If there is any comfort to come out of all this, it's that I am in great good company when it comes to Reichenbach. But oh my poor heart can't take all this sadness.
One of the things I like about this, for some reason, is that there's some ambiguity whether John really was Thinking About It, or just thinking about it, and whether Lestrade actually talked him out of something imminent or they just discovered they could keep each other company in their grief.
Oh, I know! I'm angsting already. The whole Reichenbach scenario is so, so sad.
there's some ambiguity whether John really was Thinking About It, or just thinking about it, and whether Lestrade actually talked him out of something imminent or they just discovered they could keep each other company in their grief.
Thank you so much for this. It's a great relief to know this came through. I was hoping it would. I wanted to leave the question open, whether John paused on his walk because passing the bridge brought up the idea, or if John purposefully went there with a plan.
Either way, I'm glad Lestrade was worried enough about his frame of mind to look for him.
I really appreciate your reading and commenting, despite the Reichenbach sadness!
I suspect it wouldn't work so well to do the three-year hiatus in this format, or for this version of the characters (at least not without John signing up for the Peace Corp and going to work as a doctor the Congo or somewhere else he can feasibly get kidnapped and shot). Even so I'm going to be wibbling about it for the coming year. This stuff is like therapy.
Lestrade is such a dear heart. He and John are both in good hands. :) But did I detect a bit of familiarity with the concept from Lestrade as well? His brief smile is grateful, if bleak. "Always good for a clearer view, bridges." Sounds like he...knows where John is coming from.
Good point! It will be interesting to see how they update/adapt the hiatus idea. And I agree wholeheartedly that the fan fiction in this case (and many others) is like therapy, and the authors sort of a worldwide support group. ("Hi, I'm Morgan, and I wibble over Reichenbach Falls." "Hi, Morgan!" LOL.) It reminds me a bit of Frodo and Sam's separation when Frodo leaves for the Grey Havens, except Sam has the benefit of knowing Frodo's alive and knowing he'll join him one day. John gets neither comfort.
John and Lestrade are in good hands with each other, I agree! (BTW, I took inspiration from Elfbert's brilliant "Bridging the Void," which I think is a lovely tribute to Lestrade and his dear heart.) I meant for the last line to be a continuation of John's comments - grateful for Lestrade, grateful for the insight he isn't alone - (I edited that a bit, to make it clearer, sorry for the confusion), but I definitely think Lestrade does, in fact, know where John is coming from. He strikes me as a man who's had his own dark nights of the soul, as it were.
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