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1. The Burden of Life is Love by wildemoose

   Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (Granada TV 1984), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   31 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
   • Sherlock Holmes
   • John Watson
   • Mycroft Holmes
   • Lestrade (Sherlock Holmes)
   • The Final Problem
   • Post-The Final Problem
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Post-Reichenbach
   • Reichenbach Feels
   • Pre and Post Reichenbach
   • Reichenbach Angst
   • John Watson's Reichenbach Feels
   • Sherlock Holmes Has Feelings
   • John Watson Loves Sherlock Holmes
   • Established Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
   • Sherlock Holmes Loves John Watson
   • Demisexual Sherlock Holmes
   • Pining
   • Hand Jobs
   • Anal Sex
   • Gay Sex
   • POV First Person

   Summary

   Watson reflects on the events surrounding Reichenbach: the night before, the intervening years, and the return of Sherlock Holmes.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Holmes and Watson

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   5,190

   Chapters:

   3/3

   Comments:

   6

   Kudos:

   30

   Bookmarks:

   6

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