Fic Rec: It's Dogged as Does it

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Title: It’s Dogged as Does it
Author: merripestin
Pairing: slight Lestrade/Molly Hooper
Length: 6855 word
Rating: T
Warnings: No warnings apply
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Next to Sherlock -- aristocratic skull and glossy black coat and really just unfeasibly enormous -- John was small and fuzzy and ginger, with a flat, grumpy little face. Greg, who knew about John's previous life as an alley cat, petted round John's left ear exactly once, and John showed his appreciation for the affection by not clawing Greg's fingers off.

Reccer's comments: First off - Sherlock is a greyhound and John is a cat. Now, that that’s out of the way, this fic is brilliant. Even if this kind of AU is not your cup of tea, do give this one a try. There’s a wonderful camaraderie between canine!Sherlock and feline!John that is remarkably close to the one on the screen. Lestrade is the perfect pet owner and this fic manages to incorporate all the wonderful moments that having a pet involves as well as the hard and difficult moments.

Molly appears and is wonderfully practical and just delightful. Moriarty even turns up and he still manages to be extremely menacing. I do want to mention that there is some violence towards animals, but it isn’t terribly graphic. Feel free to pm me if you’d like spoilers.

In short, this story is extremely well-written and despite the AU manages to stay incredibly in-character. I found myself remembering sections throughout the week.