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Mystrade Meet Cute May Collection is now created! Please visit this COLLECTION PAGE for Info and FAQ.
Intro:
A collection of stories posted for the Mystrade Is Meet Cute event in May 2025
This event is intended to inspire new works in the Mystrade fandom on the theme of Meet Cute.
FAQ:
Can I post a WIP? : Yes, as long as at least one chapter is added to the collection by July 1, 2025.
What do you mean by "Meet Cute"?: A meet cute is a scene in which two people meet for the first time in a charming, humorous, or unusual way and eventually become a romantic couple. It's a common trope in romantic comedies, but can also appear in sitcoms and soap operas.
Can my story have other relationship pairings?: Yes, but Mycroft and Greg must be the primary romantic pairing featured in the story.
Can I post crossovers with another fandom?: Yes, but all other rules must be followed.
I added my story - Why don't I see my story in the collection?: All stories added to this collection are moderated, meaning they must be confirmed by a collection moderator before they are added. Stories will be confirmed within 24 hours - please be patient :)
I finished my story early - can I add it to the collection now?: The collection will not be open for new story submissions until May 1, 2025.
Rules:
1. This should be a new work that hasn't been posted anywhere else yet. (if you want to post early, or late, just let me know - we can be flexible.)
2. The main pairing should be Mycroft Holmes and Greg Lestrade.
3. The story should feature a main theme or element of Meet Cute
4. All maturity ratings are welcome.
5. The minimum word count for acceptance is 2,000 words.
we, in a manner akin to that of a man who once was, in Rome, an orator of significant skill, who was then for his elegance of speech renowned and now for his elaborate structure of sentences cursed by generations of scholars of Latin, the language which he spoke and we now study, Cicero, write, rather than by any efficiency, functionality, or ease of legibility have our words, our honors, the breaths of our hearts, be besmirched.
Not many jnſtances of Punctuation - but for many Daſhes – et words Capitaliz’d for emphavſis, but not logicaly - ſpeeling and word Endings varied Gratelie - and the long S - ſ - vſed in at the ſtart and Centre of wordes - & the short “s” vſed only at the end - as with the U and V, and the I and J - but v and j only at the ſtart of wordes (we diſtinguishe not between Vouels and Conſonants, only decoratiue Letteres). Ye letter “y” being in lookes cloſe to an Olde letter “þ” which is vſed as “th” - Y may be vſed in the place of TH - but only ſparingly - and ſtill Pronounc’d the ſame as TH. Long and rambling ſentences - ſeeminglie without end - a paragraph can conſiſt of One whole ſentence, and ſhort ſentences are rare – we ſcribe like hiſtorical Modern English – and other european Languages.
Mystrade Meet Cute May Collection is now created! Please visit this COLLECTION PAGE for Info and FAQ.
Intro:
A collection of stories posted for the Mystrade Is Meet Cute event in May 2025
This event is intended to inspire new works in the Mystrade fandom on the theme of Meet Cute.
FAQ:
Can I post a WIP? : Yes, as long as at least one chapter is added to the collection by July 1, 2025.
What do you mean by "Meet Cute"?: A meet cute is a scene in which two people meet for the first time in a charming, humorous, or unusual way and eventually become a romantic couple. It's a common trope in romantic comedies, but can also appear in sitcoms and soap operas.
Can my story have other relationship pairings?: Yes, but Mycroft and Greg must be the primary romantic pairing featured in the story.
Can I post crossovers with another fandom?: Yes, but all other rules must be followed.
I added my story - Why don't I see my story in the collection?: All stories added to this collection are moderated, meaning they must be confirmed by a collection moderator before they are added. Stories will be confirmed within 24 hours - please be patient :)
I finished my story early - can I add it to the collection now?: The collection will not be open for new story submissions until May 1, 2025.
Rules:
1. This should be a new work that hasn't been posted anywhere else yet. (if you want to post early, or late, just let me know - we can be flexible.)
2. The main pairing should be Mycroft Holmes and Greg Lestrade.
3. The story should feature a main theme or element of Meet Cute
4. All maturity ratings are welcome.
5. The minimum word count for acceptance is 2,000 words.
Just a reminder that the Mystrade Is Meet Cute collection will close on July 1. If you have not yet posted at least one chapter to the collection, please consider doing so within the next 2 weeks.
Mystrade Meet Cute May Collection is now created! Please visit this COLLECTION PAGE for Info and FAQ.
Intro:
A collection of stories posted for the Mystrade Is Meet Cute event in May 2025
This event is intended to inspire new works in the Mystrade fandom on the theme of Meet Cute.
FAQ:
Can I post a WIP? : Yes, as long as at least one chapter is added to the collection by July 1, 2025.
What do you mean by "Meet Cute"?: A meet cute is a scene in which two people meet for the first time in a charming, humorous, or unusual way and eventually become a romantic couple. It's a common trope in romantic comedies, but can also appear in sitcoms and soap operas.
Can my story have other relationship pairings?: Yes, but Mycroft and Greg must be the primary romantic pairing featured in the story.
