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Prompting Part XXXV

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Great! Oh, he definitely will.
And, I'm not sure how to ask this part delicately, so I'll be blunt. I am not a big Mary fan. I mean, I like her fine as a character, but I do see her in a villainish light. I can write her either way, though, with Sherlock trusting her, but not 100% like he needs to in order be this vulnerable... or as Sherlock *never* trusting her, but seeing this as his one chance to get this close to John who he knows loves her, and thinking he can just deal with Mary being there (because he never really gave thought to just how vulnerable he would be in this situation due to his more limited sexual experience). What is closer to what you would like (or maybe you would like something else entirely ?) Mary is a tricky one...so many strong feelings about her in fandom.

Authoranon continues:
How you see her will have a lot to do with how she will react when Sherlock has his panic attack/mind palace retreat. I just want you to like it! Good Guy Mary is gonna be way different than Bad Guy Mary...though the sexytimes will probably be pretty similar.

OP - I honestly don't know about Mary. I don't like it when she's completely villanised, but I also don't think her actions are excusable. I think Sherlock trusts her not to hurt John, and I don't want him to be wrong about that. I don't think Mary is completely heartless and in my headcanon she really wants to be the person she presents herself as in TEH and TSoT, but she's not able to do it. She loves John in her way, so Sherlock trusts her as far as John is concerned, but not really in any other respect. I don't think he would encourage John to stay with her if he thought there was the tiniest possibility she could hurt him.

Did that make any sense? In any case, you don't have to stick to it. Write what works for you, I'll be happy for any kind of fill!

OP again - Maybe I should add that I'd prefer if it didn't end with the three of them working out the issues and actually going through with the threesome. I'd love a Johnlock ending, but them agreeing that threesomes are a bad idea and John staying with Mary or something along those lines would be okay too.

Authoranon here: when you say Johnlock ending, do you mean they ditch the threesome idea, but Mary is ok with Sherlock/John?

I am feeling ambitious. I'm going to try to write three separate stories, a nice repentant Mary who Sherlock just can't quite let go around though he has essentially forgiven her; a Mary who Sherlock can't trust but is staying there because John feels obligated with his child and neither John nor Sherlock know what she might do; and a Mary where John and Sherlock are biding their time until she can be safely removed from their lives and they both are fully aware of this (but not Mary).
Might be fun to play with my own, sometimes conflicting, headcanons.

I can't really see Mary being okay with it tbh, but if you want to that that's completely fine.

I'll be delighted if I get one fill, if I get three I'll dissolve into a puddle of happiness!

I couldn't see her being ok with it either, but I was confused when you suggested they abandon the threesome and not work out a resolution ( I agree!) and end in Johnlock. Did you mean John leaves Mary for Sherlock?
( and you will get at least one for sure!)

Yes that's what I meant. The way I imagined it John would be much less likely to stay with her if he saw that deep down Sherlock is not as okay with what happened as he'd like to pretend.

Thank you so much again for filling this!

Oh..that is much more in line with what I had in mind..great!
Is it ok if it is post baby and baby is with Mrs H? I just can't get too into this being with pregnant Mary. I know, I know, sex is fine when you are pregnant. Just not my thing.

Sure! Thank you for taking time to check with me.

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