Fic: The Best Picture of the Human Soul (John/Sherlock, PG-13)

Title: The Best Picture of the Human Soul
Author: swissmarg
Fandom: Sherlock BBC
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 5,785
Summary: The stories of our lives are written on our skin.
Warnings: Spoilers for all 6 episodes
Disclaimer: Sherlock Holmes and John Watson were created by Arthur Conan Doyle. The updated BBC version on which this fic is based was created by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. This is a transformative fanwork written for fun, not profit. "The human body is the best picture of the human soul" is a quote from Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Notes: I wanted to try my hand at magical realism. I haven't seen this particular idea done before, but I'm sure I'm not the first one, so any similarities to anyone else's work are entirely coincidental. Huge thanks to obsessionality and similarfrowns for the super efficient beta reading and Britpicking. You guys are awesome! Any remaining oddness is, of course, my fault.

This fic now has a sequel: Sustained by the Strength of the Colours to Come
and fanart by erin: HERE (seriously, go have a look, it's gorgeous!)

( You can never erase your past... )