Fic Rec: Cops and Robbers

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Title: Cops and Robbers
Author: manic_intent
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/Tommy Gregson
Length: 3,252
Rating: Mature
Warnings: None
Verse: Elementary
Author's summary: When Tommy Gregson first meets Sherlock Holmes, he's briefly convinced that the man's a psychic. God knows he's seen stranger things during his beat in New York.

Reccer's comments:
The dynamic manic_intent writes between Sherlock and Gregson here is fabulous, Gregson entirely centered, confident in his skin, and able to throw Sherlock off-balance as a result. The POV switches between Gregson and Sherlock in scenes set both before the start of the show and after the reveals of season 1, and watching their relationship develop, always casual but increasingly important to both of them, is deeply satisfying.

Elementary was never going to make anything like this Sherlock’s backstory with Gregson – they certainly weren’t going to include the stealth Sherlock crossover! – and some details have indeed been Jossed by season 2, but the relationship this fic portrays is so richly textured that it nonetheless remains incredibly convincing.