Sherlock/HDM AU: Clouds and Ashes

Title: Clouds and Ashes
Characters: Sherlock, John, Mycroft, daemons
Rating: PG
Warnings/Triggers: death of a parent, grief, cancer
Spoilers:none
Pairings: none
Word Count 1,972
Summary: The Holmes brothers say goodbye to their mother, and John is there to lend support.
Author's notes: A little while ago, I was playing around with the Spinning Spinny Thing and it gave me the prompts of 'cottage' 'grief' 'daydream' and 'clouds'. Being at the cottage reminded me of this, and a fic appeared.

Knowledge of His Dark Materials is not required. All that's necessary to know is that, in this world, humans' souls live outside of their bodies in the form of animals. There's an excellent primer here.

For reference: Subira (a dwarf mongoose), Tzophiya (a Grey Lourie), Hisoka (a Pallas's Cat), Zosimo (A Strawberry Poison Dart Frog), and Hugo (A Laughing Kookabura).

(Photobucket is still being a jerk about linking back to albums, so apologies if this happens to you. It seems to be very hit or miss with it.)

( Dealing with Sherlock, who was genuinely, openly grieving, was something John had no idea how to approach. )