Fic Rec: The Halloween Party

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Title: The Halloween Party
Author: XistentialAngst
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 19,044 words
Rating: Mature
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Sherlock and John attend a Halloween party on the trail of a vampire killer -- a man who's been seducing his victims and taking all their blood. Sexy costumes, bad puns, hideous danger, frantic sex in hidden places and some Halloween-flavored fluff are all on hand to "treat" you. Boo.

Reccer's comments: As my last rec for the month, have this jolly Halloween romp. A casefic that has fun with itself without getting cracky, the story adroitly entwines Sherlock and John's investigation with the rapidly changing landscape of their relationship. All of the costumes are fantastically appropriate (including Mycroft's), and I'm having a really hard time not revealing them so I can rave about them, but I think it's better to let you 'see' them for yourselves.

( Excerpt contains (hidden) spoilers for one of the costumes... )

The humour is irreverently indulgent, the fight scenes fast and hard, the case cleverly resolved, and the smut is hot while achieving a very satisfying emotional depth. In a nutshell: everything the author promises in their summary, and then some.

Fic Rec: Stairway to Heaven

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Title: Stairway to Heaven
Author: bendingsignpost and PrettyArbitrary
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 14,354 words
Rating: Teen
Warnings: None
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Author's summary: Last Words: In the end, John knew exactly where things had started to go wrong. The first half of a double-fic collaboration between myself and bendingsignpost.

Final Hours: "You should die faster,” Sherlock recommends. "We’d both be better off.” The second half of a double-fic collaboration between myself and PrettyArbitrary.

Reccer's comments: This is my last recommendation for the month. Thank you to the Mods for giving me the opportunity to share the pleasure, the hurt’s-so-good-pain, and the joy this fandom’s fanfic brings me. *grin*

PrettyArbitrary and bendingsignpost have penned John’s final days on Earth. John comes to a painful realization before his death while Sherlock waits impatiently. It’s not an easy journey to watch, and my heart was on my sleeve many times, but it was so worth it. It’s angsty, supernatural, and ultimately romantic. Yes, you read right. R-o-m-a-n-t-i-c. Read it as a Halloween trick or treat.