Fic Rec: With Laurel They Go

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Title: With Laurel They Go
Author: sevensesPairing: dragon!John Watson & Sherlock Holmes
Length: 7798
Rating: Gen
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC (Crossover with Temeraire)

Author Summary: In which Watson is a fire-breathing dragon of Her Majesty's Aerial Forces. Crossover with Temeraire - knowledge of the series will help to understand the fic, but is not necessary.

Spoilers for A Study in Pink and general series spoilers for Temeraire.

Reccer's Comments: I have never read Temeraire and I know nothing about it--but I loved this story. I was totally taken by surprise once I finally understood the premise. Dragons are bred and raised to be companions for humans. Traditionally, once they are paired they stay with their pairing for life. If their human partner dies first, they can find another one (although some dragons choose not to). Watson was a young dragon bred for fire breathing who was matched with his human soon after hatching--a young man named John Watson. After a human dies, a dragon can take their human's name in remembrance. Watson leaves the army because he misses his partner, and because he can't breath fire anymore. So, of course, where is a former firebreathing army dragon to find lodgings in London? Watson is cranky and Sherlock is his normal self--with the exception of being quite smaller than Watson.