It's been a while since I've done this. 😬 Time to rec!
I've been going through my (nearly 2k) bookmarks recently, and have also read/bookmarked some really good fics lately, so here we are. I love that there are new authors popping up, and I love that I'm still finding authors from before Series 2 that I am just now reading.
I also feel the need to acknowledge the inspiration I take from reading and rereading many authors. ❤️ Thank you so much for giving your stories to the fandom!
A Going Concern (2026) by @skedazzle : ACD Holmes/Watson. When Holmes abruptly decides to end their partnership and ask him to leave 221b, a devastated Watson must pick himself up from the rubble of his life and come up with a new plan for his bleak, Holmesless future. But he can't stop himself from wondering about the real reason has Holmes abandoned him. Why now? Whatever did he do to deserve such treatment from his trusted partner — not to mention the great love of his life and his closest companion? ❤️ Now complete! I love an over-thinking Holmes throwing out a baffled Watson, who then must reason out why this has happened. Wonderful characterisations, happy ending, and inspiration for several stalled ACD fics in my WIP folder.
East of the Sun and -- (2011) by Anonymous: John rather thinks he might have been something else before he was, well, John. A discarded coat, maybe, worn through at the elbows, frayed and stained; or some bright-eyed bird or mammal; or a few inky, smudged sheets of newspaper; or a handful of rich, red clay. ❤️ I read this one when I was writing Nowhere Man. I can't resist a fairy-tale retelling, and this one was such an uncannily atmospheric story. Happy ending!
After (2016) by Susan: Sometimes late at night, when all I hear is the sound of Sherlock’s steady breathing beside me, I wonder if the life we have now is my reward for surviving everything that went before. But then Sherlock cries out in the dark, his body sweaty and tangled in the sheets, legs kicking out against some imagined villain, and I wonder how my reward can also be his punishment. ❤️ Post-apocalyptic johnlock is one of my favourite things, and this is beautiful. It speaks to the undying nature of their love for one another, even when they've lost so much. They're okay, even in this burnt-out world where a few people barter for supplies and you never have to wait in line. I read this first when I was writing Long for the World.
Evermore (2018) by Hope_Austen: Sherlock, just before John's wedding: So he does the only thing he can think of and mentally sits down on the cold Palace floor, crosses his legs and lets the memories and emotions all wash over him — the takeaways and the quiet nights at home, the chases and the crime scenes, the arguments and the laughs. He feels giddy yet angry. Melancholy yet hopeful. / And as the dust begins to settle around him, he feels robbed of what could have been, yet grateful for what was —The chance to share just a part of his life with the bravest and kindest and wisest human being he’s ever had the good fortune of knowing. ❤️ I didn't know I needed another wedding fixit; maybe that's something I'll always need. This one takes place at the eleventh hour; it's perfect.
Meanwhile The World Goes On (2025) by @raina-at : It's just past midnight in December 25th, 2009. John is in the middle of a staring contest with the abyss when he meets a mysterious stranger who proves to him that life is far from done with John Watson. ❤️ I will always need another first meeting, especially when it has lines like this: “Kevin, let me tell you a story,” John says, crossing his arms over his chest. “At Sandhurst, one of my instructors used to say he loves to teach self-defence to doctors, because they can name every bone in your body while breaking them. And granted, I’m a bit out of training, but I’m sure I’m still good for a sprain or two. Now hand over the phone like a good lad, and go about your business before you make me do something you’ll regret.”
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