Fic: Nor The Years Condemn

Title: Nor The Years Condemn (Prologue)
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, DI Lestrade, Sally Donovan, mentions of ensemble
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: I don’t own them
Word Count: c. 500 (this part); c. 33,000 total
Warnings: Language; Age Discrepancy; Mild Sexuality; Drug Use
Betas: sidneysussex, gentlest_sin, and archea2

Summary: Greg Lestrade is forty-three when he saves the life of a brilliant drug-addict. Two years later, he's starting to realize there are some certainties to his life now that Sherlock Holmes is part of it. He's going gray quickly, for one thing. He starts finding experiments in his kitchen. And he may even be, inexplicably, beginning to care for the detective. A series of vignettes that cover the five years leading up to “A Study In Pink.”

Notes: What started out as a drabble two months ago exploded into this, and I would not have been able to pull this thing off without my amazing team of betas. They patiently put up with all of my frantic emails, weren’t afraid to tell me when something just wasn’t right, and provided some fantastic guidance. Anything good and decent about this fic is due to them, and I’m so thankful. This is a prequel to “They’re Gonna Be All Right,” but can stand alone. The title comes from “For the Fallen,” by Laurence Binyon.


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Fic: Nor The Years Condemn (1/6)

Title: Nor The Years Condemn (1/6)
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, DI Lestrade, Ensemble
Pairing: Lestrade/OCs (mentioned); Lestrade/Sherlock
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don’t own them
Word Count: c. 6,000 (this part); c. 33,000 total
Warnings: Language; Age Discrepancy; Mild Sexuality; Drug Use
Spoilers: None
Betas: sidneysussex, gentlest_sin, and archea2

Summary: Greg Lestrade is forty-three when he saves the life of a brilliant drug-addict. Two years later, he's starting to realize there are some certainties to his life now that Sherlock Holmes is part of it. He's going gray quickly, for one thing. He starts finding experiments in his kitchen. And he may even be, inexplicably, beginning to care for the detective. A series of vignettes that cover the five years leading up to “A Study In Pink.”
 
Full Author’s Notes in the Prologue
 
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