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Title: Of Ghosts and Men (31/?)
Author: stardust_made
Rating: R
Genre: Crossover, Drama, Adventure, Angst, Friendship
Characters: Sam Winchester, John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Dean Winchester, guest stars.
Wordcount: ~ 8,000 for this chapter
Summary: A year after Sherlock Holmes's death John Watson returns to 221B Baker Street hoping to turn a new leaf. He finds that a new stranger has come to town—while John was gone Sam Winchester moved in to the flat below. John's interest is piqued, but he isn't the only one curious in the household. Both men are trying to come to terms with their past, but as is often the case the past refuses to stay away. Sam and John are taken on a journey where adventures and revelations are going to put new and old relationships to test.
Spoilers: Up to the first half of season 8 of 'Supernatural'. For all episodes of 'Sherlock'.
Warnings: Language, disturbing images and themes, i.e. non-explicit violence, mentions of off-screen torture, suicide and mental-health trauma, etc. Nothing that can't be found on at least one of the shows, including some homoerotic subtext.
Disclaimer: The verse is mine; the characters and the mythology of both shows belong to their creators. No profit is made by this story.
Author's Notes: Some very angsty, tearful Sammy in this chapter. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy!

Chapter Thrity-one

Chapters: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty, Twenty-one, Twenty-two, Twenty-three, Twenty-four, Twenty-five, Twenty-six, Twenty-seven, Twenty-eight, Twenty-nine, Thirty