That girl who wrote that fic.

1. Written for Benedictcumberbatchruinedme, who bid on a fic from me for the Sherlock Committee Fic Auction for DashCon 2014. This story is based on her prompt.


2. Please be warned that this story takes a fairly sympathetic view of the character of Mary Morstan. If that doesn't work for you, I'd prefer you just not read rather than leave negative comments. Thanks in advance for your understanding.


3. This story plays fast and loose with the science regarding memory loss resulting from traumatic brain injury (TBI). No offense is intended. If I get something wrong and you can't overlook it for the sake of the plot, I'd prefer you email me privately to let me know (emmagrant01 at gmail


4. Huge thanks to drinkingcocoa for her thoughtful advice and commentary on earlier drafts of this chapter!

Chapter 2/?

Author: Emma Grant

Pairings: John/Sherlock, John/Mary

Rating: Explicit

Summary: Almost two years after the events of HLV, John has an accident and loses all memory of the last four years of his life: meeting Mary, Sherlock returning, and everything since.

Length: 2950 words this chapter; 5500 total so far

Warnings: none
Tags: amnesia, probably inaccurate science and medicine, baby Watson, infidelity, romance,

Notes:

1. Written for Benedictcumberbatchruinedme, who bid on a fic from me for the Sherlock Committee Fic Auction for DashCon 2014. This story is based on her prompt.

2. Please be warned that this story takes a fairly sympathetic view of the character of Mary Morstan. If that doesn’t work for you, I’d prefer you just not read rather than leave negative comments. Thanks in advance for your understanding.

3. This story plays fast and loose with the science regarding memory loss resulting from traumatic brain injury (TBI). No offense is intended. If I get something wrong and you can’t overlook it for the sake of the plot, I’d prefer you email me privately to let me know (emmagrant01 at gmail).

4. I will be doing a lot of traveling for the next couple of months and may not be able to post chapters weekly (as I usually do). I will post as frequently as I can, and I thank you in advance for your patience!
5. I asked for a manip to go with this fic and three different people created one! The image above was created by watsonsdick.
6. Huge thanks to drinkingcocoa for her thoughtful advice and commentary on earlier drafts of this chapter!

Link: on AO3

• Partially inspired by Splix's glorious new WIP, Method Act.


• Also written for Let's Write Sherlock's Missing Scene Challenge.


• Huge thanks as always to Drinkingcocoa, who always keeps me right.

• Partially inspired by Splix's glorious new WIP, Method Act.


• Also written for Let's Write Sherlock's Missing Scene Challenge.


• Huge thanks as always to drinkingcocoa, who held my hand and gave me feedback on FIVE drafts of this chapter, until I finally got it right.


• Yes, there are now SIX chapters. Chapter five was shaping up to be about 10K words, so I split it for my own sanity.

• Partially inspired by Splix's glorious new WIP, Method Act, in which Benedict Cumberbatch and Sherlock Holmes switch places in their respective universes, and the results are amazing. It got me thinking that I've never written a body swap fic before, so here I go!


• Also written for Let's Write Sherlock's Missing Scene Challenge.


• Huge thanks as always to Drinkingcocoa, whose comments and cheerleading are invaluable! I really needed them this time around. :-)


• Yes, this is a WIP. I post weekly on Wednesdays.