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Update

Hey everyone!

I know I haven't been as active on this blog as I used to be, but if you follow me on my main @softlygasping you know I am fully in the Zukka Renaissance (Sokka/Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender) which has taken a majority of my attention and energy.

Just thought I should say something to ensure that I still intend to run this blog and make recs whenever I read a johnlock fic, I havent forgotten about y'all!

[johnlockfanficrec]

I am now in my Wangxian phase (Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian from The Untamed) as you know if you follow me on my main @softlygasping but wanted to give you guys an update anyway that this ficrec hasn't been forgotten. Even though it's been a while since I've read a johnlock fic, I'll still add them here whenever I end up reading more 👍

[johnlockfanficrec]

Hi! I was wondering if you’d be willing to share a pdf of The Bluest of Blue. It’s one of my favorites but I must have lost it with my old computer.. I’ve recently gotten into bookbinding and I’d love to make a hand bound copy of it! My email is [email protected]. Thank you!!

Of course! Message me directly with your email and I'll send it to you.

You probably already know this but the author has published that fic as an original work and can be purchased here: Names for the Dawn https://a.co/d/eswKYXI

[johnlockfanficrec]

Hi! I was wondering if youd be willing to share a copy (epub file or pdf) for The Bluest of Blue. I'd be really grateful if you can. I saw best fiction masterlist. I never chance read it but i would love to read it. Thank you!

Yeah of course! DM me your email and I'll send you my copies

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Hi! I stumbled across a wonderful fic the other night and can’t seem to find it again. John was dating a woman named Gilly and Sherlock was obviously jealous. The two had to pretend to be dating while on a case. It had 12 chapters and I was over halfway through when my phone died and I haven’t been able to find it since.

This is what I got after a quick google search. Is it this one? If not, take a look at your phone’s browser history if you weren’t using incognito mode.

You Might Just as Well Be Blind (56k+): When a serial killer starts targeting couples, Sherlock and John must do what they have to do in order to get to the bottom of things.Unfortunately, John already has a girlfriend. Surely pretending to be in a relationship with Sherlock won't pose any problems with his relationship, will it?

[johnlockfanficrec]

Hey! Do you know of any fics where Sherlock gets a bf and John is jealous and there’s lots of mutual pining going on?? (Or even just dates it doesn’t have to be a bf). Thanks!!

Check out my Sherlock with other men tag!

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Description: The first time John Watson’s emergency contact is called is the first time Sherlock Holmes finds out that he has the job.

Review: So, so sweet, where Sherlock doesn’t even know how important he is to John.

Rating: Mature

★★★★★

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Description: Looking back later in life, John always felt that he should have seen it coming sooner. But the first weeks after the Heroic Return had been so filled up with moving back in and press conferences and recovering from the recent months and explaining and forgiving and soothing hurt friends and solving that case Lestrade had brought to them probably just to come to terms with Sherlock again that John only realised something was seriously wrong with his friend when it was too late for an easy way out.

Review: Sherlock is depressed, and John takes them to a secluded cottage. I really liked this one because it was emotional comfort. Kind of slow, with a small case, and sometimes you just need something that’s soft but not overly so.

Rating: Explicit

★★★★★

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Description: John considers him for a moment. Sherlock’s hair is in disarray, and his bathrobe is falling from one shoulder, and his bare feet tap angry little notes against the carpet. His eyes have slitted back into their glare, and he’s aiming it at John as if he can control him just by staring long enough. Ignoring the fact that he apparently can, John closes his book and sets it aside. It seems blowing things up isn’t on Sherlock’s agenda today.

Review: Fucking fluff man. God. They’re still in the beginning stages of their relationship and Sherlock doesn’t know how to ask for a cuddle

Rating: Mature 

 ★★★★★

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Description: Cuddling. Lots of it.

Review: What the fuuuuuuck. This is so?????? Oh my god?? This is definitely the fic you want to read if you want a feel-good fic with so much cuddling and touching your chest physically aches with it. I almost died. So soft. 

