Everything Changes

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Title: Everything Changes
Author: Ragna (scandalbaby)
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Word Count: 17,792
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, John Watson, Greg Lestrade, Molly Hooper, Irene Adler, Sally Donovan, Mummy Holmes, Anthea, Anderson; current Sherlock/Molly and past Sherlock/Irene.
Warnings Non-graphic mentions of pedophilia, major character death
Summary: Ever since Irene deposited their daughter in his care, Sherlock had been waiting for the other shoe to drop. Irene's past has always worried him, and thirteen months after Abigail is given to him he finds out just how right he was in knowing it would catch up to him, Irene and their daughter eventually. Sherlock learns that not all of Irene's former clients have accepted her disappearance, and one very powerful and very dangerous man has become obsessed with finding her. Irene wants to turn herself over to him to keep Sherlock and their daughter safe, but Sherlock is bound and determined not to let Irene become a virtual slave to a man with some very nasty preferences, knowing that when their daughter is old enough to understand she would never forgive them. But it turns out that taking on a man that powerful has consequences, ones that turn tragic when the final confrontation happens.
Authors Notes: Part of my "A Little Holmes" series and my entry for holmes_big_bang. Many thanks to my beta lotl101 for her hard work and encouragement.