Art Rec: Always Here For You

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Title: Always Here For You
Artist: tabby_stardust
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Rating: R
Warnings: none
Verse: Ritchie films

Artist's summary:
Holmes is having nightmares after the Moriarty case and Watson holds him until he falls asleep.

Reccer's comments:
tabby_stardust does some of the best manips I've seen in fandom, and their fascination with all things RDJ means we get some fabulous Ritchie-verse art. I had a very difficult time choosing just one work to feature here (because poring through page after page of Holmes/Watson porn is such a hardship, yo) but I finally chose "Always Here For You" because it is warm and tender as well as sexy. The coloring, the lovely glow that infuses the pic, the seamless edits... just beautiful.

"But wait!" you say, "Where is this porn that you speak of?!?"

Ah, fear not. After admiring the pretteh, simply go to pixel_stardust for more of Tabby's Sherlock Holmes fanart. Bondage fans will be especially delighted, I believe *g*


TL;DR: tabby_stardust's Holmes/Watson manips = MMMM I'LL BE IN MY BUNK

Fic: A Study in [DATA EXPUNGED] by berlynn_wohl

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Title: A Study in [DATA EXPUNGED]
Author: berlynn_wohl
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 30573
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Dark and gruesome material. Also, non-human!Sherlock, and a couple of instances of self-mutilation whilst under the influence of things that are not drugs. This is a crossover with The SCP Foundation and so if you know that, you know the kind of thing to expect. Unhappy - or, not happy, ambiguous maybe? ending.
Verse: Sherlock BBC/SCP Foundation
Author's summary: From the author: ***Please be advised that this fic features dark and gruesome content throughout.*** . AU in which John and Sherlock work for the SCP Foundation.
Reccer's comments: Aaaahhh I love the SCP foundation so I jumped on this like a rash. I adore the atmosphere of SCP, half creepypasta, half the shenanigans that would definitely occur if this sort of thing was real and manned by humans, and berlynn_wohl nails it.

The back story of how John and Sherlock end up working for SCP fits perfectly, and it's so so intriguing. There are links to SCPs littered throughout the fic (warning: the SCP rivals TV tropes in its ability to suck time - in fact, I find it more time-sucking!), which just add to the story.

The relationship is perfect, and John's reactions to working in an exciting and dangerous place are spot on. I loved every word of this.

Sherlock and John are both members of task force O-23. O-23 is nicknamed “The Kitchen Sink” and is made up of several dozen personnel, scattered throughout various facilities, to whom the Foundation turns as a last resort. When no one else can survive long enough to capture, contain, decipher, stabilise, or communicate with an SCP, you call in the Kitchen Sink. Some O-23 personnel are field agents, but Sherlock and John are research staff, and work only within the U-62 facility. Membership in this task force gives them Level 5 security clearance and access to Keter-class objects, but they are still subject to Foundation protocols and chains of command.

Mods: none of the content tags seem to fit, but there probably should be some here. Self-mutilation at least.