Okay can I just say, this story was so freaking good. Now I'm a sucker for platonic relationships/best friendships, and you wrote it so well. I have Asperger's Syndrome so I'm not the best at body language and such but I understand that hugs and forehead kisses and such aren't only for romantic partners or family - friends can be just as touchy-feely, just in different ways. That's also why I appreciated how you wrote Molly and Sherlock's relationship - I don't ship them, but I do believe they love on another as friends (for Molly it does lean towards romantic, but I think she also feels a semblance of platonic love for him.)

These boys. All the feels. Such a great story (I'll have to check out the previous parts.)

I believe I have Synesthesia too, actually. Have yet to get it brought up in therapy but the odd cross-wiring of senses can be confusing to explain. I think you wrote it well enough here.

Also, I just wanted to say that it's really cool that you're writing in a language other than your native one. You wrote really well and the only errors I saw where standard typos that I make at times. My first English is language but I did take four years of French and have been contemplating on making an attempt to write a fanfic in French for a while now (just a one-shot or something), so thank you for the boost of courage :D.

Anyways I'll stop dithering on; just thought I'd leave a review on this wonderful piece.

Thanks for writing!

Keep it going. Wanna see what happens.

Wow, I did not know English was not your first language! Neither is it mine, but I am genuinely impressed. Yes, there are some grammatical errors, but they're all forgiven.

This is about the only story giving insight on the relationship between John and Sherlock, and also do it in the canon way, which is platonic, in which the problems resulting of Sherlock's time Away are shown.

In short, the theme here is different from most I have read so far in this site, obviously because these stories focus on friendship.

This is an interesting story so far. I can't wait to read more and see how this develops. Only some grammatical errors, like when you confused where with were at the beginning of the chapter, put me off. But I'm a perfectionist, so don't worry about me.

Beautiful. I love your way of writing, I really appreciate your keeping them all in character. I just would like to suggest you replace the word "theme" with another; it sometimes comes off as a bit weird. For example you can say "Sherlock was avoiding the previous SUBJECT" instead.

Ok. You are now officially my favorite Sherlock fanfic writer. I spent the last three nights reading 5 of your stories and I am not done yet. One better than the other. And this on is really good. And the fact that you are a fellow German (I live in Heidelberg) makes me proud and happy. Thank you for so many wonderful moments.

awesome. I really like your characterisation and how you describe the interactions. Glad they could save that poor woman. Also, the mind palace and John helping Sherlock deal with his troubles. Hopefully my feeling that it will get worse before it gets better proves to be wrong. Those poor guys have suffered enough. Will read the sequel now.

Lovely story! I already read Define Vulnerability, but as I seem to have fallen in love with your writing style and story line, I think I will have to go re-read it.

Great job!

Happy Writing!

I'm getting really into it! Nice job!

I'm really enjoying this story so far and so happy that Sherlock has started playing the violin again. :,) It sounds like he is on the road to healing mentally and physically, but I share John's concerns about why Sherlock is so out of breath and weak still. Perhaps he just needs more time to recover.

You asked about if we could point out any English grammar mistakes to you since English is not your native language. I think you've done VERY well. You sometimes confuse some tenses (past/present); what words are used when something is singular or plural (was/were); word order; or use words that perhaps mean something similar but not quite the word that is used to describe something. But no worries because we know what you mean and can figure it out. I just fix it mentally as I read it.

The only consistent mistakes I noticed are you use "none" for "no one" a lot. "None" is generally used to describe a quantity of objects, animals, or plants. "No one" is used when talking about people.

For example: "I looked to see if anyone was still at the restaurant, but no one was there." vs. "I looked at the store for the book I wanted but none were left. It sold out."

Does that make sense?

The other thing I noticed is that you confuse when to use ground vs. floor. Ground is generally used for when outdoors. Floor is used when you are inside a building. Does that help?

Otherwise, you do a great job writing in English. Most of the time you write it perfectly and it flows really well. You certainly know the characters and write them very well too. :)

I have one more chapter to read so reading on.

Just wanted to say that I have enjoyed reading all of the stories in this series. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication that went into writing this.

Fantastic thanks for writing

you asked for grammatical corrections, so here's one you do repeatededly: you need to learn the difference between to and too. Sometimes you get it right, but mostly when you need to use too you use to. You haven't used two, so that hasen't been an issue. But I suggest you find the difference between two, to and too. Still loving the story. Just thought since you asked I'd lend that small correction.

Your command and use of the language is better than many native speakers. Enjoying this story very much.

Hey, so this is such an awesome chapter, I loved it! All of the dynamics are awesome, the only thing I noticed was the way that Mycroft talked... It wasn't really his way or talking. He has a much more British and precise way of speaking, instead of saying "yeah" he would have said "yes" or "precisely". He also wouldn't have said "too" he would have used the term "as well". That's just me noticing things, and it doesn't really matter, it just makes it more Mycroft... :) Great job, so well done!