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Title: Corpus Hominis
Author: mycapeisplaid
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 47,673 words
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: none
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Author's summary: John knows the human body intimately. He’s had plenty of opportunity for study as a doctor, soldier, and lover. There’s one particular body, however, he knows very little about. When Sherlock launches himself head-first into a new obsession and they get sent on a case in an unlikely location, the pair discovers each other’s bodies with confusing yet delightful (and sometimes hilarious) results.
Reccer's comments: An excellent first-time fic, and a case-fic to boot! mycapeisplaid takes pretend-to-be-boyfriends-for-a-case trope and manages to keep it fresh and dynamic, not least of which because of her spot-on dialogue and characterization. Her Sherlock has that wonderful touch of naivete that makes you ache for him without him ever becoming overdone or a woobie, and John is his perfect, down-to-earth, long-suffering, utterly-besotted self. On top of all of the lovely of their interaction is the bonus of a rather interesting little mystery. In short, add wonderful characterization to a solid case-fic base, toss with some brilliantly on-point dialogue and season with an absolutely amazingly awful encounter of Sherlock with a hair salon and feast.

The doorknob turned, the door opened, and John was met with a nearly-naked Sherlock. John couldn’t help it. The laugh bubbled up from somewhere deep inside him and he choked on it when he saw Sherlock’s eyes - the man was truly distraught. This was so not how he pictured seeing Sherlock’s body for the first time.

For there, standing much like a guilty child, was all six feet of Sherlock Holmes, in nothing but black pants and randomly-placed strips of sheeting that were somehow attached to his body with something sticky.

“I can’t take them off,” he said with a pout. “I tried, and it hurts too much.”

John tried to keep his diaphragm from spasming in mirth. “Good Lord, Sherlock, are you waxing yourself?”

Date: 2013-09-21 11:59 pm (UTC)

Date: 2013-09-22 08:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mycapeisplaid.livejournal.com
Thank you so much for the rec! :) I love my little fic baby. Glad people are enjoying it as well.

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