Fic: Pull the Stars from the Sky (5/10), AU

[roane]

Title: Pull the Stars from the Sky (5/10)
Author: roane
Pairing(s): John/Sherlock
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~7,800 (this chapter, ~32K total so far)
Warnings: PTSD, drug addiction issues. WIP.

Summary: It’s the fall of 2000, and to help him out after his military career has ended due to injury, John Watson’s sister Harriet gets him a job as US tour manager for rising star of the industrial scene and enfant terrible, Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock’s not long out of rehab and there are plenty of doubts as to whether he’s serious about recovery. Plus, the music industry is shaking in its boots over the Napster mess. All John has to do is keep the money coming in and make sure his star doesn’t screw things up. After the army, that should be easy, right?

Author's Note: There are a lot of people who've helped with this: thanks to my fantastic betas emmadelosnardos, greywash, ardatli, and miraculousspaceship who have set me straight more times than I can count, already. Any mistakes are mine and not theirs. Also thanks to my Britpicker nichellen, and abundantlyqueer for soooo much military information and patience with my multitude of questions. And thanks to my anonymous music insider, you know who you are.

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Comments

[fierceturtle]

I have been reading this kind of all over, depending on where I see each chapter, but I have really been enjoying it, and wanted to say so.

[quarryquest]

I love this. Makes me want to actually hear the music and see the videos of this Enfant Terrible on YouTube. You make it seem real, honestly.

[roane]

Thank you so much! Sherlock's performance style is very very much influenced in my head by mid-90s/early-00s Trent Reznor. The microphone business is pretty much a direct steal from the video for Closer (NSFW). The video for The Perfect Drug (which is where the fic title came from) also is very relevant. :) So you maybe can't see Sherlock, but you can see what inspired him!

[quarryquest]

Aha! Nine Inch Nails! Now I understand.