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1. This Land We Have Chosen by redscudery

   Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   30 Jun 2018

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
   • Sherlock Holmes
   • John Watson
   • Greg Lestrade
   • Mycroft Holmes
   • Dimmock (Sherlock)
   • Sally Donovan
   • Mrs. Hudson (Sherlock Holmes)
   • Angelo (Sherlock)
   • Anthea (Sherlock)
   • Harry Watson
   • Clara (Sherlock)
   • Arthur Conan Doyle
   • James Moriarty
   • James Sholto (Sherlock)
   • Mary Morstan
   • Alternate Universe - Canada
   • Canada
   • Alternate Universe - Victorian
   • Victorian
   • Hysteria
   • Virgin Sherlock
   • Alternate Universe - Farm/Ranch
   • Farmer John
   • Sexuality Crisis
   • Masturbation
   • Prostate Milking
   • Prostate Massage
   • Pining
   • Mutual Pining
   • Dead Mary
   • but I'm still somewhat sympathetic
   • Colonialism
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • But only a little
   • more like potential alcoholism
   • India
   • i.e. John was in India not Afghanistan
   • for various reasons
   • Goats
   • Horses
   • Cows
   • Geese
   • basically all your farm animals
   • also
   • Moose
   • Bears
   • not the fun kind
   • Squirrels
   • You know I am going to try and tag for everything here but I bet there's eventually a tag limit
   • Canadian Politics
   • oh my god there's a tag for that
   • I blame Justin Trudeau
   • Canadian Shack
   • it is definitely that
   • Demisexual Sherlock
   • Complicated Relationships
   • John's Danger Boner
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • moose violence
   • ungulates
   • For Science!
   • I'm not tagging this with poop
   • but people talk about poop a lot
   • but not in a sexual sense and I swear it's significant
   • bear puns
   • anderson is into bestiality again
   • OR IS HE
   • look I'm sorry it's his name
   • goats in heat
   • Did I say slow burn?
   • Slow Burn
   • the slowest of burns
   • Sharing a Bed
   • Awkward Boners
   • the most awkward
   • look be glad you're not in an UST situation where you're forced to wear button flies all the time
   • Unresolved Sexual Tension
   • for a looooooooooooooooong time
   • Awkward Flirting
   • Awkward Hugs
   • in chapter six everything is awkward okay
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • PTSD John
   • To a point
   • Panic Attacks
   • bad 19th century science
   • Bisexual John
   • sorry that's so far down but I take it for granted so often
   • implied Mrs Hudson/Greg Lestrade
   • non-con animal sex kind of
   • explicit goat sex
   • Voyeurism
   • not of the goat sex that's okay
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Sherlock is a huge nerd
   • Comeplay
   • Wet Dream
   • jumping to highly erroneous conclusions
   • Mycroft Meddles
   • More panic attacks and more awkwardness
   • Past Mary Morstan/John Watson
   • past Mary Morstan/John Watson/James Sholto
   • a little hand porn to go with your pining
   • that and life lessons from goats
   • Animal Death
   • Dissection
   • Sherlock grabs the wrong ends of several sticks
   • Sub Sherlock Holmes
   • Light Dom/sub
   • Skinny Dipping
   • escape goats
   • accidental boner contact
   • Mud
   • Mud fighting
   • Banter
   • Play Wrestling
   • the goats are foreshadowing
   • loving descriptions of sex toys
   • Medical Kink
   • Sherlock is such a tart
   • Coming Untouched
   • Weird flirting
   • Praise Kink
   • Food Porn
   • provocative spoon licking
   • coddled eggs
   • poultry husbandry
   • Boys Kissing
   • Lestrade/Lyons
   • Sarah/Soo-Lin
   • Everyone Is Gay
   • Dancing and Singing
   • things that go bump in the woods
   • on purpose this time
   • Sex
   • also on purpose this time
   • Sweet
   • Sweet Talk
   • Mushy
   • so mushy
   • Enthusiastic Consent
   • Mutual Masturbation
   • Hair-pulling
   • predictable I realize
   • also really fucking predictable but I'm not sorry
   • Post-Coital Cuddling

   Summary

   It’s 1866. John Watson is a former army doctor who served in India. He left the service after a mysterious traumatic incident and has been farming in the backwoods of Canada. Sherlock Holmes is an avid botanist and possible hysteric who is a very loud thorn in his brother Mycroft’s side.
   Since Mycroft wishes to run for Parliament during the first Canadian election, he knows he needs his troublesome younger brother out of their hometown of Carleton before he can precipitate any scandal—and what better place for a botanist than a backwoods farm? Especially when it’s run by someone who just might be able to treat Sherlock’s hysteria?

   (Aka Red writes a m/m pioneer romance novel, complete with extra!virgin!Sherlock, rugged farmer in linen shirts!John and judgmental lesbian goats.)

   Series

   • Part 2 of The Backwoods of Canada

   Language:

   English

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