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The Conflict of the Mind by softlock
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
29 Jun 2025
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"The John in his mind palace was infinitely kinder than the real John. So why does he keep longing after him? Why couldn’t he let go and let him live his life?"
Sherlock comes back from the dead and realizes not only is his relationship to John damaged but his psyche is also damaged. Is the damage beyond repair? Will Sherlock and John come together to heal? -
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John and Sherlock act as a fake couple to investigate a case at the Nobel prize banquet.
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“When I said I was okay to pretend to be in a relationship with you, I meant sharing food at dinner and possibly holding hands, not sharing a bed with my flatmate!”
“Don’t be an idiot! That was rather the point, you know! We need to sleep in the same room in order to catch the killer!”John and Sherlock enter a fake relationship for a case. Will these idiots realize they don't need to act anymore?
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But I kept running for a soft place to fall by softlock
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
02 Jul 2020
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"The guilt was eating up at his insides like he was a particularly gruesome corpse.
But John knew he was all both Sherlock and Rosie had. And all he had was them. It was them against the rest of the world. How ironic."
Set after the Culverton case, nothing is well, John and Sherlock are a mess. They slowly pick up the shambles and start anew.
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Now, willingly stripped and bound and pushed to his knees, he is the closest he’s ever been to the absolute and essential essence of who and what he is. Somehow, within the structures and rules of this strange, elaborate sexual game, Sherlock has discovered new and a completely unknown side of himself, here at the juncture where the most base of biological impulses meets a desperate need for intimate emotional connection.
These moments are where the entire bewildering tangle of his damaged and fragile psyche is laid bare, every nerve and fiber twitching, raw and exposed.
It’s terrifying and freeing. It’s the highest he’s ever soared, the closest he’s ever flown to the sun.
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- Part 5 of Somatic Theory
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19 May 2026
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The bedroom door opens and closes. The bedside lamp clicks on. A warm rough hand cards gently through his hair.
“My good boy,” John murmurs from behind him, and reaches for the side table drawer. He finds his collar and fastens it quickly with one practiced hand, stroking and petting his hair with the other. He sinks down carefully to his knees behind Sherlock, presses his clothed body into his back. The friction of fabric against his naked skin is delightful, makes a shiver run down his spine.
“I was afraid, and I shouldn’t have been,” John breathes into his ear. ”If you trust me, I will trust you.” He kisses the juncture of Sherlock’s neck and shoulder, bites him there gently. “You were right. I was keeping myself from you, and I am sorry. I am so, so sorry. I owe you a thousand apologies for that. And I will offer every one to you, I will. Later. But for now…”
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- Part 4 of Somatic Theory
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17 May 2026
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“Hello there, gorgeous,” John murmurs, warm and fond. “I’ve missed you.”
Sherlock reaches into the pocket of his dressing gown and pulls out his collar. The metal hardware jingles as he drops it in John’s lap and waits.
John’s fingers in his hair grow still. John picks up the collar and inhales. Exhales.
“Sweetheart. After what you’ve just been through...I don’t know if this the kind of thing we should--”
Something spikes in Sherlock’s chest. It’s hard to breathe past it.
“John,” he says, fighting hard to keep his voice even, “surely you’re not so stupid that you can’t parse the profound psychological difference between what we do and actually being forcibly imprisoned.”
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- Part 3 of Somatic Theory
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17 May 2026
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John’s fingers leave Sherlock’s hair and he settles back into his well-worn chair. Arousal is flooding Sherlock’s amygdala, lighting his nerves on fire, making his skin tingle and burn with need. He squirms a bit against the bite of the restraints.
John’s face darkens, grows stern. “Settle, you,” he rumbles warningly. He takes a sip of his tea. “Eyes on the floor.” He sets the tea down and picks up his paper.
Sherlock gazes at the floorboards, breathes out, stills his mind and waits. As the minutes tick by he finds himself slipping into the dreamy-yet-alert aura of subspace, his entire being subsumed, calmed by the simplicity of this, responsibility lifted from his shoulders, the only thing asked of him is to do exactly what John tells him to do.
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- Part 2 of Somatic Theory
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17 May 2026
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“Sherlock, I think you may be on to something.” John tightened his fingers in Sherlock’s hair. “I won’t hit you,” John said, radiating calm control as he pulled hard on the sensitive strands, making him gasp in pain and surprise. “But I’m thinking hitting isn’t the only way to give you what you want. You want sensory input? I can get--” he pulled Sherlock’s head up and leaned closer-- ”Very--” he pulled his hair even harder-- “creative,” he whispered, licking the delicate curve at the top of his ear.
Sherlock moaned, a throaty, desperate sound that sent a jolt of fire straight through John’s body. “Oh yes, John,” he breathed. "Yes, please.”
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- Part 1 of Somatic Theory
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