ahem*
I meant to say: thank you for this lovely comment! :)
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Date: 2012-06-30 03:58 pm (UTC)no subject
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