Fic Rec: En Garde

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Title: En Garde
Author: argyle4eva
Pairing: Gen
Length: 1,571
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Author's summary: Written for this kinkmeme prompt: "Crack or serious if you can do it (just don't make it shippy please): swordfight between Mycroft with his umbrella and John with his cane.”

Reccer's comments: This fic combines three of my favourite things - John & Mycroft snarking at each other, characters displaying unexpected skills, and Sherlock being appalled. It is hilarious and delightful and somehow manages to be completely plausible.

The heat of anger shifted in John, transmuting into something more like fierce amusement, and a puff of half-laughter escaped his lips. Spanish. Of course the bastard fences Spanish style.

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Fic Rec: The Fisher King

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Title: The Fisher King
Author: pandoras_chaos
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 25680 words
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Author's summary: A series of firsts, as measured by time and understanding.

Reccer's comments: This is another story with simply exquisite writing. One chapter contains descriptions of drug use/overdose, and implications of possible off-screen non-con. The story was written pre-series 3, so it goes AU after Reichenbach. There is minor character death.


Each chapter is dedicated to a 'first' in a certain character's life. The first two chapters deal with John and Sherlock in childhood, and their respective ways of dealing with the loss of a father. The story continues on chronologically up through Reichenbach and beyond, through John's marriage to Mary, until Sherlock and John are finally connected in the most complete way possible. The firsts that the author chooses are major milestones in our beloved characters' lives, and shape their way going forward. Beautiful, heartrending emotion that all ends up in the best possible place. Not to mention a smokin' hot sex scene in the final chapter!