1 - 20 of 66 Bookmarked Items in The Very Best of Mystrade
Navigation
List of Bookmarks
-
Crimson Blaze by her_ladyships_soap
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
16 Nov 2022
Tags
Summary
“Mycroft,” Greg said, numbly angry. New York? Right now? “No.”
“I’m afraid that this is not a request, Detective Inspector.”
--
When a situation spirals out of hand, Mycroft is forced to take drastic steps. The safety of his nearest and dearest is vital. And those nearest and dearest inexplicably include one silver-haired Detective Inspector.
Slow burn, friends-with-benefits-to-lovers casefic.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 123,824
- Chapters:
- 32/32
- Comments:
- 274
- Kudos:
- 743
- Bookmarks:
- 121
- Hits:
- 16,005
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
The moon shone brightly on the garden, the colours of the roses now muted blue-greys like pebbles along the shore. A shiver ran down his spine as the hairs on his neck tingled.
“Hello?” he said. Looked to the left and the right. Not a soul. “Who’s there?” His grip on the umbrella handle was clammy.
A foghorn bellowed in the distance. Clouds crept over the moon’s face, casting long, gauzy shadows over the garden.
Mycroft stepped back, and shut the door. He tried to quell the racing of his heart as he stood there, listening.
“I’ve been waiting,” the man said, his voice as rough as waves hitting the rocks.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 14,043
- Chapters:
- 6/6
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 179
- Kudos:
- 342
- Bookmarks:
- 49
- Hits:
- 3,325
-
Bookmark Tags:
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
When Baron Mycroft Holmes violated the Law of Hospitality and angered a goddess, he was cursed to live his days as a beast. No longer fit for polite society, the baron spends his time lamenting his foolishness. At night, when his self-pitying routine becomes too much for even him to withstand, he sneaks down to the gambling hall for a bit of distraction.
It's a crime to traffick people, but when he wins a boy, he finds these idle days are over. Gregory Lestrade is more than he seems, and it could be that he's hiding a curse of his own.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 58,187
- Chapters:
- 24/24
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 358
- Kudos:
- 408
- Bookmarks:
- 68
- Hits:
- 8,144
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
There was the elk, the snow, the man who stood beside him, and the tremendous crack that opened and spilled forth decades of tumultuous feeling. Now returning to London, Mycroft vacillates between precise control and wild, volcanic urges. As he navigates newfound thoughts and emotions, he enacts a plan no one expected and ends up where not even a Holmes could have predicted.
Series
- Part 2 of Craquelure
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
Mycroft knows DI Lestrade wants him- wants him on his knees and over his desk, specifically. When an excuse to offer himself presents itself, Mycroft realizes there's a chance he's wanted this all along as well.
A 2020 Fandom Trumps Hate Auction piece!
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 5,525
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 56
- Kudos:
- 818
- Bookmarks:
- 117
- Hits:
- 9,165
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
Mycroft is a sculptor who creates a beautiful statue of a man. He might even be a little in love with the figure... in love enough to make a wish that he might fall in love with a man like the statue.
So... where did his statue go and who is the man in his kitchen, making him breakfast?
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 996
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 55
- Kudos:
- 362
- Bookmarks:
- 30
- Hits:
- 2,433
-
Bookmark Tags:
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
In which a few misconceptions about a previous night need to be corrected.
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
-
Tags
Summary
Greg realizes that he's gay at middle age
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
-
Tags
Summary
Circumstances have rooted Greg Lestrade in the rolling hills of northwest Connecticut to work as a falconer and naturalist. High Point Nature Preserve is a dream - 400 acres of hardwood forest, a dedicated staff, and hawks, owls, and eagles under his care. He can see himself living out the rest of his days there, retiring eventually on the edge of the Preserve that’s helped to make him who he is - along with a tight circle of friends and family.
Yet, he isn't settled. Some youthful, idealistic part of him longs for adventure and travel. Yearns even more deeply for someone to share it with.
It seems like those things could be in reach when he meets Mycroft Holmes, an Englishman visiting family in the US. Only one problem: Mycroft leaves for England at the end of the summer.
