Soldier's Heart
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| Title: | Soldier's Heart |
| Publisher: | Requiem Publications |
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| Author(s): | Piplover |
| Cover Artist(s): | L.A. Adolf |
| Illustrator(s): | L.A. Adolf |
| Date(s): | in print, March 2011 |
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| Size: | full-sized |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Sherlock Holmes (2009) |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | Soldier's Heart, Archived version |
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Soldier's Heart is a 187-page slash Holmes/Watson Sherlock Holmes '09 movie hurt/comfort novel by Piplover. The cover and interior art is by L.A. Adolf.
This story is available at AO3, but has also been edited for publication in print.
Summary from the publisher: "After Holmes returns from his three year absence from Watson after the incident at the Falls, he finds himself unable to relax, to enjoy a life free from danger. When he almost hits Mrs Hudson, he realises that it is time to consult his personal physician. What Watson discovers is worrying for both men."
Reviews
Example reviews from the fic's comment section [1] at AO3:
This was a loving, affectionate, carefully explored joy to read. It felt authentic, honest, and devoted to reflecting the characters truly while still going in new directions. The PTSD references felt appropriate and were beautifully portrayed. I loved your descriptive style and use of language. The conversations fit within its time period. When sex gets mixed into a period story, I often find it jarring as I imagine that even while intimate, men from Victorian times would still be circumspect. You conveyed that beautifully. I loved the twists with what happens to the Irregulars afterward, and was surprised at how fond I grew for your OCs. You made the Holmes country estate and the people who inhabited it as real as Baker Street, and just as beloved. All in all, this was an absolute joy to read, and I'm grateful you took the time to share this lovely story! Thank you! [2]
What a wonderful, warm, loving story! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Many of the other stories for this Holmes/Watson focus more on the difficulties of a gay relationship in that era, and though you did address that I really liked reading a story that is more about the deep love they feel for each other and on other people accepting it, even be happy for them. The PTSD is so logical really, amazing that I haven't seen any other stories dealing with this. I love the street kids, and mrs Everman is great. It is a nice idea to think that the Holmes brothers would have had someone like that in their life. This fic goes into my list of favourites! :-) [3]
Absolutely wonderful. Healing, romantic, and fantastically written, tysm!!!! [4]
Additional Fanart
- Cover for "Soldier's Heart" by Piplover, Archived version by Lovesfic (me23), 2013
References
- ^ Comment section at Ao3
- ^ Quillscribe on Chapter 2, January 17, 2011
- ^ Frodo_sHeart on Chapter 2, April 2, 2014
- ^ ApprenticeofDoyle on Chapter 2, March 1, 2020