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  1. Public Bookmark 81

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    Sherlock has given up on life, just like everyone has given up on him. The decision to jump is only logical, but when he is about to take the final step, something happens. Something interesting or rather... someone interesting.

     

     

    Blue eyes swam with tears as they looked down at the dark water once more. This time, he didn't hold them back, as they ran down his cheeks. No one was going to notice his swollen eyes, if his body was found at all. He was alone - always had been - and he would die alone.

     

     

     

    "Excuse me, mind if I join you?"

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    19 Apr 2026

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    Because words were magic, because they only would come out when they had the right feel and sound, he couldn’t say simple things like: Dad, leave Harry alone for once or Hey, Amy, do you fancy coming out to dinner with me?

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    17 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 36

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    He’s not sure how it started, or how it will end, or what it makes them when they tangle up together at night like lovers, but Paul has never asked, and John might never tell. (Inspired by Soldier’s Girl)

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    04 Mar 2026

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    Thirty-five was the established boundary, Sherlock decided after extensive calculations. He would be dead by thirty-five. That was the kind of man he was. That was the kind of life he lived.

    At thirty-four, a year before his appointed rendezvous with oblivion, Sherlock met a man. Nobody special, or so he thought, an ordinary man--who soon proved extraordinary, a man who killed without hesitation to protect a life Sherlock cared nothing about.

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    This is the story of how Sherlock Holmes lived long enough to grow old.

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    19 Feb 2026

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    Age happens. This is not Sherlock's area.

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    18 Feb 2026