Fic Rec: Gordian

[swissmarg]

Title: Gordian
Author: fresne
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 15,961 words
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Author's summary: On any given day, Sherlock might come out of the bathroom smelling like an Alpha on the hunt (Alpha #8) or an Omega in heat (Omega #9), a Beta brooding (Beta #3), or like no gender at all. The last one was his actual scent, which wasn't so much scentless as confusing. At least in an adult.

If Sherlock and John were the sort of people to read Mills and Boon novels, they could have said that what occurred was because destiny intervened and set two destined lovers in the one true pairings path.

It was the lasagne.

Reccer's comments: Yes, this is Omegaverse. But wait! Before you roll your eyes and click onward, this is Omegaverse wearing one of John's jumpers and slapping on three nicotine patches to solve relationship problems. It doesn't take itself all too seriously, but it's not crack. There's just the right amount of humour and fluff and crimes and hot, hot sex with just a pinch of angst. In this story, Sherlock keeps dismembered genitals in the fridge, Mr Hudson had a cock of steel, and John maintains the presence of mind to explain, in percentages and exact ccs, the process of Alpha/Omega heat and intercourse while he's knot-deep in the middle of it. You will want to read this for that scene alone. I'm not a fan of Omegaverse when it's used solely as a not-at-all-thinly disguised excuse for big cocks and dub-con, but this story has a heart (that may or may not have liquefied all over the microwave) and filled me with warm fuzzy squees.

Comments

[haikitteh.livejournal.com]

No need to apologize! I'm getting sucked into Omegaverse fics and this one sounds unique and fun. Thanks for the rec!

[numberthescars.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with haikitteh. I have no qualms about adding this to my reading list--sound like a fun read! Thanks for the wonderful rec (as usual!).
^_^

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

What is Omega verse? A BDSM genre?^^

[swissmarg]

Not at all. It's an alternative biology. You can google it, and the above fic also has a brief description of some of the features of Omegaverse in the end notes.

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I've now read the end notes of that fic and it seems like a mix of werewolf kink with gender issues^^ Very kinky.

[swissmarg]

I never thought of it that way, but I suppose it is somewhat like lycanthropy, with the heat parallel to the werewolf transformation that puts them at the mercy of their biology and reduces their capacity for rational thought.

[mijeli.livejournal.com]

Thank you for asking, I was just about to do the same ;)

[duh-i-read.livejournal.com]

There is also a very good intro essay about what Omegaverse is here (http://archiveofourown.org/works/403644)

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

thanks for that link, because it is both super informative and super hilarious. :D :D :D

it also leads to additional links about theorization of the trope. Because really that's why we read this kind of thing, it's all so INTERESTING. But in all seriousness, isn't it kind of amazing how ideas like this travel through fandom??

And really, this story by swissmarg is superb. Alpha!John/Omega!Sherlock, it is practically canon. :D

[swissmarg]

Just clarifying: fresne is the author, I just made the rec. ;)

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

Oops! Sorry for the misstep and thanks for the correction!