It's not impossible to associate "home" with "Sherlock", John realizes.
Just Fine
John filled out the paperwork to move from his dorm and packed his belongings into cardboard boxes. He found he wouldn't miss the obnoxiously bright chartreuse walls, but he did feel a sense of unease at leaving behind something so familiar.
The discontent stayed with him all through the cab ride to Baker Street, thoughts plagued. Am I making the right decision? Have I rushed into something that I shouldn't've?
But it wasn't until he saw Sherlock in his stupid coat, waiting for him patiently to help him move in, that he realized that things may work out just fine.
Prompt was #85: chartreuse
This AN might be a bit lengthy but I was approached with something that interested me. Feel free to read as well, but this is specifically for Ko:
"I am beginning to wonder how far from canon are you willing to take this. do you have the entire story visualized in your mind or are there only pieces of a puzzle?"
Good question, but I also have questions for you, and as you weren't signed in/don't have an account, I'll do it here. First off: out of curiosity, is straying from canon considered good or bad? (Anyone can answer this, please feel free to enlighten me.) This is an AU, so the deviation from canon is expected. I have kept some things the same and some different, obviously, but I do begin to wonder as to whether or not people want me to head in one direction or another.
Second: on that note (of canon, I mean) what I have planned for our ending is close to canon in circumstances but with its own "twists", so to speak. It's still vague but for me the details flesh out with each passing day as to what I need to do for the most effective ending.
Continuing on: I have this beginning, a hazy middle, and an ending planned. It's a horrible way to write, I know, but I unfortunately don't have any close friends that I talk to/see every day that could aid me, as I'm the only one of my close friends who knows of Sherlock, so no helpful muse there. The events leading up to the end are in my mind but need ways to be put in writing. There are some specifics I know of and won't leave out (no spoilers, sorry) but as to my biggest concern, I am lost: the cases. Good Lord, they are throwing me a loop. I don't know whether to go into detail describing cases John and Sherlock take on or to hint at them more vaguely and let their growing relationship take over.
As to the "pieces of a puzzle", I know that these seem scattered and endlessly rambling, but if you remember that a "normal" chapter for an average fic is approximately 1000-2000 words long, then I don't even have five chapters done yet. That's the problem with drabbles- it seems endless, but when you put it all together, a 100-chapter drabble fic is the equivalent of a ten-chapter normal fic or thereabouts (possibly less, depending on how much the writer does in word counts for each chapter). I'm not very far into this, so while it seems scattershot, it will come into sharper focus farther on.
Hope that helps a little. If you have any more questions or opinions, please don't hold back- It's quite helpful to me as a writer to clear my thoughts of tangles and get myself on the right path.
Regards,
Aralas