Series Rec: Under Control

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Title: Under Control Series
Author: rotaryphones
Pairing: Sherlock/John

Length: Two connected fics, ~27,000 words in total
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None that fit with this comm’s guidelines
Verse: BBC
Author's summary: “You know John, I could hypnotize you if you really want." What followed was an arrangement that John never thought he would be lucky enough to find, and never insane enough to accept.
Reccer's comments: These stories explore a kink I had never encountered before reading this series, and it basically melted my brain.  It’s all done consensually (or as consensually anything that involves hypnotism can be), but I’m still undecided if they skipped over the “safe” and “sane” bits of the power exchange mantra.  The descriptions of hypnotism are insanely hot and disturbing in the best of ways.

But even more than a chance to vicariously explore an unusual kink, these stories offer an amazing characterization of the two men which fits perfectly into canon.   The first story sends us deep into John’s psyche, but even there the glimpses we get of Sherlock show him to be three-dimensional and not unaffected by their game.  The second story gives us Sherlock’s POV and helps fill out the picture.  Highly recommended.

Story 1:  Under Control

Story 2: Down We Go

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