Fic Rec: Professional Boundaries

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Title: Professional Boundaries
Author: ureshiiichigo
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 70,681
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Underage (Adult/minor relationship; not acted upon until minor is of age)
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: John is a recently graduated PhD student teaching his first class at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Sherlock is a college freshman who moved to the United States three years ago. John is happy to have such an enthusiastic student, but he's starting to wish Sherlock didn't come to every single one of his office hours. He's scaring off the other students.

Reccer's comments: I was wary of this AU, because of the age difference and the professor/student relationship. However, the author did such a fantastic job of handling those issues that it wasn't a problem at all. The story deals with John coming to terms with his burgeoning feelings for a young Sherlock, and how it effects his career. It's a very honest fic, dealing with difficult issues, which I really enjoyed.

A heads up: In this fic John is 30, Sherlock is 17 for part of the story and turns 18. The fic takes place in America, so the age of consent is 18. Their relationship is not acted upon until Sherlock is of age.

Fic: The Inconsequential Death of Mr. Stevens

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Title: The Inconsequential Death of Mr. Stevens
Author: stickstockstone
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 5,800
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary:A sequel to the cleverly titled Untitled Forensics John Fic, which was a fill for this prompt, that asked for an AU meeting between John- new head of forensics, and Sherlock- still a consulting detective. It probably isn't necessary to read the first fic, but it certainly couldn't hurt, and it isn't terribly long.

Reccer's comments: One of my favorite tropes with this pairing is besotted!Sherlock, wherein our clever detective turns every bit of that razor sharp focus towards John and crushes hard. Few fics better encapsulate a smitten Sherlock than this one. stickstockstone's prose is delightfully light and witty, and Sherlock's ridiculousness is hilarious without ever being unbelievable. His single-minded 'seduction' of John is to die for--add in a long-suffering Lestrade and a much-abused copier and you have a simply lovely read. I need a whole series in this universe and how.

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