Midnight (Four Times Sherlock and Lestrade Danced Without Touching (and one time they did), 5/5)

[ariadnes_string]

I try to post a fic on my birthday (though I didn't manage it last year). This year I'll be out of town, so I'm posting this now: the final chapter of a fic I started in Dec. 2011. (yes, that's 15 mos. to write a little over 10k).

I'm not entirely satisfied with this as an ending, but I figure if I don't post it, I may not finish the story 'til 2014. If I get inspired, I'll put together the playlist for the fic at some point.

Fic Title: Four Times Sherlock and Lestrade Danced Without Touching (and one time they did).
Chapter title: Midnight
Series: Jewish!Lestrade
Rating: R
Pairing: Sherlock/Lestrade
Warnings: none.
Word count: ~2.1k, this section.
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit.

a/n: follows on directly from chapter 4.
a/n: unbeta'd,like the rest of it, but thank you to garry_owens for the JPA.

Summary: This is the one where they touch.

Midnight (on AO3)

Comments

[thirdbird]

Oh, glory! I can't wait to read it. YAY!

[ariadnes_string]

omg I finished something! (even though it's only 2k)--thanks for encouraging me to finish it!

[thirdbird]

I really enjoyed reading the whole thing from beginning to end! It hangs together so well, you'd never know it was written over a period of time instead of all in one go.

I don't know when I became such a Sherlock/Lestrade shipper, but this is the sort of fic I have always wanted for them. <3

[ariadnes_string]

That's so nice to hear--thank you!

I glad it hangs together. I knew what all the sections would be before I started writing it in Dec. 2011 (!)--I don't know why it's taken me so long to finish it (though the exact dynamics of the third section were hard to figure out). I'm glad the tone didn't markedly shift over the years.

I like the pairing, too--I like the idea of someone who knew and loved Sherlock back when he was a mess--and continues to do so. And I like that one can write it as something not as all-consuming as John/Sherlock, y'know?

[garryowen]

JPA? Going to read now.

[ariadnes_string]

Jewish Police Association!