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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: James Bond (Craig Movies), Sherlock (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James Bond/Q Characters: Q (James Bond), James Bond, Bill Tanner, M | Gareth Mallory, Eve Moneypenny, Madeleine Swann, John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Anthea (Sherlock), Mycroft Holmes, Greg Lestrade, Rosamund Mary "Rosie" Watson Additional Tags: 00Q Reverse Bang, Pre-James Bond/Q, Alternate Universe - Sherlock (TV) Fusion, Post-SPECTRE, Post-Canon, Q is a Holmes, Holmes Family, Established Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, background Johnlock, Cute Rosamund Mary "Rosie" Watson, "Uncle Jim", "Uncle Q", technically they're all cousins, One Big Happy Family, Domestic Life at 221B Baker Street, Just Married, Marriage Proposal Summary:
It was like coming home after being away for too long. It always had been, and honestly, James Bond hoped that setting foot in the hallowed halls of MI6 would always feel like coming home. But to be fair, he wasn’t anticipating a warm welcome this time. Given the circumstances of his last departure, the people he had walked away from, the people he had alienated because he was distracted by a pretty face, he expected a bit of a hostile reception. There were new faces as he made his way to M’s office, some of the younger ones saw him and spent a few minutes staring after him, whispering to each other that the prodigal son of MI6, the legendary rogue James Bond, had come home again.
Bookmarker's Notes:
Fabulous post-Spectre story which shows Q hesitant, but not ridiculously so, to let James back into his heart. C'mon: he has ReAsOnS + one of them is an interesting twist in the story. Q is a Holmes; James + John Watson were a thing back in the day; Watson's daughter Rosie is a delightful + real child; and the journey to the extended Watson-Holmes-Vernet-Bond family on Baker Street is a wonderFULL read from start to finish. #ThereAreSoManyWaysToBeFamily + this one is a treat. Mission + case bits are all done well. Won't say anything more because you, dear Reader, deserve to experience it for yourself too!