Sherlockmas

Sherlockmas is a fanwork challenge community running annual prompt-fests and exchanges centered around characters from the BBC'S Sherlock.

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Sherlockmas 2013 Holiday Exchange: Masterlist

The Sherlockmas 2013 Holiday Exchange has wrapped - thanks so much, everyone!  Authors are revealed on our masterlist, linked above.  You can also find works as they're added to our AO3 Collection!

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That's a wrap!  Thank you so much to all of our authors, readers, supporters, and especially our pinch-hitters! 

Our pre-reveal masterlist comes in the form of a Google spreadsheet, so you can sort by pairing, rating, length, whatever you like.  I hope it's useful!  I'm looking forward to catching up on reading before reveals go up on January 5th!

Thank you all so much, again!

Sarah // kindlywhispernorbury

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On the twelfth day of Sherlockmas: When The Floodgates Open Brace Your Shores

Author: [redacted] Title: When The Floodgates Open Brace Your Shores A gift for: For the Community Characters/Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/Molly Hooper, John Watson & Mycroft Holmes Category: Gen/Het Rating: NC-17 Warnings: Semi-graphic mentions of violence Summary: The virus turned most of the world's populations into mindless zombies, and there was chaos before a partial cure was found. Now life has gone back to normal for the residents of 221B Baker Street, even though John is now among the living dead. But a discovery by Molly threatens to throw everything back to how it had been in the dark days, and they all react in their own ways. Author's Notes: The person whose prompts I answered did not give a specific prompt for this, but they mentioned they enjoyed end of the world fics that talked about what came after, and I couldn't resist answering such a challenge. Title comes from lyrics in the Linkin Park song "A Light That Never Comes"

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On the eleventh day of Sherlockmas: A Safe Place, for nathaniel_hp

Author: [redacted] Title: A Safe Place A gift for: nathaniel_hp Characters/Pairing: Greg Lestrade/John Watson Category: Slash Rating: NC-17 Warnings: Explicit sex; D/s relationship; passing mentions of bondage and other BDSM elements. Summary: The night before Moriarty's trial, John comes to Greg looking for comfort and reassurance. The night before Sherlock's fall, Greg does his best to provide it again. Author's Notes: I haven't had much chance to explore this pairing, and I was really intrigued by the thought of how their power dynamic might shift between their personal and professional lives – mixed up as they are. I hope this little piece touches in some satisfactory way on that question, and I hope you enjoy reading it! Thanks for the excellent prompts!

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On the eleventh day of Sherlockmas: Light Up the Fireworks in Me, for alafaye

Author: [redacted] Title: Light Up the Fireworks in Me A gift for: alafaye Characters/Pairing: John/Sherlock, Mrs. Hudson Category: pre-slash romance Rating: Gen Warnings: No Warnings Apply, (spoilers for S2) Summary: The evening before the Christmas Party (S2, E1), Sherlock is bored and provokes a confrontation in which he gets more—quite a lot more—than he expected from John. Author's Notes: Thanks and hugs to [redacted] for the insightful beta.

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On the eleventh day of Sherlockmas: Christmas Fantasia, for forsciencejohn

Author: [redacted] Title: Christmas Fantasia A gift for: forsciencejohn Characters/Pairing: John/Sherlock Category: slash Rating: NC-17 Warnings: explicit m/m Summary: Sherlock grants John's Christmas Wish Author's Notes: Yikes! These two really got away from me on this one. This is my first attempt at writing anything quite like this; I hope you enjoy!

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On the tenth day of Sherlockmas: The (Unlikely And Unexpected) Proverbial Knight In Shining Armor

Author: [redacted] Title: The (Unlikely And Unexpected) Proverbial Knight In Shining Armor A gift for: For the Community Characters/Pairing: Sherlock Holmes & Molly Hooper Category: Gen Rating: PG Warnings: Mentions of torture resulting in injuries Summary: Sherlock is usually the one doing the rescuing, not the one needing to be rescued. But this time it’s he who is tied up and hurt, and it’s up to Molly to save the day. Author's Notes: One of the prompts my recipient asked for (multiple times) was Sherlock being the one in distress and needing to be rescued by someone unexpected, preferably Molly, Sally or Mrs. Hudson. It’s actually quite fun to write Sherlock in distress.

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On the tenth day of Sherlockmas: Through the Storm, for redvalerian

Author: [redacted] Title: Through the Storm A gift for: redvalerian Characters/Pairing: Sherlock/John Category: Slash Rating: R Warnings: Prescription drug use, physical injury (non-graphic) Summary: Sherlock and John are trapped in a frozen wilderness after a case takes a bad turn. Sherlock thinks they're doomed, but there's something about John he hasn't counted on. Author's Notes: Happy holidays, redvalerian! I hope you enjoy this. ♥

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On the tenth day of Sherlockmas: Warmth, for minirose96

Author: [redacted] Title: Warmth A gift for: minirose96 Characters/Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/Molly Hooper Category: Gen Rating: T Warnings: AU & Major Character Death (sort of) Summary: On his last night in London he comes to her to say goodbye. In three years her life has changed, but then again so has he. Author's Notes: Happy Holidays! Forgive me for the lame ending, I’m not the best at those, but I hope you enjoy this little tale during this season of darkness and chill.

