Nice work. I like the Joan centered pieces because they reveal her interior life so well. Thanks.

Love the glimpses of Joan starting to piece it all together. It had totally slipped my mind that we didn't know where she'd gone after Sherlock left her in the station. Excellent! Can't wait to read the next part...

This was so good... Now I want to know what her reaction was to finding him there when she returned home and hearing all he had to say...

Sometimes, when I read your stuff, I feel like it's just extra pages of story/script that was written but they were never able to shoot for the episode. I have to say, much of what you write is head cannon for me now. How do we know Watson's feelings on the subject of Sherlock deciding to leave? Where was she while he waited for her to mend his torn shoulder (and heart)? You've given a detailed and truly viable answer, and one I happen to really enjoy :)

I love the way this fills in the blanks during those final episodes. Your account of Watson's thoughts and observations on Sherlock and Irene's relationship (The possibility that they would make each other worse and especially the "that's not love" observation) as well as her own hopes and fears were really well executed and spot on. I laughed as she used her travel sized slim Jim to break not her mother's place. And she thinks of the brownstone as her home now. Echoes Sherlock's "this is your home" comment to me. It reinforces how far she's come too and how much she really cares about Sherlock. One of my faves. High five :)