Ahhhh this is so good! And that ending hit me right in the feels.

This was very well written and touching. It really showed the depth of Holmes' and Watson's friendship. Bravo! :)

I'm glad you posted this to FFN. I found this just the other day on LiveJournal and I was hoping it was over here so i could put it on my Favorites list.

I think Mary gets the short end of the stick a lot in SH related fics, so I like how you portrayed her in this piece. I think you have everyone in character, and I like the Hurt/Comfort of it.

Excellent job!

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Loved this! Thanks for posting :)

Really engaging! Very good indeed

Wow. Such tragedy and suffering holmes and watson have to go through. I cried hard at this little story. Poor Holmes, been through so much. Good work

I love these three... well normally I'd hate Mary but I really like her in this.

awww, how sweet! absolutely loved every second of it!

Owww, what a lovely story ! I absolutely loved what you've done with Mary's character, she's so sweet, innocent and helpful. I liked her in the movies, but I've always thought she was really underdeveloped as a character (and Kelly Reilly as an actress), it's kind of frustrating... But in your story, she was just perfect, exactly the way I imagined her to be. Her interactions with Holmes were brilliant, I feel that's totally how the movie characters would behave in this situation. (All three are perfecly in-character, by the way.)

I also liked Watson's "anger" at Holmes for making everyone think he was dead and then suddenly coming back ) The whole narration was very well developed ; I loved the way Holmes, reluctant at first, gradually accepts to confide himself in Watson and Mary about what exactly happened with Moriarty (which, you're right, Watson didn't know ; I always figured that he did, but actually, unless Holmes told him the whole story, Watson would've had no idea ; he just heard the screams, nothing more. Which is even worse, in a way - hearing your friend scream in pain, not knowing why, and not being able to do anything about it *shudders*).

Back to your fanfic - generally speaking, I really enjoy stories where Holmes is just "honest", being himself without his usual mask of cold cynisism and casualness (which is awesome too, mind you). The whole Moriarty-meat-hook-Die-Forelle-experience must have been highly traumatic, and I guess even Sherlock Holmes wouldn't joke about it.

Well, I could go on for ages telling you how great your story is, but I'll just stop here and read it again ) Well done !

[Just a little remark about the tenses you used : the whole story is written in the past tense, but some verbs are in the present tense, you might want to correct them ) ("...and together they barely breathe...", "It *isn't* until the end of the following song that Holmes *shudders* and *takes* a deep breath..." Other than that, it's very well written.]

aww, how sweet of them to do for Holmes!

That scene was heart retching! Ugh. It's been forever since I've seen it, but it still gets to me.

I liked how you had Mary along. I like her much better then Irene.

Fantastic story! I especially love the interactions between Mary and Sherlock. Absolutely heartwarming. Thank you for sharing!

That was perfect! *_*

Great work!

Aww, that was cute. Mary is such a wonderful person! :)

Thanks for this story : )

It shows , for what friends re for and gets some of the " bad taste " away from Mary .

I like the idea very much , that someone wpuld help Holmes out of the trauma of that horrible hook - scene . . .