221B Baker St.

Title: Penumbra (Series Two, Last Chapter: Leave-taking)
Author: saki101
Fandom: Sherlock BBC
Characters/Pairings: (this chapter) John Watson/Sherlock Holmes, Bill Wiggins, James Moriarty, Mummy Holmes, Mr Holmes, Mycroft Holmes
Rating: R (for the series)
Summary: A gothic AU of the Sherlock universe inspired by the universe of Dark Shadows (the television series) in which John grew up hearing stories about Holmeswood Manor. They didn't keep him from interviewing for a post as a resident physician at the Manor when he came back from Afghanistan because there was no way he could afford to live in London on an army pension and he was sure there could not possibly be any truth to the tales. A year on he knows that the stories didn't prepare him for the half of it.
Warnings: canon-compliant character suicide, magic involving blood
Word Count: ~7.7K (for this chapter), 41K (for second series)
Disclaimer: Neither Sherlock nor Dark Shadows is mine and no money is being made.
A/N: A sequel to series one of Penumbra, set a little more than a year later.

Chapter 6: Leave-taking on AO3

Series Two: (earlier chapters) on AO3

Series One (all five chapters) on A03


Excerpt: “Brother, dear.”

Sherlock hummed an acknowledgement, but did not turn his head.

“I’ve been informed that we have a guest who will not be leaving.”