Fic Rec: E, by Sarren

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Title: E
Author: sarren
Pairing: Sherlock/Lestrade
Length: 8,259 words
Author's summary: Lestrade met Sherlock in 2005. Or at least, that's what he tells people.

Rating: Explicit. NC-17. Mature.
Warnings: M/M sex, and a brief mention of drugs.
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Reccer's comments: In "A Study in Pink", Lestrade mentions that he's known Sherlock for five years. E offers a possible backstory for that - one starting when Lestrade responds to an anonymous text message to meet the sender in a gay club. Sex and crime-stopping ensue. But after that night, there's nothing for months, until he hears again from his one-night stand.

I love the way this story unfolds. Over time, Sherlock becomes a more prominent presence in Lestrade's life and thoughts - and in his work, as Sherlock's text-message-hints to Lestrade have begun to pave the way for his role as a consulting detective and Lestrade calls him in on a case.

This story contains everything - Lestrade's and Sherlock's voices are very much IC, there's sex, a case fic, and one of the most brilliantly funny phone calls ever, in which we learn the meaning of the name Sherlock, as well as why Sherlock will always fail at phone sex.

E, by Sarren