Can I post crossovers with another fandom?: Yes, but all other rules must be followed.
I added my story - Why don't I see my story in the collection?: All stories added to this collection are moderated, meaning they must be confirmed by a collection moderator before they are added. Stories will be confirmed within 24 hours - please be patient :)
I finished my story early - can I add it to the collection now?: The collection will not be open for new story submissions until May 1, 2025.
Rules:
1. This should be a new work that hasn't been posted anywhere else yet. (if you want to post early, or late, just let me know - we can be flexible.)
2. The main pairing should be Mycroft Holmes and Greg Lestrade.
3. The story should feature a main theme or element of Meet Cute
4. All maturity ratings are welcome.
5. The minimum word count for acceptance is 2,000 words.
Just a reminder that the Mystrade Is Meet Cute collection will close on July 1. If you have not yet posted at least one chapter to the collection, please consider doing so within the next 2 weeks.
reminder that "allies welcome" was once secret code for "those not out yet can still participate without putting themselves at risk", and for those who aren't out yet to comfortably exist in these spaces you have to let allies exist in those spaces too.
this is also important for queer people who don't know anyone else there. let them bring their friend, even if the friend is cishet. many would rather not go at all, rather than go somewhere alone.
Biweekly, Greg and his mates had a poker night. Tonight was a rare event: Mycroft had some free time. He was convinced he could bluff his way to a solid win, and perhaps build his reputation with Greg’s colleagues in the process.
Greg tried to explain the stakes to him on the drive there. “We do a non-monetary betting system, starting with things we offer the pot. But as more people fold, and the stakes get higher, they start throwing in more demands for the last hand lost.”
“They do?” Mycroft questioned.
“Yeah,” Greg responded, then paused. “I tend to fold early.”
Mycroft smirked. “I didn’t take you for a quitter.”
Greg laughed. “Nothing I can do when the cards are shit.”
“If the last hand lost takes on the demands of the pot, then what’s the penalty for early folders like yourself?”
You can read the whole thing here, or on AO3.
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Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!
Greg slammed his glass down on the counter by the table, nothing but some bubbles left behind. Sally Donovan, the only woman at the game, approached Greg with a paper crown. On it, written in a drunken sharpie scrawl, read Coward of the Cards. “Being the first to fold is a right of passage,” she laughed out.
“C’mon,” a man at the table, one of his fellow D.I.s, stated, “we all know Lestrade’s afraid of commitment.”
“Says you,” Greg retorts as he sits back down at the table. “You throw all your arrests on your Sergeant's lap because you don’t want to be responsible for arresting the wrong guy.” This garnered some oohs from the party. “Hey, who’s on for a secondary bet? I’ll bet a fiver that Lake folds next.” He reached into his pocket for his wallet.
D.I. Lake rolled his eyes and fished in for his own. “Tenner says it’ll be your boyfriend in the clean suit.”
“I call your tenner!” Greg waved his hand at the dealer. “Do the thing.”
The game went on. The fourth community card went out. D.I. Lake folded.
“HA!” Greg put his hand out. “25 quid, please!”
Lake rolled his eyes and swiped the cash back at him. The bet-ception intrigued Mycroft. The game went on. In the end, it was only Mycroft and Philip Anderson for an interesting twist of fate.
“Loser walks my brother’s dog, thrice daily,” Mycroft bet.
“Call and raise,” Anderson says, an eyebrow twitching upwards. “Your brother handwrites me a formal apology letter for years of emotional abuse.”
“Woah,” Greg spoke up, tilting his head. “Anderson, the stakes need to be reasonable.”
“I think it’s doable,” Anderson responded and continued to glare Mycroft down. “Fold?”
“Hardly, Mr. Anderson” Mycroft responded confidently, leaning forward at the table. “I never fold under diplomatic pressure. Call and raise: You complete a written statement on record, signed and notarized, admitting to the raspberry jam incident.” He raised his eyebrows. “You know the one I’m talking about. When you, in all your forensic expertise, mistook it for arterial gush and documented it.”
Anderson stared at Mycroft with his lips pressed tight. Greg observed. Everyone was silent.
“I believe the file conveniently went missing from Gregory’s office. The fall landed on my brother when it was found half-charred in his fireplace. All that remained was a little gold paperclip, the kind that only you buy.”
Anderson slammed his cards on the table. “I fold,” he said in defeat.
They each turned over their cards. Anderson had two 3s, making for a four of a kind with the other two 3s on the table. With a 7 on the table, and two more lucky 7s in Mycroft’s hand, he only made out with a full house. He would have lost, had he not pressured Anderson to fold.
“Holy shit,” D.I. Lake commented, astonished. Everyone showed how impressed they were by the pressure Mycroft was able to apply. He could have had a junk hand and just a community pair and still won. Greg was smiling, a real subtle corner-lipped smile.
“I’d like a carbon copy of that record statement framed to replace that horrid skull above my brother’s fireplace,” Mycroft then added.
“Loser deals,” Donovan said.
