Fic Rec: The Quiet Sound of Bees, Alice Day

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Title: The Quiet Sound of Bees
Author: alice_day
Pairing: H/W
Length: 584 words
Rating: G
Warnings: Character death
Verse: ACD Canon/Granada
Author's summary:"filling a request on the shkinkmeme: "Watson dies. PEACEFULLY IN HIS SLEEP AT THE AGE OF 86 SITTING IN AN ARMCHAIR IN FRONT OF THE FIRE AT THE HOME OF HIS BEST FRIEND AND LOVER.
Reccer's comments: *Sniff*. How we all ought to go - peaceful, aged, and waiting contentedly for the anticipated return of the one we love from doing something he loves. Oh, and with a book on our knee.


The Quiet Sound of Bees

Fic Rec: Change And Compromise, Or: Living With Sherlock Holmes

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Title: Change And Compromise, Or: Living With Sherlock Holmes
Author: sobota
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 2089
Rating: PG13
Warnings: slightly disturbing imagery
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Based on the prompt:John DOESN'T try to change Sherlock.
[...]John finds Sherlock infuriating as he is, but it's also part of why he likes him. He doesn't want Sherlock any other way. He's not a saint for putting up with it, it's just what friends do.

Reccer's comments: I know there are a lot of fics out there about John's and Sherlock's daily trials in sharing an apartment, but this is one I love particularly. sobota divided it into several themed parts which works really well in giving us glimpses of what John puts up with on a daily basis. Bless him.
The humour is wonderfully dry and understated, and everything in this just rings true. Especially the character voices - I can hear Benedict and Martin saying these lines in my head while reading. I love when that happens!

Additional note: I can't really call it gen because of the ending, but the slash is extremely mild.