I don't think it's what you're searching, but in this one Sherlock thinks John died while he was away Dead Men Don't Bleed (http://archiveofourown.org/works/817644) (7164 words) by suitesamba (http://archiveofourown.org/users/suitesamba) Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Sherlock (TV) (http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sherlock%20(TV)) Rating: Mature Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes & John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson Additional Tags: First Kiss, Violence, Language Series: Part 1 of Dead Men Don't Bleed (http://archiveofourown.org/series/47190) Summary:
John is passing his days holed up in a seaside cottage working through his grief by writing a memoir of his time with Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes, meanwhile, back in London, believes the obituary in the Times reporting that Afghanistan veteran Dr. John Watson has died. Sherlock seeks temporary refuge in his childhood vacation home – not knowing that Mycroft has gifted the little cottage on the sea to John. When the two dead men confront each other, the secrets they’ve been keeping have no place to hide.
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Dead Men Don't Bleed (http://archiveofourown.org/works/817644) (7164 words) by suitesamba (http://archiveofourown.org/users/suitesamba)
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Sherlock (TV) (http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sherlock%20(TV))
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: First Kiss, Violence, Language
Series: Part 1 of Dead Men Don't Bleed (http://archiveofourown.org/series/47190)
Summary:
John is passing his days holed up in a seaside cottage working through his grief by writing a memoir of his time with Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes, meanwhile, back in London, believes the obituary in the Times reporting that Afghanistan veteran Dr. John Watson has died. Sherlock seeks temporary refuge in his childhood vacation home – not knowing that Mycroft has gifted the little cottage on the sea to John. When the two dead men confront each other, the secrets they’ve been keeping have no place to hide.