purplecat: Hand Drawn picture of a Toy Cat (Sherlock)
[personal profile] purplecat
A rather chilling piece in which Mycroft meets John before Sherlock does and matters diverge from there.

you'll never be alone in the bone orchard (9114 words) by Sarah T
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes
Summary:

John Watson meets Mycroft Holmes one day early. The world tilts slightly on its axis.

purplecat: Hand Drawn picture of a Toy Cat (Sherlock)
[personal profile] purplecat
A lovely story told in five short parts from Death's point-of-view.

Death and John Watson; or, Five Times John Watson Met Death and the One Time He Died (4698 words) by unintentionalgenius
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Friendship
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: Trigger warning: child abuse, trigger warning: attempted suicide, slash if you want it to be, Death is the narrator, just go with it, 5+1, Near Death Experiences
Summary:

Five times John Watson met Death but didn't die, and the one time he did.

purplecat: Hand Drawn picture of a Toy Cat (Sherlock)
[personal profile] purplecat
This was one of the first Sherlock fics I read and it's a hugely satisfying mystery, with a well-drawn OC.

Rigging screws, size 1 3/8 inch, galvanised (15250 words) by AJHall
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: Disregard of small boat safety procedures; unexamined privilege; casefic
Summary:

"How's a woman supposed to prove her husband's a murderer, dammit?"

On the eve of a planned voyage to Brittany, Marjorie Jameson starts her day with no problems more pressing than forcing a boatyard to do an emergency repair to the family yacht. A chance encounter at the Cowes hi-speed ferry terminal begins to unravel a web of conspiracy and murder, with her charming, untrustworthy husband Julian right at the centre and Marjorie as the next intended victim.

But no-one's going to trust the word of an aging housewife whose complaints of abuse the police have previously dismissed as delusions.

purplecat: The Avengers (MCU) (MCU)
[personal profile] purplecat
What would happen if it were the British branch of SHIELD that set up the Avengers? Well, it transpires that Edmund Blackadder would be in charge with Malcolm Tucker as his right hand and he would be faced with trying to get The Doctor, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, James Bond and Gene Hunt to work together as a team. It goes about as well as you would expect.

No Avenging Please, We're British (3854 words) by netla
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (2012), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Blackadder, Life on Mars (UK), James Bond (Movies), Misfits, Sherlock (TV), Doctor Who
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Harry Potter, Gene Hunt, Edmund Blackadder, James Bond, Kelly Bailey, Sherlock Holmes, Malcolm Tucker, Loki (Marvel), Eleventh Doctor, Ros Myers
Additional Tags: what hath i wrought, Crossover, Crack, warning: gene hunt
Summary:

Director Blackadder of SHIELD had a dream. A dream of getting other people to do all the hard work saving the world while reaping the benefits of a huge pay check at the end of the day.

purplecat: Hand Drawn picture of a Toy Cat (Sherlock)
[personal profile] purplecat
In which it turns out that John is, in fact, the leader and oldest brother of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. He wants a vacation, in part because he's worried Sherlock will figure this out. Unfortunately his siblings are not going to make this easy.

Much funnier than it has any right to be really.

Part 1, Part 2 [John/Sherlock, Harry Watson, Mycroft, Anthea, Moriarty, 12,000 words, crack]




Fandom: Sherlock
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: John/Sherlock
Length: 5,404 words








Fandom: Sherlock
Rating: PG13
Characters/Pairings: John, Sherlock
Length: 2.9k





What is this?: This fic very cleverly asks what would have happened if it had been John who climbed in the taxi at the end of a A Study in Pink, and so John who found himself facing down Jeff Hope over the poisoned pills. The result is clever, funny and revealing of the differences in John and Sherlock's characters.

A Study in Sherlock by [personal profile] bendingsignpost

What is this?: This is an AU based on a Brandon Flowers (video) in which John is a British Army hostage retrieval expert and Sherlock keeps getting kidnapped. Worth it for the great Sherlock voice and the dry humour.

Part 1 and Part 2 by [personal profile] kate_everson




Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John, Sherlock
Rating: None given, I make it U, but it's in a kink meme so don't say you weren't warned.
Length: Probably short story length but, again, this is posted as a series of comments to a kink meme.





What is this?: If you encountered Tom's Midnight Garden as a child then the premise here will be obvious and if you liked the children's book then I think you'll like this story which captures well the disorientating and dream-like quality of the book. If you haven't read Tom's Midnight Garden, I'm not sure what you would make of this. All John's life he has dreamed of a garden, but now there is a child in it, a child called Sherlock Holmes.

John's Midnight Garden by anonymous.




Fandom: Sherlock
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock, John, Lestrade
Length: Flashfic





What is this?: If you have never heard of Mornington Crescent the game then this short flashfic is going to leave you totally bemused. If you have heard of Mornington Crescent then this is exactly how it would happen. Really, to say any more would constitute spoilers!

The Goodge Street Gambit and the Controversial Non-Holmesian Principle




Excellent case fic which stands out, in particular, for filling out Sally Donovan's character and letting John Watson shine.

The Green Blade (72929 words) by verityburns
Chapters: 15/15
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Lestrade (Inspector), Mycroft Holmes, Sally Donovan, Anderson (Sherlock), Mrs. Hudson
Additional Tags: Case Fic, Bromance
Summary:

As a serial killer hits the headlines, the police are out of their depth and the next victim is out of time. With faith in Sherlock Holmes at an all time low, this is a case which will push loyalties to the limit... WARNING: COMMENTS CONTAIN SPOILERS!

purplecat: Hand Drawn picture of a Toy Cat (Sherlock)
[personal profile] purplecat
A long and satisfying Greg/Molly story that presents the first two seasons of Sherlock from Molly's point-of-view and then makes its own way forward from there.

An Avalanche Of Detour Signs (56053 words) by gyzym
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Molly Hooper/Lestrade (Inspector), [Molly Hooper/Jim Moriarty], [Molly Hooper/Sherlock Holmes (unrequited)]
Characters: Molly Hooper, Lestrade (Inspector), John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, Anthea (Sherlock), Sally Donovan, Anderson (Sherlock)
Summary:

In which Molly Hooper gets a job, gets a degree, breaks a heart, has her heart broken, falls in love, keeps a secret, saves a life, runs a morgue, falls apart, pulls it together, and finds exactly what she didn't know she was looking for--not necessarily in that order.