Adult Content Warning

This work could have adult content. If you continue, you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.

• Yes, Continue
• No, Go Back

If you accept cookies from our site and you choose "Yes, Continue", you will not be asked again during this session (that is, until you close your browser). If you log in you can store your preference and never be asked again.

1. The Beginning of Always by LostWithoutMyBlogger

   Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   25 May 2014

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
   • Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade
   • Sherlock Holmes/Joanna Watson
   • Sherlock Holmes
   • Joanna Watson
   • Greg Lestrade
   • Mycroft Holmes
   • Mummy (Sherlock)
   • Sherlock Holmes' Father
   • Mrs. Hudson
   • Alternate Universe - Gender Changes
   • Genderswap
   • Female John Watson
   • Fem!John - Freeform
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Sick John
   • Protective Lestrade
   • Mycroft's a Git
   • Protective Mycroft
   • Pre and Post Reichenbach
   • Episode: s03e01 The Empty Hearse
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Diary/Journal
   • Flashbacks
   • First Time
   • Eventual Smut
   • Sick Joanna Watson
   • Really really sick
   • Angst
   • Survivor Guilt
   • References to Drugs
   • Drunk John
   • Drunk Joanna
   • Depression
   • possible triggers
   • Even doctors and soldiers screw things up
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • John Whump
   • Really Joanna Whump
   • Unintentional Bad Decision Making
   • Not all Tags Posted Here
   • Tiggers will be addressed before the chapter

   Summary

   To say that Joanna Watson is struggling with the death of her best friend, Sherlock Holmes, is an understatement. As her depression deepens, the usually observant doctor fails to notice that her physical health is out of control as well. By the time she seeks out the treatment she needs, her hesitation will have long-lasting impacts for her as well as those around her. When Sherlock Holmes finally returns to London, everything he left behind will have changed more than he thought possible.

   A fusion of an original (though tropey) plot line and an AU-Canon divergence of The Empty Hearse.

    

   I know it's been over a month since I last updated (today is 7/2/14), but I have not abandoned this fic. I'm writing daily, but it's slow going. Between teaching summer school, suddenly having to find a new place to live, and then (today) seriously spraining my foot, June has been an adventure. Hang tight. A new chapter is coming soon.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   34,254

   Chapters:

   5/?

   Comments:

   76

   Kudos:

   359

   Bookmarks:

   52

   Hits:

   4,908