This is going to be a Mumford and Sons songfic series, the 12 songs from Sigh No More and then The Ghosts That We Knew and Home. The songs will be in CD order, but the stories will not be chronological and are not all in the same Johnlock universe. It'll change back and forth, different points-of-view, from John, from Sherlock
Disclaimer- I don't own Sherlock or these songs.
Warning- They are gay. Cheers.
On with the show!
Title- Sigh No More
Chapter- Sigh No More
Author- Phoenix Foxfire
Notes- Post-Reichenbach, Sherlock pov
Serve God, love me, and mend
This is not the end
Live unbruised, we are friends
And I'm sorry
I'm sorry
I know I hurt you. I know that my actions tore you apart, ripped you to pieces as easily as one might rip a wet piece of paper. But I'm here now. I'm here for you to love. Please, John, I know you can mend. I'm here to help you in that process. I know I don't often understand feelings well, but I do know I love you. I will do anything to fix you, now that I've returned. Oh, how the roles are reversed, me being the doctor and you being the patient. I saw you, that day in the graveyard, crying over what you thought was my tomb. It was so hard to hold myself back. Not running to you and telling you I was alive was the biggest challenge of my life. You thought it was the end. But it wasn't. We're together, and I want to heal all your bruises. I am sorry, John. I am so sorry.
Sigh no more, no more
One foot in sea, one on shore
My heart was never pure
And you know me
You know me
It's time to put your indecision to rest, John. Don't live unsure of how to go on. Stop sitting on the fence, wondering if you even want to go on. Do you know what that would have done to me, love? I guess you do. I would feel the same way you've felt since that day. But climb down from that fence, into my arms. It's safe here, and I will never let you go again. There's no need for those heavy sighs to emanate from your chest. You know me, John. You know I never would have left you if it wasn't absolutely necessary.
And man is a giddy thing
Oh man is a giddy thing
Oh man is a giddy thing
Oh man is a giddy thing
Man is so full of emotion. He is giddy with it, or so I've observed. It bubbles up inside him, consuming all that he is, and it can be so fickle, changing all so quickly to another emotion. I've seen you struggle in these past few months. Oh yes, I've never really left you. I couldn't. I had to ensure you were ok. Which you weren't, of course. It was selfish of me, watching you, knowing you needed me, and yet not fulfilling that need. I may not understand emotion, but I know when you are hurting, John, and it makes my heart ache.
Love, it will not betray you, dismay, or enslave you
It will set you free
Be more like the man you were made to be
There is a design, an alignment to cry,
Of my heart to see
The beauty of love as it was made to be
I won't distress you any longer, love. I will never betray you. I want to see you as the man you were before, my beautiful, heartfelt doctor who keeps me in check when I need it. Cast off those black robes of mourning. Grief doesn't suit you, my dear. Please smile again, for me. My heart longs to see that smile. We're together again, and it is so beautiful. This is how it was made to be. I'll desert no longer. I need to be by you side.
There's the end of the first song. Sorry it's a bit short, the song is too. Reviews are lovely, and if you like, you should check out my other Johnlock fics. Second chapter of this should be up shortly, I'm typing it up now. I like it better tha the first chapter.