Fic Rec: Dr Watson, Mr Sherlock Holmes

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Title: Dr Watson, Mr Sherlock Holmes
Author: kcscribbler
Pairing: Gen with occasional mention of Watson/Mary
Length: 6188
Rating: Given as K+; I’d say it qualifies as G, more or less.
Warnings: none
Verse: ACD canon
Author's summary: Written for differing LiveJournal communities, various sentences depicting moments in the lives and friendship of Dr. John Watson and Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Non-slash, no particular order, some obscure Canon references. Third table added.

Reccer's comments: kcscribbler (aka KCS on fanfiction.net) has been mentioned before – and rightly so – for her BBC Sherlock fic, but she’s also written some completely amazing ACDverse fiction, which is stored on fanfiction.net. All of it is warmly recommended, but since I have to choose one, I’ve decided to take the most unusual. Dr Watson, Mr Sherlock Holmes is a series of basically unconnected one-sentence-… drabbles, for the lack of a better word, and they leave me baffled as to how much atmosphere and emotion can be condensed into, indeed, one single sentence. All of them are strictly canonical, there is no slash and no pairing beside some canonical Watson/Mary, but as in all of KCS’ fiction the relationship between Holmes and Watson is a deep platonic love which is beautiful, heartwarming and thoroughly satisfying.

Fic Rec: Hiding Places

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Title: Hiding Places
Author: holyfant
Pairing: Mostly gen, brief mention of Harry/OFC, Harry/Clara
Length: 4693
Rating: G
Warnings: Alcohol abuse/alcoholism
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: You're stuck with your family for life, through the good and the bad.
Reccer's comments: Loved this so much when it was first posted at holmestice, and now I can finally rec it properly. The author has taken what little we hear about Harry and expanded her into such a believable, human character. The relationship between Harry and John is rocky and uncertain, but we never lose sight of the ties that bind them together anyway. If Harry's ever introduced in BBC canon, I can only wish she'll be as compelling as this one.