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  1. Public Bookmark 20

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    Twenty years ago, Ed spent one perfect winter night with a gorgeous stranger—only to wake up to an empty bed and a single note that left far more questions than answers. He’s built up his life since then, pouring his heart into a cozy, snow-glittered Bed & Breakfast in the mountains… but he’s never forgotten that night, or the man who slipped away before sunrise.

    So when that very same man checks in with his entire family for the holidays, Ed is hit with a surge of unresolved feelings he's tried (and failed) to pack away over the years. Now he has to figure out how to face the past he’s never stopped thinking about, and what it might mean for his future.

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    16 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 5

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    it's after the after. after the sunset, back at the cottage, the comedown. a quiet conversation in the warm tub, night buzzing in through the open window. some ideas about the future. about what it's like to have one at all.

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    04 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 34

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    Sherlock Holmes has bad days. There are days where he can't handle noise, there are days where he has meltdowns full of screaming and crying, there are days where he shuts down, and there are days where he can't speak. He thought he made peace with the fact that those things happen, yet that changes when another person is added into the mix.

    How will his flatmate, John Watson, react to the days Sherlock deems himself most pitiful?

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    01 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 10

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    “John?” Sherlock’s voice was tense, tired, almost fragile. He wasn’t saying John’s name to attract attention in the way he usually would, but instead was asking for it. He hadn’t said Watson, which was normally something John found sweet, but now only built upon the rapidly growing feeling that something was wrong.

    “Hm?” John said, slowly pulling his head away from the cabinet and closing it.

    Sherlock had his arms tightly folded around his middle, wearing only a t-shirt–having likely tossed the hoodie to the floor–and his gaze was fixed firmly on the floor.

    He didn’t speak. He just breathed there, body fixed in the doorway as if it were built there.

    What had Mrs Holmes said?

    “Sherlock…” John said, carefully approaching, holding out one hand, inviting Sherlock to speak.

    “My, um.” He said, in that same, fragile tone, “My brother? He died.”

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    Sherlock receives news that his brother has passed away. Luckily, he knows it's damn hard to kill a Holmes.

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    01 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 9

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    Sherlock’s mind is a well-oiled, frequently inspected machine that Sherlock has studied harder than any case over the course of his life. He understands it, accepts it, and sometimes even loves it.

    Until it changes. Until it's no longer in his control, but is instead a wild racehorse flying off the track and into the forest, as its rider clings on for dear life. Until his body and mind are no longer in agreement, and reality itself seems to slip from his desperate, clinging grasp.

    Until a chilly evening in the pub.

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    Sherlock develops late-onset panic disorder and finds his entire life turned on its head. Sure, he has friends, but it's not like they'd ever understand, right?

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    01 Jan 2026