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[oneblueumbrella]

New WIP tease: Mystrade

He sighed again. ‘I should go.’

‘Gregory,’ Mycroft’s protest was soft.

Greg ignored it, opening his eyes and standing up.

‘I’ll see you another time,’ Greg said. ‘Sorry I was… yeah.’

He wasn’t looking at Mycroft, but as he turned for the door, Greg felt someone moving to stand beside him.

‘Gregory, will you wait?’

The polite request – not grabbing his arm, or demanding – was enough to stop him moving. Swallowing, Greg sent out a missive to the universe.

Please don't let him offer to help.

Save me that humiliation.

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What could be happening? We'll find out soon...

[mystrade-reading-club]

We’re reading...

Protective Instincts by bigblueboxat221b, E, 35k 

 “You have got to be kidding me.” “No,” John said, and there was regret in his voice. “I am certainly not, Greg.” “So basically,” Greg said, needing to summarise it all, “You’re telling me the guy I’m interested in is probably interested back, and in order to stop him getting so depressed he contemplates killing himself I should go along with his brain and pretend we’re together for the foreseeable future until his brain realises he’s wrong and he gets so embarrassed we never see each other again.” John paused, considering Greg’s words. “Well, yeah, kind of,” he answered eventually. “I do not have a choice in this, do I?” “I don’t really think so, no,” John replied. “I know, it’s weird and shit and just…weird.”

We’ll dicuss this fic on 29 November 2021 at 19.00 (London time) on discord. DM me for an invite.

[writingfanficsfan]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Summary:

Greg's on a plane, wishing he'd paid for an ungrade, worried about what he's going to find when he finally arrives back home in Dallas. When mechanical failure sends their plane into an emergency landing at someplace called Gander on the eastern tip of Canada, he's anxious - until he meets Mycroft, who ticks boxes he didn't even know he had. When it seems they might be in Gander for more than a few hours, Greg idly hopes he might run into Mycroft again, but fate has other ideas.

This fic is the next one I’m going to read. I had to look up what ‘Come from Away’ was (sorry @oneblueumbrella )and now that I know I am even more intrueged with the story. I have  a feeling this is going to be a good one! 

And no, I can’t rememeber when this story came to my attention and why I placed this story in my ‘mark for later’ list but just read that summary and tell me you are not curious to know how the story goes?!!

[swissmissficrecs]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Word count: 4029 Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson Additional Tags: Post-Episode: s02e03 The Reichenbach Fall, Showers, Scars, POV John Watson, do not copy to another site, Light Angst, Bisexual John Watson Summary:

This case finally pushes John to act on something he's wanted for a while.

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Rec: Starts off as your standard first time after an exciting case, but then turns into something with quite a bit more depth and emotion behind it. I was especially impressed at how this subverted my expectations along with John and Sherlock’s and showed that no matter what you expect, reality is better.

[iwritesometimes]

bigblueboxat221b replied to your post: Okay, so like angels have wings, obviously. And at...

Alternative idea: they can fly, but they need such a hugely long runup that it’s not possible in central London, plus being Seen is an issue. Perhaps that’s what the frivolous miracles of 1793 were about? Wiping the memories of people who saw Aziraphale take off (because he wants to be sure he can still do it if he needs to).

i just have this idea of them now as like. albatrosses. they’re magnificent once airborne but you practically need booster rockets and an airplane runway to build up enough speed to get your average angel airborne. crowley could’ve tried it to cross the m25 but frankly it was less spiritual effort to hold his flaming car together than it would have been to build up to takeoff.

[starsandstitches]

Happy Birthday, bigblueboxat221b! 🍰

Dear @bigblueboxat221b!

Many happy returns! Have a brilliant day and a wonderful next year full of love, happiness and creativity! ❤️

Yours, StarsAndStitches

[inevitably-johnlocked]

I want to thank @bigblueboxat221b SO MUCH for taking the time out to back up my blog for me... 34 gigs of meta, music, and writing right there folks! We’re just trying to find a way to get it TO me, LOL. All I can think of is torrenting it, but I don’t know how to MAKE one-to-one torrents, LOL. 

[reynardinetrenau]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade Characters: Mycroft Holmes, Greg Lestrade Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Late Night Conversations Series: Part 2 of Mystrade Prompt Challenge Oct 2018 Summary:

For the Mystrade Prompt Challenge: A late night conversation clarifies some things for Mycroft, and allows Greg to ask for something he's wanted for a long time.

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This is so good! Please give it a read