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‘Somewhere between the exhaustion of day and the brink of sleep, this has always been there. Calcifying, with each new sunrise.’
Just when John thinks their brush with Sherlock's past is over, a figure from his teenage years emerges, stirring up more than just memories. The headmaster of Sherlock's old boarding school is in danger, and they should probably do something about that - right? If only they weren't so distracted.
Massively Jealous John, and as always, a patient Sherlock. Past traumas, feelings and a mostly happy ending.
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'Before he really knows what he’s doing, John is standing, bridging the small gap between their chairs with his hands clenched at his sides. Wanting to help and offer comfort, and not quite recalling how to do either.'
Scenes between John and Sherlock after returning from Musgrave. Wherein they finally find each other.
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'John cocks an eyebrow his way as if his solution to their problem is completely ordinary. That what he’s suggesting is perfectly reasonable, despite the twenty-six facts to the contrary Sherlock already has in his head. It’s ludicrous and ridiculous. Absurd and dangerous.
It really is the only way.'
Sherlock and John pretend to be in a relationship for a case. Tropey, smutty, fast and loose use of a plot. Don't drink gin and write, kids.
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“Are we –“ John begins, swallowing the instant panic rising in his stomach.
“Buried alive,” Sherlock finishes, keeping his tone steady. “A little bit, yes”**Warning for possible character death - cliff hanger left to the reader to decide**
This now has a Chapter 2 👀
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Candle, Dashing Through the Snow, Visiting, Storm and Hope by insistentbass
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV)
30 Dec 2020
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'It reminds John of that first case all those years ago, the same feeling he had when Sherlock read the dead body in front of them both and deduced her entire life in a single breath. Beautiful and thrilling and eerie at the same time, full of possibility. A welcome ghost of appreciation John had almost forgotten he was capable of.'
John and Sherlock get stuck at Mycroft's on Christmas Eve Eve. Realisations, whisky drinking and a power cut. You can probably guess where this is going...
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- Part 8 of Festive Flings
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'His use of the word 'amazing' becomes indulgent, repeated so much it becomes redundant in describing the singular phenomenon of the man he is attempting to capture. '
A study of John's writing. Angst and sad things.
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- Part 7 of Festive Flings
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'He swallows and reminds himself that the security cabin isn’t far away and he has his phone, there’s no real way he’s going to get knocked off by a serial killer who stalks Christmas tree farms. Somehow those thoughts aren’t that comforting. They’ve been to weirder cases, after all.'
I couldn't fine another summary line that wasn't smutty or a plot spoiler. But there is smut. Christmas Tree PWP.
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- Part 6 of Festive Flings
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'Sherlock chuckles, that double bass laugh he does only when he’s particularly pleased with himself. It’s more endearing than it should be. It’s been so long since John’s heard it that he can’t help but smile, too.'
John pulls back from a kiss. Sherlock disappears for a few days. There's a hill, and snow, and it's almost Christmas. I hate summaries.
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- Part 5 of Festive Flings
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'When Sherlock had first broached the subject of Christmas dinner, John had almost choked on his tea when the man said he wanted to cook.'
Set a good few years into the future. Rosie is grown and coming home for Christmas in Sussex.
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- Part 4 of Festive Flings
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'He’s never seen Sherlock drink before. Of all his vices, alcohol doesn’t seem to be one them, but there’s something about the way he presses the glass to his lips and the wet that lingers there afterwards that makes Greg’s stomach burn.'
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- Part 3 of Festive Flings
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'The memory stick in his pocket feels heavy. John heads downstairs to his wife, not yet knowing what decisions he has made. Whatever happens, it will never be the same as it was.'
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- Part 2 of Festive Flings
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'“The season for death!” Sherlock announces, gesturing with wide arms to the collection of body parts on the kitchen table.'
The first in a series of fics of varying lengths, using prompts from the Advent 2020 challenge.
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- Part 1 of Festive Flings
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Sherlock comes home after therapy. John is in the bath.
'John moves back in on a Saturday. Sherlock just sits in his chair and watches it happen, unable to move for fear of scaring him off again.'
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- Part 4 of Your Mouth To My Heart
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'Somehow, this is his reality now, after years of loss and missed chances. Accepting happiness after such a lifetime is oddly strenuous. But hell, he’s trying.'
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- Part 3 of Your Mouth To My Heart
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Lightning Fields by insistentbass
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
09 Nov 2020
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'John can feel it in the back of his throat and teeth, the saltwater cutting at his gums. He knows where the waves lead. The untouched island at the edge of everything, wild and waiting.'
John and Sherlock attend a wedding. Things happen.
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- Part 2 of Your Mouth To My Heart
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'It’s a storm and Sherlock can do nothing but stand on the rocks next to him and let it weather his friend, hoping the force of it hasn’t eroded too much when it passes.'
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- Part 1 of Your Mouth To My Heart
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'The world is falling sideways and moaning into bright sparky darkness, all is black yet a thousand colours strong. Sherlock tilts with it and moves his body along the path of nothingness until he hits the floor. '
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'it’s singular and bold and could burn through every life they have both had, every breath John’s lived and every one that Sherlock’s saved.'
One version of many set between Leinster Gardens and the airstrip. Series 3 spoilers.
This hasn't been beta'd or proof read but I need to sleep so I'm posting. Goodnight :)
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Don't get involved.
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'Sherlock knows he’s fallen asleep, because everything is too easy.'