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Shepherd, Joy & Blankets by insistentbass

Johnlock Love Letters #2221

John pulls back from a kiss. Sherlock disappears for a few days. There's a hill, and snow, and it's almost Christmas.

[swissmissficrecs]

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

Word count: 10,703 Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Molly Hooper/Greg Lestrade Characters: Molly Hooper, John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade, Rosamund Mary "Rosie" Watson, Mrs. Hudson (Sherlock Holmes) Additional Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst, Feelings Realization, Swearing, Drinking to Cope, Hand Jobs, Sussex Series: Part 2 of Your Mouth To My Heart Summary:

'John can feel it in the back of his throat and teeth, the saltwater cutting at his gums. He knows where the waves lead. The untouched island at the edge of everything, wild and waiting.'

John and Sherlock attend a wedding. Things happen.

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Rec: This is a beautiful, atmospheric fic set perhaps a couple of years after series 4, in which Sherlock and John attend Molly and Greg’s wedding, drink too much, and share an intimate moment on the dance floor, which leads to all of their barriers breaking down. I especially enjoyed the cozy cocoon of a mood that this created, awash with fresh emotion yet steadfastly anchored in the family unit they have already created.

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Candle, Dashing Through the Snow, Visiting, Storm and Hope by insistentbass

Johnlock Love Letters #2231

John and Sherlock get stuck at Mycroft's on Christmas Eve Eve. Realisations, whisky drinking and a power cut.

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Hi my loves. Over 400k of fic to rec this month, have fun!!

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Swallow the Night by ArwaMachine

John’s stag-do doesn’t go as planned, with a drunken one night stand that neither John nor Sherlock remember, until one day Sherlock does. Life goes on, of course, but can it? ~88k

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To be loved by Strange_johnlock

Established relationship. Sherlock is counting his blessings. John. ~16k

Inscrutable to the Last by DiscordantWords

He wasn't Sherlock, he couldn't work miracles. All he'd ever been able to do was write about them. ~49k

Winning the Goat by ArwaMachine

Sometimes Sherlock insists upon arguing with John about the Monty Hall problem for weeks on end. Somehow, they love each other. Established relationship. ~17k

A Firm Hand by Ellipsical

Dr. John Watson, CEO, hires Sherlock, who needs a firm hand to guide him, as his new personal assistant. Daddy kink. ~64k

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The Case of the Lonely Doctor by Thorntonsheart

Sherlock tries to find suitable dates for John, until he finds out exactly what he really wants. ~34k

Floaters In My Eyes (or Five Times Sherlock Woke Up Alone And The One Time He Didn't by Cat1ing

When Sherlock wakes up, he's always alone. Until he isn't. ~9k

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The Noble Heart by All_I_need

Mary gets shot on her wedding day to John. Mary's secret past life starts coming to life as John and Sherlock make discoveries of their own. ~98.5k

Candle, Dashing Through the Snow, Visiting, Storm and Hope by insistentbass

John and Sherlock get stuck at Mycroft's on Christmas Eve Eve. Realisations, whisky drinking and a power cut. ~7.5k

Any emotion akin to love by 17 pansies (17pansies)

Victorian/ACD. A smoggy evening walk, an opportune crumpet - and a whole new world awaits. ~7.5k

waiting (for the rising sun) by simplyclockwork

The kitchen will smell like alcohol after your mother's funeral, just as it did that night when your father told you that ‘queer’ was another word for ‘wrong’ ~2.5k

February 15th by prettysailorsoldier

After a difficult breakup, Sherlock has decided he can do without romance, but a blind date with the handsome, charming, funny John Watson might just prove him wrong. Unilock ish. ~8k

Hiding Away by happyeverafter72

Victorian/ACD. When life in London is getting them down, Holmes and Watson head to their cottage in Sussex for some romance. ~5k

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The Christmas Dragon by eragon19

Sherlock needs to find the perfect gift for John. Luckily a toy in a shop window gives him an idea. ~2.5k

a good (birthday) egg by simplyclockwork

When you're the world's only consulting detective, it's easy to lose track of time. And the day. And the month. Crack, Valentine's Day ~500

For Love by toyhto

Sherlock asks John to marry him. It's for a case. Probably. ~13k

[ennisnovember]

favourite lines of fic

#so real

„Before headstones and adulterous text messages, he could have believed this. Amid some other life this would fit, the pieces would slot together as if they’d never been broken in the first place. But in this version, those fragments are still embedded in the carpet at Baker Street and every time John tries to pick them up, fresh cuts appear on his hands and heart. He bleeds, and Sherlock watches with Rosie in his arms. They solve cases and laugh and share food, and just as John thinks he’s collected all the damage, he finds another shard, stuck there in the weave of threads.“

„Lightning Fields“ by @insistentbass

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27460960

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Eight days after Sherlock's return, Sherlock and John find themselves alone in a field of barley, corn, and unspoken emotion. Insistentbass is a master of negative space, outlining the emotional truth of these characters with lush and precise language. 

Characters/Relationship: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Rating: Teen and up

Warnings: discussions of grief, references to violence, bodily harm

Word Count: 1394