Series
- Part 1 of High Point Nature Preserve
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 182,079
- Chapters:
- 51/51
- Comments:
- 1,946
- Kudos:
- 546
- Bookmarks:
- 101
- Hits:
- 16,827
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
It's the night before Christmas Eve and Greg is at the hospital on business. He runs into Sherlock, who has just been banned and therefore can't sign out his brother. Mycroft is loopy from anesthesia and can only be released into a relative's care. Greg pretends to be Mycroft's husband so he can take him home, and is more than a bit surprised by an impaired Mycroft's easy acceptance of this as fact. Greg manages to chastely put him to bed, wondering what will happen in the morning when Mycroft is awake, alert, and hopefully not too angry about the deception.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 6,593
- Chapters:
- 2/2
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 68
- Kudos:
- 1,136
- Bookmarks:
- 138
- Hits:
- 12,136
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
Mycroft returns from Bangladesh.
Series
- Part 7 of "Meeting the Family" and Other Tales
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
In which Mycroft Holmes rides a pillow. Any credibility I may have had is gone now.
Series
- Part 6 of "Meeting the Family" and Other Tales
-
Bookmark Tags:
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
It’s a lot like leafing through pages in a large picture book, or watching life being lived on the other side of a window. The glass is clear, but still a barrier. Objects are out of reach, though the acts that unfold can tug at your heart or spark a forest fire of rage. Or encourage a person to engender a certain numbness of feeling.
Mycroft Holmes lives a quiet, steady life. He works. He paints. He takes walks. It’s what he does to ignore the flurry of partnering around him. Whether it’s the biological drive to mash two bodies together, or the religious dictum of the salvation in finding one’s Devotee, it’s not for him. It won't ever be for him.
Until the day he meets a blind man in the park.
The world will never be the same.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 25,990
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 234
- Kudos:
- 735
- Bookmarks:
- 160
- Hits:
- 7,486
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
Mycroft and Greg end their first date inside Mycroft's studio. Greg offers to model for a quick sketch, and how can Mycroft say no?
(Please note, this is a smutty interlude between two parts of a continuous story. Readers of Craquelure, rejoice!)
Series
- Part 3 of Craquelure
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 3,540
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 45
- Kudos:
- 313
- Bookmarks:
- 21
- Hits:
- 3,564
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
Greg gets back early from a conference, to find Mycroft pining in a way he would never have expected.
Series
- Part 3 of Crayon Box Melts
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
Greg loves Mycroft's freckles. Not everyone has the same level of appreciation.
Series
- Part 8 of Crayon Box Melts
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
Mycroft returns home early from a business trip to surprise Greg. Greg isn't the only one who gets surprised.
Series
- Part 2 of Crayon Box Melts
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 821
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 26
- Kudos:
- 287
- Bookmarks:
- 11
- Hits:
- 2,427
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
Greg Lestrade has been carrying a torch for Mycroft Holmes for years. Between cases and the petty dramas of life, he can mostly keep it at bay, flickering on a low burn in the back of his mind.
However, after he's pulled into a search and rescue operation for the man, he finds himself thrust into an unexpected role. He's trying to be respectful - and careful - but Mycroft Holmes is a force to be reckoned with, and the torch is burning brighter than ever.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 12,672
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 269
- Kudos:
- 1,430
- Bookmarks:
- 234
- Hits:
- 16,684
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
Mycroft is sick with the flu and being overly dramatic about it. Greg comes up with a creative way to make him feel better.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,750
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 53
- Kudos:
- 338
- Bookmarks:
- 33
- Hits:
- 2,594
-
Bookmark Collections:
-
Tags
Summary
Mycroft Holmes didn’t plan on becoming close to his partner. While he is willing to share certain parts of his life with Gregory, there are many things he vowed to take to his grave. But he didn’t count on Greg taking him to the edge, just to the point where he’s forced to reveal his most important secret.
Series
- Part 1 of Falling Star
-
Bookmark Collections: