Johnlock Fics

Cataloguing the hundreds of Johnlock fics I've read

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Title: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Christmas Spirit Author: SilentAuror Rating: Explicit Chapters: 1 Word count: 15, 002 AO3 description: "John hates Christmas. So does Sherlock, but he suggests that they do Christmas "properly" this year to see if they can't track down its elusive magic and discover for themselves what Christmas is supposed to be about." More fluff or more smut: so much Christmas fluff! My notes: friends to lovers, post-series 3, fluff My star (out of 5): 3 Review: A special seasonal rec for you to indulge in today! In this cute little story, Sherlock and John are back together post-series 3 with Mary living in America having taking the baby with her. Understandably, John is rather gloomy and it turns out he's never really enjoyed Christmas anyway. Sherlock decides they will investigate Christmas spirit together and do all the 'Christmassy' things they can - from baking to decorating to attending a carol service. As I'm sure you can imagine from that description, there is a lot of lovely seasonal fluff. SilentAuror's work is always so true to canon and carefully considered. This piece is no exception and I'm sure you will all enjoy the lovely moment on Westminster Bridge. Take some time out of the family festivities and head off to read this seasonal beauty.

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Title: Eggs and Toast and Love Confessions Author: allonsys_girl Rating: Explicit Chapters: 1 Word count: 10,386 AO3 description: "These two really are such idiots, but they figure it out in the end." More fluff or more smut: both My notes: friends to lovers, post-series 3, fluff My star (out of 5): 3 Review: A post-series 3 'they've finally worked it out' it fic! The story begins with John having a coffee outside Speedy's unnoticed by Sherlock, who returns home making a ruckus as he's forgotten his keys. Spotting John, he barks out "What on earth are you doing there, John?" [...] as if John never has any right to be anywhere except in the flat, waiting for Sherlock." This prompts John to finally speak to Sherlock about his feelings and leads to lots of fluff and smut. Allonsys_girl has a real talent for the little details that help build their relationship. A favourite in this is their first touch as John attempts to get his feelings out: "Sherlock sits there for at least five minutes before he moves a muscle. When he does, it's to lay a warm palm against the small of John's back. The touch is unexpected, and intimate, overwhelming in it's comfort. It's a touch unlike any they've shared before. It means something different, it's a line crossed." A quick little read with lots of fluff and smut. Enjoy!

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Title: John Watson’s Twelve Days of Christmas

Author: earlgreytea68

Chapters: 14

Word count: 53,464

Rating: Mature

AO3 description: “It’s the holiday season. John Watson needs money. Sherlock Holmes needs something else.”

More fluff or more smut: more fluff

My notes: AU, alternate meeting, Christmas, pretend relationship

My star rating: 5

Review:

Another one that I have read over and over! Johnlock meets cheesy romantic Christmas film. If you love films like Love Actually, this one’s for you. The lovers meet when John is recently returned from Afghanistan and working as a Christmas elf. Sherlock is undercover investigating Santa and ends up inviting John along to his mum’s for Christmas. But there’s more: Sherlock will pay John to pretend to be his boyfriend. I’m a sucker for pretend relationship “oh look, we’ve actually gone and fallen in love!” fics and I love Christmas so this was always going to suck me in. Up until this fic, I’d never bothered reading AUs but once again earlgreytea68 lured me in! This is gloriously fluffy and with a hint of angst at times. Of course, you know we’re leading for a happy Christmas ending. I would happily this read again and again - even in the height of summer!

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A seasonal reblog!

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Title: Two Coffees One Black One with Sugar Please Author: Linpatootie Rating: Ranges from General to Explicit Works: 4 Wordcount: 25, 419 AO3 description: "A somewhat pointless experiment on Sherlock's behalf leads to John having to re-evaluate pretty much his entire life." More fluff or more smut: More fluff My notes: platonic sleeping together, friends to lovers, post-series 1, experiment My star (out of 5): 4 Review: Have I mentioned that I like the platonic sleeping together trope?... This lovely quartet of stories begins with Sherlock positing that people sleep better when someone else is in their bed, and suggesting an experiment to test this hypothesis - John must sleep in his bed for 30 days. Initially grumpy and reluctant, John ends up finding that yes he does sleep better in Sherlock's bed. Their relationship develops across the four stories with the final piece focused on how the boys tell everyone in their life about their relationship. My favourite 'reveal' is when Lestrade finds out: " 'Behave yourself. I won’t be home late.' He places a hand on Sherlock's shoulder and leans forward to place a warm kiss “on responsive lips. Only when he straightens back up does he realise he just did that in front of Lestrade, who is now looking at him like he's just magicked a monkey whistling God Save The Queen out his inside pocket." A gloriously fluffy collection (just wait until the end of The Sum of Us - super fluff!) with some delightfully funny moments. Highly recommended!

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Title: Bloody But Unbowed

Author: BeautifulFiction

Rating: Explicit

Chapters: 8

Wordcount: 43,211

AO3 description: “ ‘Ever since I returned to London, you have made it plain that my behaviour is intolerable. Clearly, you no longer find me praise-worthy in any capacity, so why are you still here?’ When a familiar argument threatens to destroy the last remnants of John and Sherlock’s failing friendship, both men are left questioning their worth to one another. Before either of them has the chance to make amends, circumstance intervenes. John is left at the mercy of his abductors, and this time, he’s not sure Sherlock will bother coming to his rescue.”

More fluff or more smut: More angst with a smutty end

My notes: post-Reichenbach, violence, friends to lovers, angst, kidnapping

My star (out of 5): 3

Review:

BeautifulFiction certainly lives up the name! Her prose is always beautifully written with lovely turns of phrase and interesting description. A lovely example comes from the opening of this story when she describes John’s reaction to Sherlock’s post-Reichenbach return: “The days after Sherlock’s return were shaky with shock, John’s memories saturated in bitter resentment and relief so vivid it cleaved him in two. He had been vicious, back then: a wounded animal. He could barely stand the sight of Sherlock, yet nor could he stay away. He didn’t dare, for fear he’d turn around and find he was gone again: a ghost after all.” Beautiful indeed.

I have to admit that this isn’t my favourite story; I enjoyed the chance to re-read it but I’m not usually a fan of graphically violent works. The author’s writing style and her perfectly in-character representations of the boys kept me going. This piece about how Sherlock may be in a relationship sums up how well she’s written them: “He hadn’t considered the fact that Sherlock might take all that terrifying focus and catch John in its glow, giving him the kind of devotion normally reserved for a perplexing murder.”

To sum up, if you don’t mind graphic violence, then is a very well-written story and I’d highly recommend! I would re-read it again, but I would probably head for one of BeautifulFiction’s other stories first.

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Title: The First and Last Trilogy

Author: Phyona

Rating: The Last Drop & The Temper Between Us - Mature The First Trip - Explicit

Chapters: The Last Drop - 8 The Temper Between Us - 9 The First Trip - 9

Wordcount: The Last Drop - 20,416 The Temper Between Us - 27,142 The First Trip - 29,398

AO3 description: “Sherlock and John fend off boredom with a night of heavy drinking.” - The Last Drop “Sherlock and John catch a fever.” - The Temper Between Us “Sherlock and John go on holiday.” - The First Trip

More fluff or more smut: More fluff, with a healthy bit of angst in each as they work out their new relationship

My notes: pre-Reichenbach, sick fic, friends to lovers, platonic sleeping together

My star (out of 5): 4

Review: Oh how I love this little trilogy!

The first begins with Sherlock in one of his epic, destructive States of boredom. Royally fed up of him, John announces he’s going to the pub. To his surprise, Sherlock thinks this is the perfect answer to his funk and goes with him. Cue drinking games, confessions and John getting black out drunk. Waking the next day, John tries to work out what the hell happened…

I love the gradual development of their relationship here. The boys are very much in character with exactly the right level of misunderstandings, reticence and eventually a burgeoning relationship. Their friendship is spot on too with quick fire exchanges - a favourite moment being a little argument that ends with John questioning “Why are we arguing like nine year olds?” and Sherlock countering “Because we’re immature!”

As I mentioned in my review of Silhouettes, I’m a big fan of ‘platonic sleeping together leads to relationship’ and with a night of heavy drinking and a fever that needs the boys to share body warmth, the platonic sleeping together is out in full force! Their first kiss is also hilarious.

There’s something rather heartwarming and comforting about this trilogy. Highly recommended for a rainy Sunday afternoon.

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Thank you so much for rec'n my fics, The First and Last Trilogy.  I’m glad you enjoyed them and found them comforting.  As a small, silly note, it says the title of the second installment is “The Temper Between Us,” but it is actually just “The Temper Between.”  Thank you, again!

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Oops edited! Thanks. Thanks so much for the whole trilogy. I really do love it! Hope you're planning to write more 😉

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Title: The First and Last Trilogy

Author: Phyona

Rating: The Last Drop & The Temper Between - Mature The First Trip - Explicit

Chapters: The Last Drop - 8 The Temper Between - 9 The First Trip - 9

Wordcount: The Last Drop - 20,416 The Temper Between - 27,142 The First Trip - 29,398

AO3 description: “Sherlock and John fend off boredom with a night of heavy drinking.” - The Last Drop “Sherlock and John catch a fever.” - The Temper Between “Sherlock and John go on holiday.” - The First Trip

More fluff or more smut: More fluff, with a healthy bit of angst in each as they work out their new relationship

My notes: pre-Reichenbach, sick fic, friends to lovers, platonic sleeping together

My star (out of 5): 4

Review: Oh how I love this little trilogy!

The first begins with Sherlock in one of his epic, destructive States of boredom. Royally fed up of him, John announces he’s going to the pub. To his surprise, Sherlock thinks this is the perfect answer to his funk and goes with him. Cue drinking games, confessions and John getting black out drunk. Waking the next day, John tries to work out what the hell happened…

I love the gradual development of their relationship here. The boys are very much in character with exactly the right level of misunderstandings, reticence and eventually a burgeoning relationship. Their friendship is spot on too with quick fire exchanges - a favourite moment being a little argument that ends with John questioning “Why are we arguing like nine year olds?” and Sherlock countering “Because we’re immature!”

As I mentioned in my review of Silhouettes, I’m a big fan of ‘platonic sleeping together leads to relationship’ and with a night of heavy drinking and a fever that needs the boys to share body warmth, the platonic sleeping together is out in full force! Their first kiss is also hilarious.

There’s something rather heartwarming and comforting about this trilogy. Highly recommended for a rainy Sunday afternoon.

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It's Christmas!

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Title: Pater Noster Author: SilentAuror Rating: Explicit Chapters: 2 Wordcount: 34255 AO3 description: “During the autumn that John is staying at Baker Street again after Sherlock was shot, he ruminates over the similarity between Sherlock's shot and the one that killed his father when he was fifteen. Cold case meets series 3 fix-it. Part I takes place entirely within His Last Vow, Part II takes place starting at the end of HLV and continues after.” More fluff or more smut: A healthy balance of both and a good helping of angst too. My notes: series 3, post-Series 3, friends to lovers, angst, smut My star (out of 5): 3 Review: It's a shame that this is the first SilentAuror I'm reviewing. I adore SilentAuror; she's easily my favourite author in the fandom for lots of reasons. Her stories are always well written with thoughtful in-character portrayals and they're always based solely in the show's world (no AUs). All that being said, Pater Noster isn't one of my favourites as I find the storyline with John's father a bit ridiculous. This one really is the exception for me; I normally love her pieces, so I feel bad that this is the first to feature on the blog! However, when I did re-read it so that I could write this review, I did find it enjoyable and managed to overlook my disbelief at the father storyline. Often my favourite parts of fanfiction are the small moments that are so well-written they really stick in your head (such as the descriptions of Sherlock's curls against John's arm that I mentioned in my review of Silhouettes). SilentAuror is talented at crafting these small moments and actually wrote my favourite first Johnlock kiss - but that review is quite a while away! The moment I loved in this is when Sherlock goes to brush something off John's shoulder. John misconstrues the intention and, thinking that Sherlock has put an arm around his shoulders, reciprocates and puts his around Sherlock's waist. This moment feels so real and Sherlock's tense inner monologue as he worries about what to do is so well-drawn. Overall, this isn't a favourite but, as with all SilentAuror's work, it's well worth a read. There's quite a few more reviews to go before I get to another one of SilentAuror's, but the next one will certainly be a more favourable review.

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Title: Silhouettes

Author: allonsys_girl

Rating: Explicit

Chapters: 7

Word count: 28,593

AO3 description: “Sherlock and John find comfort in each other’s arms, but as ever with these two, it’s not your typical relationship. It’s fluffy at the beginning, gets deeply angsty in the middle, gets porny at the end. Tried to cover all my bases.”

More fluff or more smut: see above!

My notes: during series 2 and 3, adapted ending to HLV, friends to lovers, platonic sleeping together, infidelity

My star (out of 5): 5

Review:

I think this might be the first piece of Johnlock I ever read. It’s definitely the first I ever fell in love with! I discovered it when it was still a WIP and it was the first time I got that ‘new chapter’ buzz.

The story starts in series 2 with Sherlock creeping into John’s bed after a rough week. After this, they sleep together platonically until the fall. The story continues with John’s life between series 2 and 3, and their eventual reunion and affair during The Empty Hearse and The Sign of Three. It stays pretty close to canon until the end, where it changes His Last Vow to make it a Johnlock happy ending!

There’s a few reasons I feel so strongly about this story. Firstly, I love the whole 'platonic sleeping together becomes more’ trope and it’s done so well here. Secondly, the way it fits to canon for the most part makes it an almost believable subplot for the real series. Finally and most importantly, allonsys_girl’s writing and description is just so vivid. There’s a lot of sensuous imagery here and descriptions like John and Sherlock 'knowing the weight of each other’s arms’ and John thinking about 'Sherlock’s curls against his arm’ when talking to Mary just gripped me. Those two in particular really stick in my imagination.

If I had to comment on one gripe, it’s only that I can never get on board with 'baby’ as a term of affection! It just creeps me out.

Still, an utter delight of a story! I really owe allonsys_girl for bringing me into the world of Johnlock fanfiction.

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Title: Sometimes When We Touch

Author: kedgeree

Rating: Mature

Chapters: 6

Wordcount: 7755

AO3 description: “John might be touching Sherlock a little more often than is strictly necessary. Sherlock probably hasn’t even noticed. Right…?”

More fluff or more smut: Angsty and fluffy parts with smutty ending.

My notes: post-Reichenbach, no Mary, friends to lovers

My star rating (out of 5): 3

Review:

A cute little fic! Post-Reichenbach John keeps touching Sherlock to check he’s still there. When Sherlock notices, he approaches it with the usual tact and John’s over-sensitivity leads to some miscommunication and angsty moments.

Their first kiss in this is adorable and there’s a hilarious moment when John goes a bit hysterical and describes Sherlock as “The magnificent ridiculous idiot genius. The great black swan. Dark giraffe. Elegant emu.”

The miscommunications in this feel very real and in character, as does the whole piece to be honest! I can imagine Sherlock and John’s actual first kiss going something like that.

Overall, this is a lovely little fic for a rainy Sunday afternoon. I’ve just discovered this author has lots of works I’ve not read so I’ll have to add them to the list!

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Title: Fallout

Author: allonsys_girl

Rating: Explicit

Chapters: 7

Wordcount: 37,841

AO3 description: “After the events of His Last Vow, Sherlock and John are struggling to understand their relationship. In the midst of that, Mycroft and Sherlock enlist the help of Victor Trevor to assist in the worldwide search for Moriarty, and things get complicated fast.”

More fluff or more smut: Smut, but also angst and some fluff by the end!