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On the tenth day of Sherlockmas: Deck the Halls, for lucybun

Author: [redacted] Title: Deck the Halls A gift for: lucybun Characters/Pairing: John/Sherlock Category: Slash Rating: NC-17 Warnings: explicit m/m Summary: Sherlock knows when he's wrong, and he knows how to make it better. Author's Notes: Thank you for the lovely opportunity to try my hand at some holiday themed smut! It was fun! I hope you enjoy it.

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On the ninth day of Sherlockmas: 'Tis The Season, for sherlockmas

Author: [redacted] Title: 'Tis The Season A gift for: For the Community Characters/Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/Molly Hooper, Mrs. Hudson and John Watson Category: Het Rating: PG Warnings: None Summary: Molly had asked if he would consider having a Christmas party after his great fall, and he’s found he can’t say no to her, not after everything. Luckily for him this Christmas turns out far better than the last one they all spent together, with a budding new relationship and the end of an estrangement with John. Author's Notes: Another one of my giftee’s prompts was the first Christmas after the fall. I had a lot of fun with this one.

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On the ninth day of Sherlockmas: Do You Want To Know A Secret?, for dorothydonne

Author: [redacted] Title: Do You Want To Know A Secret? A gift for: dorothydonne Characters/Pairing: Sherlock/John Category: Slash Rating: G until the epilogue which is PG/13 Warnings: None apart from some PG/13 shenanigans in the Epilogue Summary: In which Sherlock makes a wager which he turns out to be more than happy to lose. Herein find fluff and more fluff and yet more fluff, plus a touch of smut and some nose-rubbing under a Christmas Tree. Length: 6051 Author's Notes: Written for the following Sherlockmas challenge: S/J: John tries to buy Sherlock a Christmas present. Every time he brings something home, Sherlock figures out what it is. John has to get creative. Maybe the Christmas present turns into a night of shameless kinkery.

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On the ninth day of Sherlockmas: The Wait, for Anonymous

Author: [redacted] Title: The Wait A gift for: Anonymous Characters/Pairing: Mycroft/Lestrade Category: Slash Rating: PG-13 Warnings: Allusions to off-stage violence, Angst Summary: A divide has been growing between them for months, and Greg feels like he’s just waiting for the other shoe to drop. And then it does, though it’s far from what he expected. Author's Notes: I kind of combined your first two prompts, and even got a bit of reunion fic in there while I still could. :) Angst, hurt/comfort, and fluffy cuddles galore. A far cry from my usual and quite a step outside my comfort zone, so I hope you enjoy! I certainly had a good time writing it. And rewriting it.

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On the eighth day of Sherlockmas: No Refunds, No Returns, for dweo

Author: [redacted] Title: No Refunds, No Returns A gift for: dweo Characters/Pairing: Molly/Mycroft, background John/Sherlock Category: Het Rating: PG13/R Warnings: Mentions of character death, S3 possible spoilers/S4 if they do one possible spoilers pertaining to character death Summary: kid!fic with extra romance... Sherlock had been back for over a year and things had been going...well, Mycroft thought. Well as could be expected. Then, one day, Molly leaves a note on his pillow and a brusque message on his phone, and he is clueless as to why. Author's Notes: As per your prompt, I went to tvtropes.org and hit random, and it gave me this, lol: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProportionalArticleImportance

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On the eighth day of Sherlockmas: In Closets, Hidden (1/3), for xenadragon_xoxo

Author: [redacted] Title: In Closets, Hidden A gift for: xenadragon_xoxo Characters/Pairing: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Lestrade, Mrs. Hudson, Mycroft Holmes, Harry Watson, OCs Category: Gen Rating: PG13 Warnings: violence, mention of drugs (overdose), coarse language Summary: When the past you've tried years to forget about decides to come back to haunt you, and comes after you, your sister, and your friends, it's always nice to have a consulting detective as a friend/flat mate. And a Detective Inspector and British Government doesn't hurt either. Author's Notes: Thanks goes to my friend [redacted] for letting me babble and rant about this, and for brainstorming with me. Thanks to xenadragon for the wonderful prompts! I hope you enjoy this and its a good gift. Happy holidays!

[See Livejournal community for parts 2 & 3!]

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On the eighth day of Sherlockmas: The Vampire & The Detective, for sherlockmas

Author: [redacted] Title: The Vampire & The Detective A gift for: For the Community Characters/Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/Molly Hooper, Jim Moriarty, John Watson, OMC Category: Het/Gen Rating: NC-17 Warnings: Major character death Summary: Molly Hooper was a vampire, a fact she kept hidden from the world at large. But Sherlock Holmes is a genius, so of course he's going to figure it out. But his reaction is surprising, and from that Molly finds their relationship changing. When Moriarty puts it and her existence in jeopardy, however, decisions are made that have life-changing consequences for the two of them. Author's Notes: My recipient mentioned they liked vamp!lock and this idea just kind of bubbled forth. I hope they don't mind that Molly is the vampire instead of Sherlock, but it just worked better for the story.

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On the seventh day of Sherlockmas: Mancunian Matters, for blueonblue

Author: [redacted] Title: Mancunian Matters A gift for: blueonblue Characters/Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/Greg Lestrade Category: Slash Rating: M Warnings: No warnings apply Summary: Greg is scheduled to speak at a police conference in Manchester. Sherlock complicates things, as usual. Author's Notes: Many thanks to [redacted] for alpha- and beta-reading and Britpicking.