Fanart Rec | Before living with John, by qunhyskoa

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Title: Untitled
Artist: qunhyskoa @ tumblr
Pairing: Gen
Rating: G
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Author's summary: With Billy. Before living with John.

Reccer's comments: A simple yet gorgeous portrait of Sherlock, leaning against a wall, holding his skull (Billy, as stated in Sherlock: the Casebook, apparentely) and looking deep in thought. I can’t help but find it a bit sad: I rarely think about Sherlock’s life before he met John but when I do I imagine he must’ve felt quite lonely at times, even if he probably would’ve never admitted it (even to himself) and it makes my heart ache a bit.

Fanfic Rec | Never Did Run Smooth, by daasgrrl

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Title: Never Did Run Smooth
Author: daasgrrl
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Length: 6778 words
Rating: Explicit
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Author's summary: The course of true love mildly kinky sex never did run smooth. An experiment in fluff and awkwardness.


Reccer's comments: Sherlock decides he and John could spice up their sex life a bit. Things don’t go quite as planned.

This is one of those fics I bookmarked and like to re-read every once in a while. It’s both sexy and humorous (it contains one of my all-time favorite lines - the one about the kidney, it gets me every time; if you’ve read it you’ll know which one I mean), and still sweet and deliciously awkward in places. I love how Sherlock acts in typical Sherlockian fashion, being bossy and expecting things to work because “well, it’s only logical”, and how John isn’t quite convinced but decides to humor him and acts as a loving and considerate partner throughout. The role reversal at the end is the icing on the cake.

“You were in the army for three years, so you’re obviously well accustomed to taking orders. Additionally, in the time I’ve known you, you’ve proved yourself capable of following them with reasonable competence.” John glares at him, which Sherlock blithely ignores. “And you aren’t fundamentally averse to taking on a subordinate role – you did just go and do the shopping, after all.”

“Only because some of us actually like to eat once in a while. Not because you asked me to. Because you didn’t,” John points out. His voice comes out remarkably calm and even, considering just how much Sherlock is pissing him off right now.

Sherlock airily waves the qualification aside. “I’m just demonstrating how obvious an extrapolation it is. You’ll be fine. Just pretend we’re on a case.”

“A case… where I’m aiming to catch some murderer by having sex with you. While letting you boss me about.”

“It’s the principle we’re discussing here, John. You really are being extraordinarily difficult about this.”

“And what exactly do I get out of your little power trip? God, it’s finally happened. You’ve turned into your brother.”

“John!” Sherlock manages to look simultaneously disgusted and horrified. “Take that back!”