verdant_fire: (shr: think it through next time)
verdant_fire ([personal profile] verdant_fire) wrote in [community profile] 221b_recs2016-02-15 09:23 pm

fic rec: Working on the Edges

Title: Working on the Edges
Author: earlgreytea68
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 56089 words
Rating: Mature
Verse: BBC
Author's summary: No matter where you put Sherlock and John, they click. Including the Winter Olympics.

Reccer's comments: Happy International Fanworks Day!  Here is one of my favorites which, shockingly enough, no one has recced here yet, but I think it's one of egt68's best.  I adore this AU; it may be set on the ice, but the warmth and sweetness of this fic make it a pure pleasure to read, without ever tipping over too far into the saccharine.  Who doesn't love seeing Sherlock and John overcome the odds (and with the added bonus of figure skater!Sherlock)?  This is one of my go-to feel-good fics; reading it never fails to lift my mood, and that's no small thing.  It's a pure joyous leap of a story.

(Not a fic rec, but related: [livejournal.com profile] earlgreytea68 also wrote a great IFD guest post about the power of fanfic over here.)

[identity profile] reixilu.livejournal.com 2016-02-16 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for reccing this! Am in the middle of it, but I am smiling so damn much! Gah, soooooo cuuuuuuuute!!! This fic is truly deserving of squishy cuddles, even if there's shadows of angst here & there. No, wait, maybe /because/ there's shadows of angst, it's so cute!

Anyways, thanks again!

[identity profile] earlgreytea68.livejournal.com 2016-02-17 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
Awww, thank you for this lovely rec! And I'm glad you liked the OTW post, I had so much fun doing that!