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221b_recs2013-02-23 09:35 pm
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Fic rec: Cold War - sator_square
Title: Cold War
Author: sator_square
Pairing: Mycroft Holmes/Jim Moriarty
Length: 13,100
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Dubious consent, mind games, captivity
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Pre-series, Moriarty knows nothing of Sherlock Holmes. He knows only of Mycroft Holmes, the interfering government official who keeps thwarting his criminal schemes. Having become enamored with his cold, clever enemy, he decides to take him captive instead of killing him.
Reccer's comments: This is a slow burning, disturbing fic which is all the more excellently creepy for being completely canon compliant. I love the author's characterisation of both Moriarty and Mycroft; Moriarty's slightly terrifying, besotted obsession, Mycroft's slowly crumbling resolve, they're both masterfully done. It was especially brilliant how Mycroft was utterly aware of what was being done to him and was still unable to resist, and that just made it all the more compelling to read. The characters we only see glimpses of ring so true too - Sherlock's arrogant presumptuousness especially. An entirely intriguing take on pre-series events.
Author: sator_square
Pairing: Mycroft Holmes/Jim Moriarty
Length: 13,100
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Dubious consent, mind games, captivity
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Pre-series, Moriarty knows nothing of Sherlock Holmes. He knows only of Mycroft Holmes, the interfering government official who keeps thwarting his criminal schemes. Having become enamored with his cold, clever enemy, he decides to take him captive instead of killing him.
Reccer's comments: This is a slow burning, disturbing fic which is all the more excellently creepy for being completely canon compliant. I love the author's characterisation of both Moriarty and Mycroft; Moriarty's slightly terrifying, besotted obsession, Mycroft's slowly crumbling resolve, they're both masterfully done. It was especially brilliant how Mycroft was utterly aware of what was being done to him and was still unable to resist, and that just made it all the more compelling to read. The characters we only see glimpses of ring so true too - Sherlock's arrogant presumptuousness especially. An entirely intriguing take on pre-series events.