Sep 1, 2019
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High School AU. Kirk's mother is stationed on Vulcan. Kirk goes to Spock for help with fancy Vulcan school, and Spock goes to Kirk for help with . . . biology.
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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
High School AU. Kirk's mother is stationed on Vulcan. Kirk goes to Spock for help with fancy Vulcan school, and Spock goes to Kirk for help with . . . biology.
Taking care of the dead was kinfolks' work, specifically women's, before the men in suits came in with their body-dressers who weren't mothers and daughters and sisters, with their shiny expensive coffins that weren't built by fathers and sons and brothers.
from The Bone Fiddle
Word count: 98,054 in 8 parts Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Mrs. Hudson, Sally Donovan, Mycroft Holmes, Molly Hooper, Irene Adler, OCs, Greg Lestrade Additional Tags: AU, Appalachia, West Virginia, Historical - 1970s, Old-Time Music, Folklore, Vietnam War, Watergate, Murder Mystery, casefic, Drama, Humor, Romance, Smut Summary:
Or, as we like to call it behind its back, "The Erotic Adventures of Hillbilly Sherlock Holmes." Appalachian AU-verse; West Virginia coal country, early 1970s.
Appalachian AU! In November 1973, Vietnam vet John Watson returns to his family's old home in Arthel County, West Virginia, deep in coal country. His low expectations include recuperation and boredom. Instead he finds a ruined landscape, a series of grisly murders, and one of the world's weirdest neighbors.
Warnings/content: Some violence. Explicit sex. Tobacco-chewing. (Not all at the same time.)
Huge thanks to beta reader bethbethbeth/Beth H!
Best Original AU Winner of the 2014 Holmsies!
Now featuring: The Bone Fiddle Fanmix! Music is the heart and the spine of this story, so here is over two hours of it. Traditional Appalachian music, period-appropriate rock, and atmospheric alt-country. All the murder ballads mentioned in the story are here.
Beautiful cover art by songofthecuckoo. Thank you so much!
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This rec was originally posted on 221b_recs.
Rec: I'll admit, it took me a while to get the hang of 'hearing' the characters speaking in the local vernacular. Other than that, though, the transfer to this setting works remarkably well.
The world-building is fantastic in this, although it's not so much building as recreating. From the geography and plant life to the moral attitudes and religious sensibilities, the clothing styles and the economy, I felt as if I had been transported to 1970s Appalachia without so much as blinking. The authors also worked in a great deal of both local and national history, including the hippie movement, strip mining, and Watergate.
All of that, however, is incidental to the fantastic original case the story is built around. It's a clever premise, and I didn't catch on so I was duly surprised by the reveal.
I like that the authors didn't try to slavishly recreate any of the BBC episodes, although there are elements from many of them (probably more than I caught) as well as at least one major nod to the original ACD canon.
John's canon background as an injured veteran fits in perfectly with the Vietnam era, and Sherlock's eccentric persona plays in neatly to the reclusive mountainy man stereotype. What happens when the two of them get together is both predictable and fresh, leading them inexorably deeper both into each other's lives and into the eerie game going on around them. And oh, the smut. Hot and dirty, in every sense of the word.
Fortunate Sons
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by htebazytook
Cas gets stuck tutoring the new kid in school.
Words: 5323, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Supernatural
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Castiel, Dean Winchester, Zachariah (Supernatural), Naomi (Supernatural), Raphael (Supernatural), Michael (Supernatural), Chuck Shurley
Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Additional Tags: Slash, Smut, Porn, First Time, Humor, Class Issues, Politics, Alternate Universe - High School, Catholic School, School Uniforms, Car Sex, Non-Hunter Dean, Non-Angel Castiel, Derogatory Language
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Home Isn't Pretty
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by htebazytook
Demonic life suits Dean well, until it doesn't.
Words: 3946, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Supernatural
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Categories: M/M
Characters: Dean Winchester, Castiel, Crowley (Supernatural)
Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Additional Tags: Slash, Smut, Porn, First Time, Angst, Violence, Post-Season/Series 09, Season/Series 09 Spoilers
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As It Develops
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by htebazytook
Welcome to Night Vale / Supernatural crossover. Night Vale's latest visitors are asking all the wrong questions.
Words: 3856, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Welcome to Night Vale, Supernatural
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Cecil Palmer, Carlos (Welcome to Night Vale), Dean Winchester, Castiel, Sam Winchester
Relationships: Carlos/Cecil Palmer, Castiel/Dean Winchester
Additional Tags: Domestic, Fluff, Crossover, Slash, Smut, Porn, Romance, Humor, Established Relationship
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Motel Sprees
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by htebazytook
Cas pops in to visit Dean after returning from purgatory. Sam POV.
Words: 1617, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Supernatural
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, Castiel
Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester, Amelia Richardson/Sam Winchester
Additional Tags: Slash, Smut, Porn, Established Relationship, Romance, Humor, Incest, Canon Het Relationship, Overhearing Sex
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Keep Thee in All Thy Ways
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by htebazytook
Castiel isn't okay.
Words: 1761, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Supernatural
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Castiel, Dean Winchester
Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Additional Tags: Slash, Smut, First Time, Romance, Angst, Episode Related, Season 9, Episode: s09e18 Meta Fiction
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