Fic Rec: Sinking the Land

[re-white.livejournal.com]

Title: Sinking the Land
Author: emungere
Pairing: Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade
Length: 34302
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary:Three weeks ago, Mycroft Holmes picked Lestrade up outside New Scotland Yard and made him an offer he'd been unable to refuse, despite his best judgement. Mycroft had sucked his cock, dropped him off at home, and Lestrade hadn't heard a word from him since.

Now, the door of the black car swung open as Lestrade drew level with it. He could just see Mycroft's profile, hawkish nose and shallow chin limned by the orange glow of the streetlight.

Reccer's comments: Writing Mycroft in a romantic relationship can be a delicate balancing act, striking the right note between his dry superiority and whatever potential for softer emotion lurks underneath.  Sinking the Land is right in the sweet spot. Lestrade is wonderfully amiable, cheeky and self-deprecating, a perfect match for emungere's Mycroft. Hot, plotty and dressed with intrigue, snappy dialogue and a well written OC, this is a great sit-down read.

Comments

[catko]

So glad you rec'd this one! I love it, and the plotty-ness kind of creeps up on you, so that's a delightful surprise, as are the characterizations, their humor and maturity and mutual wariness, and just everything.

[unovis.livejournal.com]

Shaving! and even beard burn...
Delightful, and thanks for the rec.

[reixilu.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec. That was... wow. Everything you said in your comments, I'm so glad I checked it out (cuz if I had to write the rec, "Mystrade porn & feels" probably wouldn't do the job X-).