The Adventure of the Dying of Happiness Detective

by Iwantthatcoat

From bbckinkmeme "Sherlock develops a rare medical condition that causes him to become depressed when good things happen to him. After Sherlock wins the lottery, John has trouble consoling him. Hurt/Comfort." This is pure crack with gratuitous references to The Smiths, David Bowie's "Quicksand" and Wednesday Adams and a not gratuitous references to Adventure of the Dying Detective.

1. Chapter 1

It wasn't as if he didn't have a certain predisposition to it. He was always finding pleasure in the morbid, the disturbing, long before he found the small black and white ivory box with a sliding lid. That he should eventually find morbidness in pleasure as well wasn't that far a stretch. The box had just... helped things along a bit.