The brilliant and talented @bryntwedge kindly donated his talents and skills for the @markgatissbirthdayproject fundraiser and I was delighted to win!
The timing was perfect, as just a month before my parents' beloved Chihuahua, Paco, died.
Here are the inspiration photos Bryn worked from and the finished product. I've already had it printed on canvas and will be taking extra care to wrap it beautifully for Christmas. I'm completely delighted with it and cannot wait to see my parents reactions.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 5/?
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes & Sherlock Holmes
Characters: Mycroft Holmes, Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, Violet Holmes, Siger Holmes
Additional Tags: Dogs, Young Mycroft Holmes/Young Greg Lestrade, Mycroft gets a dog, Mycroft Being a Good Brother, Unpleasant Holmes Parents, Silver the Shepherd Mix, Snowflake the Husky, Greg gets a dog, Fluff, Shy Mycroft, Chubby Mycroft Holmes, Brotherly Love
Summary:
The day a puppy finds Mycroft out on the grounds of Musgrave, is the day Mycroft's life changes forever.
Set when Mycroft is sixteen; he's doing his A-Levels and going to leave home for university next year. He's shy and introverted, usually focusing on just his schoolwork or minding his hurricane little brother. Once he takes responsibility for 'Sherlock's' dog, who bonds strongly to Mycroft, he finds there's more to life than just work - love, care, and fun.
That's how Mycroft meets Greg, a fellow dog owner. Slowly he learns how to love and be loved by not only a dog, but by the stunningly handsome boy of his dreams.
Suddenly Mycroft isn't so afraid of going to university anymore, knowing he won't be alone.
i’ve only started reading. feels very promising. Love Mycroft being all brotherly. A favourite of mine. Do read. It’s really worth the time! :)
bryntwedge replied to your post “Therapists are just…. Common sense filters Me: yeah so I just don’t...”
@merindab I totally just picked up my glass when reading this and thought: when did I last wash this? It's fine, though, right? *looks harder* Oh this used to be transparent.
bryntwedge replied to your post “I'm uneasy with 'tragic tuesdays' :( People keep forgetting (or don't...”
I didn't realise this was a thing on Tuesdays...
It’s a new thing - just started the past couple of weeks I think? It’s a fine idea - exactly the same idea as Soft Smut Sunday just for a different flavour of fic - but today I’m not in a good place to deal with angsty fics (especially if there’s an MCD) so I decided to block it. I was OK last week and I’ll quite likely be good again next week but not today, Satan. Not today.
It’s Day Twenty-Four of The Mystrade Advent Calendar - and that means...
Thank you all so, so much for your interest, your submissions and your support. We’ve had a wonderful time organising the calendar, and we’re delighted that you’ve enjoyed it too.
We have a few final pieces of content for you this year.
Make sure you check out the collection on AO3 to catch up with any stories you missed - we’ve ended up with over fifty pieces of fiction: an astonishing achievement, we hope you’ll all agree.
So! Without further ado...
Couldn’t let you go off for Christmas without a present, guys.
It’s novella-length - get cosy somewhere with cocoa - a modern Mystrade retelling of the Dickens Christmas classic, with all the ghostly hauntings, festive memories, Mycroft Snark and existential dread you could ever dream of.
Thank you all, from the bottom of my heart, for throwing yourselves behind the calendar. It’s been an absolute honour.
Can’t wait for our next event. <3
Read ‘A Christmas Carol’ on AO3.
Next, we need to say a massive thank you to our gorgeous @bryntwedge - who has a very special gift for you all.
Bryn has created the beautiful artwork below - and has offered the original file size for download on Dropbox, for anyone who’d like to print at home and frame.
You won’t need a Dropbox account to download. Cancel the log-in screen that might appear, and hit ‘Download’ in the top-right hand corner - then hit ‘Direct Download’.
Thanks to Bryn for this gorgeous winter scene. We’re so proud to feature it in the calendar.
For our final short story of the calendar, we’re delighted to present The Hand of Friendship by Topicabo - misunderstandings, mistakes and snowy weather make up this gorgeous friends-to-lovers tale.
Many thanks to Topicabo for writing it - we hope you enjoy. <3
Read ‘The Hand of Friendship’ on AO3.
Last, but by no means least, we'd like to say thank you to the magnificent @smmr0829.
Summer has drawn this beautiful Christmas comic for your enjoyment: A Pocketful of Delights... and we know you’ll love it just as much as we do.
Make sure you read on under the cut. <3
Thanks to Summer for her gorgeous art - and thanks again to everyone who has submitted, followed, reblogged and commented on the calendar.
@bryntwedge I am so stinkin excited about gifting the painting to my parents tomorrow! I've been sitting on this for a month and I can't stand it. They are going to adore it as much as I do!!! ❤
