Fic Rec: Out of Service
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221b_recsTitle: Out of Service
Author: toestastegood
Pairing: James Moriarty/John Watson (pre-slash)
Length: 3378 words
Rating: M
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: John starts to receive obscene phone calls in the middle of the night.
Reccer's comments: This is one of those fics that, for all intents and purposes should be complete !crack, but instead turns out to be fantastically hilarious and... sweet. It probably has something to do with how the author is incredibly good at keeping the characters "in character", and the great verbal dialogue. This is an unlikely pairing, but by the end of this fic you are actually starting to see how this could plausibly work (if you ignore Season 2, of course). John is the usual combination of unflappable and sarcastic, Jim is insane but strangely endearing, and Sherlock is just gleeful.
Excerpt:
It must all be part of a plot to blow up the queen or take over the world; both are far more acceptable options.
Sherlock only stares at him blankly when he tries to suggest as much. "How would harassing you help with that?" he asks.
It's a fair point. John glares at him anyway. "We need to catch him," he says. "He needs to be in prison."
"I highly doubt that will ever happen. Moriarty is far too well connected to linger in a cell for long."
Sherlock doesn't sound quite as horrified by that as he ought to; he sounds impressed, actually. 'Not good', John thinks at him, but he hasn't yet acquired the ability to transmit his thoughts.
Author: toestastegood
Pairing: James Moriarty/John Watson (pre-slash)
Length: 3378 words
Rating: M
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: John starts to receive obscene phone calls in the middle of the night.
Reccer's comments: This is one of those fics that, for all intents and purposes should be complete !crack, but instead turns out to be fantastically hilarious and... sweet. It probably has something to do with how the author is incredibly good at keeping the characters "in character", and the great verbal dialogue. This is an unlikely pairing, but by the end of this fic you are actually starting to see how this could plausibly work (if you ignore Season 2, of course). John is the usual combination of unflappable and sarcastic, Jim is insane but strangely endearing, and Sherlock is just gleeful.
Excerpt:
It must all be part of a plot to blow up the queen or take over the world; both are far more acceptable options.
Sherlock only stares at him blankly when he tries to suggest as much. "How would harassing you help with that?" he asks.
It's a fair point. John glares at him anyway. "We need to catch him," he says. "He needs to be in prison."
"I highly doubt that will ever happen. Moriarty is far too well connected to linger in a cell for long."
Sherlock doesn't sound quite as horrified by that as he ought to; he sounds impressed, actually. 'Not good', John thinks at him, but he hasn't yet acquired the ability to transmit his thoughts.
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