Poor, cute John. Poor, cute Sherlock. Oh, this was so cute. I love the seventeen-steps thing, too- there are 17 steps in the original series, so I assume you have read it.

LOVED this story!

Wonderfully written! One of the best post-Reichenbach stories I've read!

I'm reading this for the second time but I didn't review the first time around, so here goes.

This story is perfect! I think you did an excellent job of staying true to the characters and your storytelling is absolutely wonderful. And The Scientist fits them perfectly, I found and listened to the cover version and it's beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

So beautiful. I really loved it. I've read this twice now. It's amazing. :D

Great story :)

Oh my god! So beautiful I don't even know what my feels are right now! I couldn't stop squealing with happiness while reading this! Oh my god, personally you should write more to this particular fanfic. Please :)

Mmm, yes, perfect. At several points during reading this I was so excited where you were going that I fist pumped, shouting out "YES!" alone in my room. This is perfection. You are perfection.

That was beautiful! It was such an emotional story, and I adored your writing of Sherlock! I felt he was very in character which added a lot to the story! Nice job!

"I was just guessing, numbers and figures, pulling the puzzles apart..."

This has ALWAYS been my theme song for Sherlock, I was delighted to see a fic somewhat inspired by it.

I only have a one criticism. The slash-y paragraphs get a little bit long and monotonous. They're enjoyable, but maybe vary them a little bit more.

The bit about the t-shirts just made me sob.

You 'showed' us as the audience very well, I thought. Excellent fic.

I suspect my heart stuttered a little bit. This has just enough angst, hurt/comfort. And the way you write Sherlock is really astoundingly in character.

I love this.

Thank you.

NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! BAD JOHN! NOOOOOOOOOOO! NOT THE CHEEKBONES! NOOOOOOOOO! THOU SHALT NOT TOUCH-ITH THE CHEEKBONES OF SHERLOCK, FOR THEY BE SENT FROM GOD!

Beautifully written, and it really rings true to the characters!

My only complaint is using the the term "ghosted/ing." It's a word you only see in fanfic (and maybe a cheap romance novel), which makes it distracting to me. It pulls me out of the story because it sticks out like a sore thumb. I have the same issue with "quirked (an eyebrow, etc)." And since you used it twice, it really jumped out at me.

But please don't think that makes it a negative review - two poorly-chosen words among 6500 wonderful ones is an excellent record. :) I can't wait to read more of your work!

This is gorgeous! Painful and then sweet and awwwww lovely. I love it !

Just lovely!