Fic Rec: Cygnet

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Title: Cygnet

Author: what_alchemy

Pairing: None

Length: 1,033

Rating: Gen

Warnings: None

Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Mycroft Holmes, age fourteen, finds his way.

Reccer's comments: I'm a sucker for stories about the Holmes brothers. I love fics that dive deeper into their relationship and poke around in the corners to see what bites. And oh, this story does bite. Teenage Mycroft, away at boarding school, is the primary focus. He is lonely, he is in pain, but he is determined not to let that break him. We get a hint here of some of the forces that drove and shaped him into the Mycroft we see in the show. Mycroft is the star of this story, but the other Holmes brothers feature as well. Sherlock makes a heartrending appearance, while the Other One's presence is more ominous. Written post-S3, this is one of the many interpretations of the Holmes' family dynamics, but it's one of the best ones out there. We don't leave the story knowing all the answers, but like Sherlock, we can find comfort in Mycroft's inner strength.

Fic Rec: the dead-end case of the kilted kirkyard killer

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Title: the dead-end case of the kilted kirkyard killer
Author: darcylindbergh
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 8893 words
Rating: Explicit
Verse: BBC
Author's summary: Of course, a man walking about Edinburgh while wearing a dark-patterned kilt was not suspicious in and of itself. But a man walking about Edinburgh alone, in the night, so close to the hunting grounds of a serial killer, wearing the costume the killer preferred to hunt in--now that might be worth looking into. Sherlock stepped back into the shadows of the buildings and followed after him.
*In which Sherlock follows the wrong man and gets more than he bargained for.

Reccer's comments: Another excellent fic from this author, this alternate first meeting in Edinburgh is endearing and tender and sexy and engaging, featuring a murder in a haunted graveyard and BAMF John in a kilt.  It's a fantastic romp, with humor and Scottishness and vulnerability, all in the same short, skillful, pleasingly alliterative fic.  <3

fic rec: Alpha-Alpha Etiquette by berlynn_wohl

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Title: Alpha-Alpha Etiquette
Author: berlynn_wohl
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 5771 words
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Verse: BBC
Author's summary: “I can’t control it,” Sherlock said. “Just hold your hand still, and it will let you go.”

Reccer's comments: From 2012, early Sherlock omegaverse. The one with the tentacle.

A snappy, efficient, dense and colorful romp. No one writes tentacles or road rash or John and Sherlock quite like berlynn_wohl.