Sherlock BBC Prompting Meme

Title: This Man's Heart - Chapter 3
Rating: PG for this chapter, but it will go up later.
Warnings: None.
Pairing: Eventual Sherlock/John.
Word count: 2387
Summary: In the latter part of the 19th century, a peculiar solitary man and an ex-army doctor disfigured in a war live in a small village, surrounded by breathtaking landscapes. When they first meet, they have no idea their lives are about to change forever and, over the months, they will form an unusual friendship, discover more about each other and themselves, and maybe fall a little in love along the way.
Disclaimer: See first chapter.

Beta: Thanks to albalark  who was not only a beta, but a teacher of precious English lessons (in so many pretty colours) and to disassembly_rsn  whose history knowledge I envy, and who helped me revise a lot of the backstory. You two made this insanely better, I hope you know how much I appreciate your help. I also thank the lovely anarion who, once again, helped me deal with my inability to write a mistake-free header.

A/N:  Those who read my texting fic, something about this chapter will most likely sound familiar; part of what inspired me to write I Prefer to Text was this chapter.

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( Chapter 3 )

Title: This Man's Heart - Chapter 1
Rating: PG for this chapter, but it will go up later.
Warnings: None.
Pairing: Eventual Sherlock/John.
Word count: 3010
Summary: In the latter part of the 19th century, a peculiar solitary man and an ex-army doctor disfigured in a war live in a small village, surrounded by breathtaking landscapes. When they first meet, they have no idea their lives are about to change forever and, over the months, they will form an unusual friendship, discover more about each other and themselves, and maybe fall a little in love along the way.

Acknowledgements: Thanks to albalark  who was not only a beta, but a teacher of precious English lessons (in so many pretty colours) and to disassembly_rsn  whose history knowledge I envy, and who helped me revise a lot of the backstory. You two made this insanely better, I hope you know how much I appreciate your help. I also thank the lovely anon who answered my questions about the school system in the chatter post of the kinkmeme.

Disclaimers: I own nothing. The 'skeleton' of this story comes from this novel, which I adore. It's a new take on the very well known story Beauty and the Beast and I borrowed a lot from it (mostly elements of plot, but some of the words were translated directly from the book). Still, no knowledge of the novel is required to understand and appreciate this story. As for the Sherlock stuff, well you know where that comes from, and the title is from a poem by E.E. Cummings.

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There is now a Russian translation, thanks to katisark_dushka 

( Chapter 1 )