Fic Rec: Among the Secret Things (Remix)

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Title: Among the Secret Things (Remix)
Original Story and Author: Lacuna by coloredink
Author: Kate_Lear
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 26,073
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Author's summary: Sherlock would be the last person to describe himself as given to flights of fancy, but at the look on Lestrade’s face he could swear that something inside him curls up and dies.

Reccer's comments: My goodness, but this is intense, delicious, gorgeous and heart-rending. The author does a breath-taking remix of coloredink's wonderful amnesia fic, Lacuna, by cleverly integrating Dante's Nine Circles of Hell into the mix. Whereas the original story comes mostly from the point of view of John, the one suffering from amnesia, this remix explores Sherlock's perspective of the same events in a way that will make your heart ache. The author skillfully draws the reader into Sherlock's turmoil over John's memory loss in a way that plumbs his emotional depths while staying in character the entire time. When Sherlock makes a decision that is wrong on so many levels after John makes an incorrect assumption about the nature of their relationship, one can't help but continue to feel sympathy pains for him as he descends into a personal hell of his own making. As an added bonus, Mycroft is awesome in this, especially as a younger version of himself in the opening prologue.


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Fic Rec: Silk Road

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Silk Road by Saki101

Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 9,944 words
Rating: Mature
Warnings: None given
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Sherlock is on a case involving an international serial killer while also trying to solve the mystery of the package under John's bed. This story can be read as a stand-alone. Readers may also read it in the context of the Experiments Series in which case it would slot in after Locked Rooms (Part II), the eighth story in the series. Experiments begins with Zygomata.

Reccer's comments: At the time I read this, my note to the author was that this story cast a spell on me. It still does. The relationship of John and Sherlock is presented through gorgeous and sensual imagery, a fascinating case, stories inside stories, and unanswered questions. Saki101 creates a mood and a world that doesn’t fade. The primary image is a secret package of green brocade fabric. What John does with this, the back story of how he came to own it, and Sherlock’s interest in it is the heart of this story. Other highlights include a visit to Sherlock’s tailor, John and Sherlock reviewing case notes while flying, and a visit to an Art Library. If you're ready to travel into a reality heavy with mood and sensuous details, this is your fic.

This story was part of the Holmestice 2012 December Fanworks Exchange and although it is part of a series (which is still on my list to read!), I read it as a stand-alone story.

May Open Recs

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Here's this month's Open Recs post!

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Fic Rec: Drizzle

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Title: Drizzle
Author: Edhla
Pairing: Gen
Length: 1670 words approx
Rating: Teen and up/PG-13
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Author's summary: Sherlock and John are on the run somewhere- but Lestrade's not too worried. They'll turn up somewhere, and then they can get this whole "kidnapping" business sorted out.
A Reichenbach one-shot.

Reccer's comments: This is set very just post-Fall. Greg Lestrade is going about mostly business as usual. As much as he can when he isn't quite doing his job properly. He's "forgotten" to send any Yarders to Barts and totally "forgotten" about asking Molly about Sherlock. Everything smacks of a degree of normality though, the day-to-day functioning of Lestrade's world until Sally walks in and says John Watson has handed himself in.

Anything more would be spoilers but this is a story that manages to convey an utter, shocking silence. That quiet when a bomb is dropped just before all hell breaks loose.

A great character study of Greg Lestrade.