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the sunlight clasps the earth by Laura JV (jacquez)

Johnlock Love Letters #1524

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

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With Careful Hands by Laura JV (jacquez)

Johnlock Love Letters #1592

Star Trek Fusion, Vulcan John. John returns to London with his mind irretrievably ruined. Sherlock Holmes just wants someone to go halves on a flat.

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Word count: 15,549 Chapters: 5/5 Fandom: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock (TV), Star Trek Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Tobias Gregson, Lestrade (Sherlock Holmes), Mycroft Holmes Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Star Trek Fusion Series: Part 1 of The spear in your heart Summary:

John returns to London with his mind irretrievably ruined. Sherlock Holmes just wants someone to go halves on a flat.

And then there's a double homicide.

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Rec: John is a Vulcan trying to recover from the trauma of the destruction of Vulcan -- or perhaps escape it in the most permanent way possible. Of course since he carries the majority of that trauma around in his head, it’s a fairly impossible task... until he makes the acquaintance of Sherlock Holmes, a human who exerts a mutual fascination on him and may provide him not only with an appropriate distraction, but also something new to live for.

Having said that, it’s not exactly a shippy fic, although the connection between them clearly goes beyond friendship and I think the slash in the relationship tag is justified. The main focus is on the case, which is a fascinating melding of "A Study in Scarlet", "The Greek Interpreter", and "The Yellow Face" with speculative gender and species perspectives. It’s grippingly written, with terrific pacing and some very fun casting and easter egg moments.

As I read, I generally had a very strong image of the scenes being filmed mostly at night or in low-illumination settings, like something out of the film noir genre with a vague sense of mystery and not-quite-rightness hanging over everything ... right up to the very last scene, in which, finally, “He woke in the gray light of a rainy morning.”

There’s quite a lot of Star Trek lore that I feel it’s fairly essential to understand, especially concerning Vulcans. Luckily, the author has provided a condensed summary of the most salient points in the Appendices to the series. Also heed the multiple content warnings in the end notes.

[swissmissficrecs]

Word count: 16,291 Chapters: 6/6 Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Sally Donovan, Lestrade (Inspector), Irene Adler Series: Part 2 of A Non-Linear Gothic Drama Hyper-cycle Summary:

In which an artistic murder draws Irene Adler and her brother Nathan into the lives of Lestrade and Holmes, and Dr John Watson balances his morals against the happiness that is a warm gun.

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Rec: AU casefic very much in the same tone as the BBC series. Gen with pre-slash undertones. Note that Irene is not the same character as in the series (this was written pre-series 2).

[fleetwoodmouse]

He didn’t see why John wouldn’t be interested, but John was peculiarly picky about some things (such as firing guns in the flat and going on dates with people who were not Sherlock), and he did not have enough data to know for certain whether John was, perhaps, only interested in burly men, or blond men, or non-sociopathic men. (On the other hand, John found shooting people pleasant and steadying, so he didn’t have any room at all to object.)