My notes: post-Series 3, Victor Trevor, angst, Mary, jealousy

My star (out of 5): 4

Review: Funnily enough Viclock was the first thing that brought me to Johnlock. I was a bit resistant to smutty Johnlock when I first heard of it (oh how things are different now!), but I relished the thought of Sherlock having a past lover. Of course, that’s all changed now but this fic is the best of both worlds! It’s post-Series 3 and Mycroft has hired Victor Trevor - Sherlock’s university roommate - to help track down Moriarty. John is desperate to help out, but things just aren’t working with him and Sherlock. And then he’s horrified when he discovers Sherlock and Victor are together…

Allonsys_girl was the first author I really followed on AO3. Her piece Silhouettes (review coming soon!) was the first Johnlock work I fell in love with. She writes the characters well and everything fits to canon. In this case, I loved the slowburn and angst of John’s jealousy whilst getting the treat of Viclock smut too. In some ways, I’d love parts of this to happen in the real series 4 - John seeing Sherlock with someone else (for real!) might just be the catalyst for him to make a move. This is a real pleasure to read and has lots of aspects that have made me return to it more than once.

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Title: John Watson’s Twelve Days of Christmas

Author: earlgreytea68

Chapters: 14

Word count: 53,464

Rating: Mature

AO3 description: “It’s the holiday season. John Watson needs money. Sherlock Holmes needs something else.”

More fluff or more smut: more fluff

My notes: AU, alternate meeting, Christmas, pretend relationship

My star rating: 5

Review:

Another one that I have read over and over! Johnlock meets cheesy romantic Christmas film. If you love films like Love Actually, this one’s for you. The lovers meet when John is recently returned from Afghanistan and working as a Christmas elf. Sherlock is undercover investigating Santa and ends up inviting John along to his mum’s for Christmas. But there’s more: Sherlock will pay John to pretend to be his boyfriend. I’m a sucker for pretend relationship “oh look, we’ve actually gone and fallen in love!” fics and I love Christmas so this was always going to suck me in. Up until this fic, I’d never bothered reading AUs but once again earlgreytea68 lured me in! This is gloriously fluffy and with a hint of angst at times. Of course, you know we’re leading for a happy Christmas ending. I would happily this read again and again - even in the height of summer!

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Fan fiction gives women and other marginalised groups the chance to subvert the mainstream perspective, to fracture a story and recast it in their own way. It’s not for the benefit of middle-aged men with a vast audience and little understanding of the form.

Elizabeth Minkel on Why it doesn’t matter what Benedict Cumberbatch thinks of Sherlock fan fiction. (via holmeswilliam)

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Title: Nature and Nurture

Author: earlgreytea68

Chapters: 57

Word count: 203,273

Rating: Mature

AO3 description: “The British Government accidentally clones Sherlock Holmes. Which brings a baby to 221B Baker Street.”

More fluff or more smut: more fluff

My notes: friends to lovers, post-Reichenbach, no Mary

My star rating: 5

Review: The first - and so far only - parentlock I’ve read! I’d assumed the set up wouldn’t work (is Sherlock paternal? How could they continue cases?!) but the rave reviews of this led me to give it a try. I was hooked from the first few sentences! Mycroft arrives with a baby who turns out to be a clone of Sherlock’s; Oliver was accidentally made using DNA that was kept as evidence of Sherlock’s death after the fall. As Sherlock and John agree to parent him, they become a couple (or rather solidify their very couple-y arrangement!) and battle the difficulties of having a clone baby. I’d read a couple of earlgreytea’s by the time I came to this and I love her writing style and well-drawn in character versions of John and Sherlock. The gradual friends-to-lovers tension and the way their relationship builds around Oliver is delightful. There’s also a rather tense plot around keeping Oliver’s status as a clone secret. My only (minor!) gripe with this is that I just don’t get Mystrade and this has a side plot of that. Small enough to ignore though! All in all, this is a real favourite and one I turn to again and again. Highly recommended.

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Why?

I now have over one hundred pieces of Johnlock fanfiction downloaded to my phone and I thought it was time I made a catalogue of them! Sometimes I just can't remember the name of the fic where x happened or I just want help picking the perfect fic for that moment. So I decided to start cataloguing them all and have a little walk down Johnlock memory lane as I go. I'll be going through them in the order they were saved to iBooks, although this isn't always the order I read them in. In fact I'd been reading Johnlock on AO3 for a few months before I discovered the download feature! First up will be two fics by earlgreytea68 (who I think is no longer writing Johnlock fanfic sadly). Both are ones I adore!