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I really enjoyed this fic. I liked that even though Sherlock was caring, they all also went about with their life - just a cold, after all. Nice balance between caring and overbearing. 

I really liked the "Monopoly case", great idea! Would've loved to read that story, actually. I also though the relationship between Sherlock and John was wonderfully described. 

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Hello anon author, I'm simply stunned by how well you managed to knit all those different prompts into one story that still made sense. Extremely clever. Also, like Vhanja commented, I like that they just get on with their lives. That's totally what those men would do.
 

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Dear unkown author,
 
sorry for not commenting sooner, I had a long and stressful day at work yesterday and when I finally got home, I was just to tiered to write a proper text.

D’awww . That was my first reaction to your wonderful sweet fluffy story. I have a soft spot for little harmless sickfics where our boys take care for each other. So this fitted exactly to my taste in reading. Poor John, having a cold in the summer really sucks. I liked how you put the other characters like Mrs. Hudson, Lestrade and Mycroft into the story and how they behaved, Mrs. Hudson being motherly, Lestrade a little annoyed at Sherlock’s behaviour and Mycroft being the smart big brother. Great.
I loved the idea that Sherlock would count John’s sneezing or Mycroft who is instantly concerned when Sherlock left the house alone.
I googled the South Foreland Lighthouse and I definitely put it on my list of places to visit once I’ll have time to spent a longer holiday in England. I love lighthouses, I hope it wasn’t a big struggle to put one into the story as there are probably not too many of them in London . You did a great job there.
I also liked the idea of the Monopoly and Cluedo murderer. Sounds like fascinating cases worth a story of their one. Oh, and how about a sequel where John will get the proposal he was dreaming about?

Thank you very much, for this wonderful story unknown author and many thanks once again to ukaunz for your drawing.
 

Is there a place somewhere on the forum where we can try and draw a bit more attention to the exchange. So far the response has been dismally low, which is both a disappointment to the authors who gave their fics all their love and devotion and to ukaunz who took it upon her to organise this lovely exchange.

I agree with both of you. The response is disappointing. I know I am lagging behind one fic but one cannot help but noticed that not even all participants have commented so far.

I fail to understand that. Someone who wants to get feedback should give it to others in return.

Giving the benefit of doubt, maybe some people are waiting until the end to comment on all the fics? And we have two authors who are (hopefully) still working on their own stories, so they might be too busy at the moment.

It would be lovely to get more feedback though...

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Yitzock wrote:

I am loving the illustrations, ukaunz! Interesting choice, drawing Sherlock with black eyes. I think that conveys well the feeling of him lying awake.
It also reminded me of a play where one character has black eyes like that.

 
Thank you for being kind about it I was trying to make it look like he was lying in the moonlight, so it would be too dark to see his eyes properly, but I don't think it worked. My husband said... Well, I can't remember the exact euphemism he used, but basically said he looks dead! I would have drawn him again and tried to fix it, but I was so pleased with the way the rest of his face turned out

Darkness! That makes sense. Well, even if that is not what I initially thought of as the reason for his eyes to look like that, I still like it.

I actually loved to see him with black, hollow eyes. It perfectly conveyed his inner torment that prevents him to sleep and thus it was a really fitting illustration to the theme of the story.

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Dear unknown author, 
this made me smile and made me feel all warm and happy. I love stories from Sherlock's POV, and it is nice to see him struggling with his feelings. And then using his brain to understand what happened and help him to realise that it was not that bad after all. 
I also like the idea of the weather this time not mirroring but contradicting his inner turmoil. And, yes, I agree with ukaunz, the scene at home would have made an interesting read as well. 

And thanks to ukaunz again. This is just the smile we sometimes get to see, a smile Sherlock does not give anyone but John. Best evidence of how much he loves him. 

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Absolutely adorable Johnlock fluff that makes your day shine. I can´t believe that within a relatively short span of thsi story, we have things like Johnlock kiss, Johnlock first sweet loving and first lover´s quarrel incorporated! Do you want to kill me, dear author? I´m not even finished drooling over that kiss and you hit me with remark about an eager, breathless firts time in bed.... hoooh, I need a cold shower now! And then this stormy first time quarreling, nicely mirrored in the London rain on the streets outside. Utterly beautiful structure of the story.

I very much loved Sherlock and his thought processes in this story. Very in character, I think. It was a nice touch how he deduced that their quarrel was nothing serious at the end. True detective at work there, even if in a domestic setting. And John, although he featured only as the voice in the telephone mostly, was his supportive, nice, controlled self, even if he lost patience with Sherlock for a while. But that´s how real life works.

And I now demand a detailed sequel of the make-up sex! You can´t be so cruel as to bait us this way and not grant us the continuation of this story, dear author!