Lessons in Astronomy
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In a different time, a more naive time, Sherlock thought he was the star and John the satellite, circling him in worshipful orbit. He knows now that was never true. John was always the sun, bright and fierce, and Sherlock was the pale, cold moon, his only heat coming from the light he reflected.
And then his sun went into supernova. Moriarty said he would burn him and he has, and John is the fire, his rage and grief incinerating Sherlock, burning the heart out of him in the end, turning him into nothing but cinder and ash. And now the supernova is collapsing, a black hole born where there was once warmth and heat and love, and Sherlock is being pulled down, down past the event horizon, into the endless frozen void where nothing can ever escape.
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- Part 1 of Lessons in Astronomy
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Despite being the entirety of the British Government, Mycroft always keeps his schedule open on January 6. Just in case.
This year his phone rings. It’s Sherlock’s thirty-eighth birthday, and Mycroft goes to Baker Street and eats a piece of cake just to give Sherlock some ammunition, something to tease and insult him over. Something just to make his brother smile again, even if only for a moment.
We could be happy together, he thinks, as he deliberately misses his guess at Cluedo. I would be here for you, always, and I would never leave you, and we could be happy, just the two of us against the rest of the world.
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- Part 2 of Lessons in Astronomy
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“I want us to go slow,” John says softly. “I want to enjoy every moment of this. Do you know why?”
“No,” Sherlock says, and it comes out a touch impatient but God, how he wants. “Why?”
“Because this is the last time I’m going to kiss you for the first time. And this time, I’m going to do it properly.”
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- Part 3 of Lessons in Astronomy