It's only you that I'm losing (Holmes POV)

Pairings: Watson/Mary, failed Holmes/Watson and Holmes/Irene
Warnings: none except slight mention to self-harm, drug use, general melancholia and slow-motion overuse.
Description: Watson goes to live happily ever after with Mary and Holmes suffers in silence. You can take it as (quite an unbalanced) friendship but I meant it to be slash.

Lyrics:
There's a blue bird at my window
I can't hear the songs he sings
All the jewels in heaven
They don't look the same to me

I just wade the tides that turned
Till I learn to leave the past behind

It's only lies that I'm living
It's only tears that I'm crying
It's only you that I'm losing
Guess I'm doing fine

All the battlements are empty
And the moon is laying low
Yellow roses in the graveyard
Have no time to watch them grow

Now I bade a friend farewell
I can do whatever pleases me

It's only lies that I'm living
It's only tears that I'm crying
It's only you that I'm losing
Guess I'm doing fine

Press my face up to the window
To see how warm it is inside
See the things that I've been missing
Missing all this time

It's only lies that I'm living
It's only tears that I'm crying
It's only you that I'm losing

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Sherlock Holmes
• John Watson
• Irene Adler
• Mary Morstan
• Slash

[Elanaranne]

Oh, my heart. Such pain, but so good. I want to hug Holmes and make him feel better. T__T

Would you mind terribly if I wrote a fic inspired by this? YOUR CALL, 'cause I'd feel awful if I did and didn't ask, you know, I'd feel like I was stealing and being evil, but I was watching and was like... MY HEART IS BREAKING, I ITCH TO WRITE. -sniffles- < was much of that.

Brilliant work, my dear <3 (you may ignore the request if you want X3)

[SeveredWires]

@Elanaranne

Oh my, I'm sorry, I check so little this channel that I've just found out about your request. I hope my lack of answer didn't deter you from give in to your inspiration, because I can't really say the idea belongs to me. I mean the feeling of loss despite all this dedication from both sides was quite pregnant in the movie, so I just went with it.

again sorry for the late reply and many thanks for your comment (oh and I'd love to read your fic if you wrote it or still intend to)

[JoWickful]

Ay! One of my favourite songs of all time and Holmes/Watson and slow mo and aaaaahhhh! Lovely!

[SeveredWires]

again many thanks! I can't say enough how relieved I am not to have done the song any injustice.

[xSlashtastic]

Absolutely gorgeous. Fabulous job

[SeveredWires]

I must say I was quite taken aback by your comment since I didn't expect such positive feedbacks. and then it filled my with sheer glee. Many thanks!

[taurussixteen]

i really love what you've done. all those glances, when put in slow motion they look so much more meaningful & slashy.

[Elanaranne]

@SeveredWires

As it happens, the monster that is RL decided to go absolutely nuts, and so I've not come back to this (I forgot a little, maybe, SHH). Going to come back and watch the video again when my internet is not being so dodgy (I think I overworked it a little... oops), and then see where my muse takes me from there!

And I definitely agree. However, it was only once I had the DVD at home and wasn't in a public place that I actually gave into the desire to yell at them all! :D

[sallyshipton]

snif... that makes me cry :'(

but so beautiful

[SeveredWires]

Thanks! I must say that when I first saw the movie (and even more with repeated viewings) the slash of such moments bitchslapped me, but well, I'm quite known for reading way too much into insignificant things. and I agree, I find the slow motion effect quite magical really: it makes everything look more important.