Rating: Teen

★★★★★

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Description: When Mrs. Hudson introduces John and Sherlock to the concept of the five love languages, Sherlock descends into a dark mood and John’s curiosity gets the better of him. What is Sherlock’s love language, and why does the whole concept set him so on edge?

Review: John tries each love language to see which one Sherlock responds to, and the last chapter almost made me cry (when John finds out which language is Sherlock’s). This is a good fic for before bed, fluffy and only a little angsty.

Rating: Teen

★★★★☆

[johnlockfanficrec]

Update

Hey everyone!

I know I haven't been as active on this blog as I used to be, but if you follow me on my main @softlygasping you know I am fully in the Zukka Renaissance (Sokka/Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender) which has taken a majority of my attention and energy.

Just thought I should say something to ensure that I still intend to run this blog and make recs whenever I read a johnlock fic, I havent forgotten about y'all!

[johnlockfanficrec]

Hello! Do you know of any good fics that include Sherlock's parents?

Hey there! Check out my meet the family tag

[johnlockfanficrec]

Hi!! Do you by any chance know of any 80s or 90s Lock?

I have no idea how long this has been sitting in my inbox so I'll hope you're still around! I can't think of any specific ones, but take a chance looking through my teenlock and unilock tag. Some of those are bound to be set in the 80s.

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Description: After John’s released and back home at Baker St, Sherlock still feels it. Down the centre of his chest there’s an ache like a healing wound. A physical awareness of a body he usually ignores as much as he can. It’s psychosomatic, nothing more interesting than that.

Review: I read this ages ago, before I started this blog, and I’m glad I found it again. John is so caring, and everything about this fic is just so good and precious.

Rating: General

★★★★★

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Description: At Montague Street when Sherlock was forced to sate his body’s needs, he was at least able to wander about the flat as much as he pleased. At Baker Street, it was mini-bags in a mini-fridge and bedroom confinement.

Review: I’m so glad this is completed because now I can rec it. The difference this fic has compared to other Vampire!Sherlock fics is that, here, Sherlock can turn into a bat. Which I found adorable, I loved it.

Rating: Explicit

★★★★★

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Description: “It’s locked.” “What?” “It’s locked.” “Very funny. Now open the door, Sherlock. I can hardly breathe in here.” “I’m not joking, John. It’s locked.” It’s pitch black inside the small coat closet in Dr. Bunbury’s surgery, but John thinks he can see Sherlock’s pale brow furrow as he pulls at the nob to the door, none-the-less. “I swear to god, Sherlock, if this is your idea of a joke, I’m going to…” “It’s not a joke, John.” There’s something thready, and slightly panicked running beneath the surface of that reply. “Here, let me.” John lightly bats Sherlock’s hands out of the way, and gives the nob a good screw himself. When it refuses to give, he throws his shoulder against the door with as much force as he can muster in the tight space. Predictably it doesn’t budge. He sighs. “Well, this is just great.” “It’s hardly my fault, John.” “It was your idea to hide in here!!” “It wasn’t. It was yours! I said to get under the desk.” “Like that’s effective! And I never once said ‘closet’.“ Sherlock sniffs indignantly. “It’s your thing, John. You always choose the closet.”

Review: They get stuck in a closet and pass the time by playing Truth or Dare where revelations come to light. There’s two parts to this story, the “stuck in a closet” and the aftermath of it a few days later. I enjoyed it and I would recommend stopping at the first installment to leave the emotional intimacy in tact. Rating is for the second half.

Rating: Explicit

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Without a Roof Over my Head

Description: Ten years after sending John off to the army, Sherlock finds him again in the worst way.

Review: John and Sherlock drift apart after John goes off to the army, but Sherlock will wait forever for him. He finds out that John is homeless and had been for years after he's been discharged, and is hurt that he was never told of John's return. He tried to convince him to move back in with him. I haven't read any homeless John fics before so this was a nice change! I liked how both John and Sherlock's feelings and motivations were talking about and acknowledged.

Rating: E

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