Fic Rec: Finding John

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Title: Finding John
Author: IronicNarwhal
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John WatsonGreg Lestrade/Mycroft Holmes
Length: 5,456
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: None listed
Verse: Sherlock BBC, AU
Author's summary: Sherlock Holmes has met exactly twenty-four Johns in his life. They have all been the wrong John. He's getting tired of waiting, staring at the inscription on his finger and wondering when his John will turn up, if ever.

Reccer's comments: This fic is set in a world where everyone has a soul mate and everyone has the name of said soul mate inscribed on their ring finger. Sherlock, of course, has John written on his. Only problem is... there are just so very many John's in the world. And, like the summary says, Sherlock is tired of waiting. But the reader? The reader is not. Because the wait is wonderful, so charged with emotion and Sherlock being Sherlock about everything and god. This fic. It's amazing.

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Fic Rec: That Which Gives Extras

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Title: That Which Gives Extras (Part 1 and Part 2)
Author: katieforsythe
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Length: 10,682
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None listed
Verse: Books
Author's summary: Blackmail and misunderstandings abound when Holmes solves a case for one of Watson's former lovers, Percy Phelps. (NAVA)

Reccer's comments: The feelings I have for this fic are beyond words. It was my very, very first fic in this fandom and I can't believe how extremely lucky I am to be able to say that because yeah. It's amazing. So wonderfully well written with all the emotional resonance one could wish for. Watson is strong, stoic and long suffering, loving his Holmes in silence for fear of losing what means the most to him. Holmes is detached, capricious and unthinkingly cruel, but cares just as deeply for his Watson. Be prepared to get completely sucked in and then blown away while reading it. Your heart will ache, but you'll love it. Trust me, you will love it.

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