Fic Rec: Stranger at the Gate

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Title: Stranger at the Gate
Author:  bendingsignpost
Paring: Sherlock/John
Length: 82,000
Rating: NC-17
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: As far as initiation rites go, kidnapping a human doctor from a defended town ought to seem extreme. When James Moriarty offers him the challenge, Sherlock never considers saying no. (Fantasy vampire AU).  Author warnings: Vampires, blood, explicit sex, glamour (as in mind control/hypnotism), dubcon.

Reccer's comments: Don’t let the “fantasy vampire AU” fool you – this is NOT your average Sherlock-is-a-vampire story.  Bendingsignpost, who is also the author of the  amazing Watches ‘Verse,  has done an outstanding job of world-building here, with nuanced characters, amazingly hot sex and more twists and turns than a room filled with snakes.  Ben clearly has invested a serious amount of time in getting the details right, and I especially appreciated how he wove elements from the TV canon into this alternative reality.  Reading this chapter-by-chapter was an experience in masochism, because even though the updates were frequent, any delay in finding out What Happens Next was torture.  Lucky you, you get to read it straight through.  Go do so right now – you won’t regret it.

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