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Title: http://acd-holmesfest.livejournal.com/59756.html In Vino Veritas
Author: gardnerhill
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Length: 10567
Rating: R, Explicit sexual content
Warnings: Discussion of suicide ideation
Verse: ACD Books
Author's summary: Grafting is the process of adding something new to something old and established, which makes the whole stronger.
Reccer's comments: This piece is firmly grounded in an authentic geographic and historical context, while placing Holmes and Watson in a mythic setting divorced from everyday reality where they can recover from the trauma that Holmes's three-year absence has inflicted on them both.
The author's prose has a lush, dreamy quality perfectly suited to the story.
The details of the winery setting are accurate and the renewal of the vines explicitly mirrors the healing that takes place between the two men. The many allusions to literature and classical myth add a wonderful depth to the story without being obtrusive. It's simply a gorgeous piece that needs to be read and and then read again.