Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mycroft Holmes/Original Character
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Greg Lestrade, Mike Stamford
Additional Tags: Romance, Alternate Universe, Alternate Reality, Science Fiction, Alternate Universe - Science Fiction, Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Time Travel, Drug Use, Drug Addiction, Drama, Big Bang Challenge, Johnlock Big Bang 2012, Johnlock Big Bang
Summary: “There comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before...” - Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlett
John had thought his affliction an irritation, but nothing more, but finally when John’s ‘shifts’ through time start leading him deeper and deeper into the life of one Sherlock Holmes he realises that this could be the most beautiful, and the most painful, thing to have ever happened to him. As he grows old his travels force him to watch Sherlock becoming younger and younger, less and less complete. Everything leads towards the inevitable, heart-breaking conclusion that John must prepare himself for, whilst preparing Sherlock for the road that John has already travelled.
The one rule: They shan’t spoil the game.
Rec: Using the same premise as The Time Traveller's Wife although not a direct fusion or crossover. A heartbreaking yet beautiful series of scenes of Sherlock and John meeting at different stages in each of their lives, as they experience their relationship in a non-linear way. The author has done a great job of keeping the stories straight so that we both know what's coming and suffer/rejoice along with them at each new discovery.
