Fic Rec: Nuneaton, or the Adventure of the Missing Teddy Bear

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Title: Nuneaton, or the Adventure of the Missing Teddy Bear
Author: flawedamythyst
Pairing: John Watson/Martin Crieff
Length: 14,113 words
Rating: M
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC/Cabin Pressure
Author's summary: Arthur Shappey goes to 221B with a case. Hijinks ensue.

Reccer's comments: This was the fic that convinced me to give Cabin Pressure a chance, which says enough as it is, but I'll continue anyway. Firstly and above all, it is utterly hilarious--I was smothering laughter in my pillow at more than one line. The author's comedic timing is excellent and she nails the cracky charm of Cabin Pressure while keeping it grounded in the sly wit of Sherlock.  Sherlock himself is at his petulant best, and his interactions with Arthur are fantastic, but the true star of this fic is Three-Continents Watson himself. This is perhaps my absolute favorite depiction of flirting!John I've seen, because it is so dead-on to how he acts in canon, smooth as can be with the one-liners and half-smiles. Combine that with his absolutely and casually filthy thoughts towards Martin and you get a Watson you damn well believe pulled on three continents.

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Fic Rec: An Empty Station

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Title: An Empty Station
Author: ivywatcher
Pairing:  Gen
Length: 17,000+
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: In the wake of the Reichenbach Fall, Greg Lestrade confronts a life that is often complicated, never easy, and not even entirely in order. Here’s the thing: Sherlock Holmes was no killer, but he always was a liar.

Reccer's comments: Lestrade is consistently my favorite narrative voice when it comes to Sherlock fic, and ivywatcher's Lestrade is all but plucked from the screen and put to paper, he feels so genuine. With all of the post-Fall fics out there, the pitfalls are easy to recognize by now and she avoids them all neatly, giving you characters that are painfully, fundamentally grieving, but holding their heads high despite it all. The out-of-order sequence works brilliantly to keep the tension throughout the fic and heightens the mystery Lestrade finds himself unraveling. I adore how competent and determined this Lestrade is--a good detective and a better friend, and this fic is very much my head-canon for him post-Fall from here on out.


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