Fic Rec: Fairy Tale of Regent's Park

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Title: Fairy Tale of Regent's Park
Author: Basingstoke
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 6,163
Rating: Teen
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: There is a swan, and he's not named Sherlock. And there is a duck, and he's not named John.

Reccer's comments: Basingstoke is the most skilled of tightrope walkers when it comes to dancing on the fine edge of crack without losing balance. Meaning this isn't nearly as cracky as it sounds. And/or it's cracky in a way that even someone who doesn't usually like crack can appreciate. Basically, this is quite possibly the funniest, most adorable thing on God's Green Earth. (Told mostly from Lestrade-the-zookeeper's POV.)

Excerpt:

The swan calmed down a bit after meeting the duck. The duck didn't give a toss about territory, only sun and food and good sleeping spots, and his appreciation of simple comforts was a lesson for the swan.

The swan did strut a bit more, though, showing off his neck while the duck watched him from the water. Pictures of the swan appeared on a great many local Facebook walls. Lestrade found this hilarious.

"You know that's a duck, don't you?" he asked the swan one evening. The swan touched his bill to the duck's. "A male duck, you mad wanker," Lestrade said, grinning. "He has a meter-long corkscrew penis. It'll never work."