Fic Rec: Ridiculous

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Title: Ridiculous
Author: professorfangirl (lizeckhart)
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 6256
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: A fic for Red Pants Monday (all hail reapersun!), but not as playful a "red pants" fic. More of a "BAMF!John overcomes the indignity of the red pants with a little stylish asskicking and then gets well and thoroughly laid" fic.

Reccer's comments: Oh where to begin. I seem to have a weakness for a fantastic John characterization, maybe because I have a much firmer idea of who I want him to be in fic and so when I get what I'm looking for I'm over the moon. That said--this fic. professorfangirl takes the Red Pants trope, which has never really appealed to me one way or another, and turns it on its head from most other incarnations I've seen and into sheer amazingness. From John's indignation about his height to his masculine pride to Sherlock's typical dismissal of both, the author is perfectly on point. And oh yes, did I mention the lovely banter and the gorgeous sex? I didn't? How silly of me.

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