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Title: Scars (Link goes to ao3)
Writer: SilentAuror
Status of work: Chapter 4/5
Characters and/or pairings: John/Mary, John/Sherlock
Rating: Explicit
Warnings, kinks & contents: MANY, including emotional/sexual/physical abuse, gaslighting, manipulation, dubious and non-consensual sex, emotional blackmail, and more. DO READ THE ARCHIVE WARNINGS!
Length: 11,093 words (for this chapter)
Author’s note: I’ll be posting a chapter every day.

Summary:
“You loved him.” Her voice was gentle as John turned startled eyes to her face. Her gaze hadn’t wavered. “Didn’t you.” It was not a question. “Of course you loved him. It’s all right to tell me.”

John’s hands had been locked together, his knuckles white in the lamplight. He’d cleared his throat, looking at them. “Yeah,” he’d said, his voice rough. “I did.”

“That’s got to stop.” Mary’s voice hadn’t changed, not precisely, or not in any outward way that he could detect, and yet it was completely different. She sounded entirely calm and still very gentle, but beneath that there was something new. Something rather like steel.