Anderson scooped up the cards and began shuffling. Greg cut the deck, and the next game began. Bets began rolling in. A round of beers at happy hour, donuts for the office, designated driver for the next poker night…
The first to fold was D.I. Lake, and the Coward of the Cards cap was passed to him. Then Harrison, Sergeant to another D.I. who couldn’t make it tonight. Then Anderson. He couldn’t risk being the last one out again. Each person to fold was drinks down the hatch. For the last card placed on the table, it was down to Donovan, Greg, and Mycroft.
“Dishes for a week,” Greg bet.
“I’m not getting in the middle of a domestic,” Donovan said, “I fold.”
“Winner gets to choose the movie for the next movie night. I raise,” Mycroft then added, “no veto.”
Greg squinted at Mycroft and shook his head. “You know you can’t fool me, no veto isn’t a bloody raise, s’already implied.”
“Fine,” Mycroft sighed out and sat back in his chair. “I called.”
Greg smirked. “I call, you come to the next pub trivia.” Mycroft scoffed and rolled his eyes at that.
Bets were over. Anderson said, “show your cards.”
They both turned over their cards. Greg had a straight flush, the second best hand in the game. Mycroft had a royal flush. He won again.
“There will be no trivia for me, I’m afraid,” Mycroft said with a proud smirk.
“Cheeky bastard,” Greg laughed as he began to scoop for the cards.
@empress-of-hugs well 60k words of it are here, with 4 chapters left. I update Tuesdays, so they’ll be a new chapter tomorrow but the bit above is from the second-to-last chapter which will be posted in 2 more weeks.
It’s an academy AU + Tarsus aftermath fic in which James T. Kirk ends up accidentally parentally bonded to an orphaned Vulcan child. When the father/daughter duo enroll in Star Fleet, hijinks ensue (mostly at the expense of Spock’s previously immaculate but quickly deteriorating self-control).
Mystrade Meet Cute May Collection is now created! Please visit this COLLECTION PAGE for Info and FAQ.
Intro:
A collection of stories posted for the Mystrade Is Meet Cute event in May 2025
This event is intended to inspire new works in the Mystrade fandom on the theme of Meet Cute.
FAQ:
Can I post a WIP? : Yes, as long as at least one chapter is added to the collection by July 1, 2025.
What do you mean by "Meet Cute"?: A meet cute is a scene in which two people meet for the first time in a charming, humorous, or unusual way and eventually become a romantic couple. It's a common trope in romantic comedies, but can also appear in sitcoms and soap operas.
Can my story have other relationship pairings?: Yes, but Mycroft and Greg must be the primary romantic pairing featured in the story.
Can I post crossovers with another fandom?: Yes, but all other rules must be followed.
I added my story - Why don't I see my story in the collection?: All stories added to this collection are moderated, meaning they must be confirmed by a collection moderator before they are added. Stories will be confirmed within 24 hours - please be patient :)
I finished my story early - can I add it to the collection now?: The collection will not be open for new story submissions until May 1, 2025.
Rules:
1. This should be a new work that hasn't been posted anywhere else yet. (if you want to post early, or late, just let me know - we can be flexible.)
2. The main pairing should be Mycroft Holmes and Greg Lestrade.
3. The story should feature a main theme or element of Meet Cute
4. All maturity ratings are welcome.
5. The minimum word count for acceptance is 2,000 words.
The lives of a gay couple who lived in a Dorset village for nearly six decades have been turned into an exhibition.
Norman Notley (1890–1980) and David Brynley (1902–1981) moved to Corfe Castle in 1923 and lived openly as a couple, despite homosexuality being illegal at the time.
The two men were successful musicians who sang together in Britain and the United States and they had many friends in the art world.
Photographs and diaries on display at Dorset Museum reveal they lived peacefully with the local community for 57 years until their deaths.
In 1973, local people organised an event for the couple to celebrate their 50 years in the village.
Museum director Claire Dixon said: "They were known as 'the boys' quite affectionately by the community.
"They didn't throw the party, the community threw it for them.
"When lots of people were having to hide the fact that they were gay, or think about their behaviour in public space, it seems that they were able to live quite a peaceful life in the village."
The couple shared a passion for creating art as well as collecting and Notley bequeathed his collection of paintings to Dorset Museum.
Despite being able to live authentically, the only image in the collection of them being affectionate to one another is a photo of Brynley kissing Notley on the cheek.
Notley died in 1980, aged 90, and Brynley a year later, aged 81.
Maisie Ball, an archaeology student at Bournemouth University, began digitising the couple's photographs and transcribing their journals and letters as part of a work placement at the museum.
She said: "Being able to share their story has been so important as there are not many collections like this that give a glimpse into the lives of LGBTQ+ people from this time period.
"The photographs that have stuck with me the most are the ones with their many dogs and the rare few of Norman on his own, where you get to see a glimpse of his personality."
The display, curated by Ms Ball, with advice from Prof Jana Funke of the University of Exeter, is on display throughout February to coincide with LGBT+ History Month.
(Full article)
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