[Fic] if I recover (Castle/Elementary, gen)

if I recover (1407 words)
Rating: General Audiences
Archive Warning: Major Character Death
Category: Gen
Fandoms: Castle/Elementary
Characters: Richard Castle, Joan Watson (Elementary), Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, Kate Beckett, Jamie Moriarty (Elementary)
Additional Tags: Reichenbach Falls, Angst, Reichenbach Feels, Epistolary, oh man i want an elementary interpretation of reichenbach so bad, Character Death, POV Female Character, Female Character of Color, vague season/series 2 for elementary, vague season/series 6 for castle, Community: intoabar
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I am somewhat oddly proud of this fic? Because the first several attempts at it (at both the Reichenbach interpretation and the crossover) did not go over too well. I did not cry writing it because, of course, Sherlock is not dead. Joan (along with everybody else) just thinks he is.

I am not at all caught up with Elementary though and I got spoiled on some of the episodes looking at Castle/Elementary gifsets on Tumblr (OOOOOOMGGG SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAPPENS TO [CHARACTER] AHHHHH MY PRECIOUS BABBBBBY)

I do have some more plans for this crossover, but we shall see if they materialize.