Seven months after he was sent to exile, Sherlock is back. The London he returns to is changed: His friends have moved on with their lives; John is happy with his wife and daughter. When Sherlock falls ill while he is still haunted by memories of his exile and struggling to adjust, he needs John more than ever, but will John notice? /S4 AU in which there's no Moriarty video.

When John beats Sherlock in the mortuary, it all goes way, way too far. Warning: Don't read this fic if you don't think John-hits-Sherlock is a big deal! In TLD I was astonished by John beating Sherlock like that. What John does is unforgivable. As a doctor he knows best how vulnerable the human body actually is. Violence is always wrong as it comes with horrifying consequences.

It is near the end of the events of the 4th-season episode, "The Lying Detective," and John is consumed with guilt over his recent assault on Sherlock, as well as fearful of Siger and Melisande Holmes's reaction. Will the elder Holmeses reject him or help him? One-shot. (This story is designed to fit into sgam76's "Scheherezade" universe.)

Sherlock has returned from Serbia after two years of working to take down Moriarty's network. He is scarred, hurt, and quite alone in a London that is unfamiliar now, and John takes Mycroft's advice to learn about what exactly is on Sherlock's mind.

John finds Sherlock three years after he thought he'd buried him, scared and injured; broken to such an extent he can barely recognise those trying to help him. Battling against too many unanswered questions and his own feelings, John sets out to put him back together, but never stops to consider Sherlock's return may be part of a greater punishment in store for the both of them.

John Watson is a man who has felt guilt since his boyhood and suffered from the death of his hero. After being wounded in battle by a stray arrow and returning home John meets a mysterious stranger whose freedom they must together win. -Medieval setting. -Crossing over into the Faery World. -Faelock

Some men do not appreciate Sherlock's handling of their cases. They decide to pay him back. Written in response to a kink prompt which I cannot find again despite scouring the prompts pages for at least half an hour.