Dear John

by wendymarlowe

Summary:

With Sherlock dead, John eventually (under duress) makes a profile on an online dating site. And falls into a long-distance relationship with an enigmatic partner who reminds him of Sherlock in all the right ways. (Hint: it turns out to be Sherlock.)

Updated in real time.

Notes:

• Translation into Deutsch available: Dear John by Shinnington
• Translation into Čeština available: Milý Johne by LilyElfgreen
• Translation into Français available: Cher John - traduction by NausS

This is a bit of an experiment, I'll admit - a long series of mostly-short letters back and forth between John and his mystery man (hint: it's Sherlock).

I'm going to be updating this in real time - which means sometimes there will be a small flurry of back-and-forth notes all in one day and sometimes it will be a while between responses. I expect the full series of communications will take at least a few months to play out.

Also, if you've got the time, definitely read the comments as you go - they add a whole new dimension to the story, especially if you're not reading this as a WIP.

Addition to the "works inspired by this one" links at the bottom: this beautiful vid by @shirayuri09.

Chapter 1: Cover

Cover art by the very lovely liveloveel.

There have been several fantastic artists and photoshop engineers who have designed cover art for this fic, but I'm keeping this one here because liveloveel was first and also because this size picture doesn't mess with the margins when I read on my iPad :-) Please do browse through the "related works" at the end of the fic for some of the other amazing pieces, though!