Fic Rec: heart like a blade, by thingswithwings

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Title: heart like a blade
Author: thingswithwings
Pairing: Cookie Lyon/Joan Watson
Length: 6,020 words
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: N/A
Verse: Elementary, Empire crossover
Author's summary: If Joan had to summarize her observations of Cookie to Sherlock – and, who is she kidding, he's celebrity-obsessed and will probably wring it out of her one day – she'd say that she's a woman who strikes out first with her weaknesses and hides her strengths until they're needed. It's nearly enough to knock Joan off balance.
Reccer's comments:
This crossover fic is just so much fun. On first read, it's Cookie's characterization that shines -- she's so completely herself, larger-than-life, cunning and vulnerable and ridiculously charismatic; but a second read-through reveals that Joan is equally well-drawn. Even as the pov character she keeps much of her own counsel, but the tension between her and Cookie in every conversation is electric. I would read this fic expanded to 50,000 words, gladly; at 6,000 words it's the worst kind of tease, just enough hinted at and implied and glossed over that I want to demand "more, more, more!" of the universe.

Comments

[dogandmonkeyshow]

Thanks for the wonderful rec! This was a real treat.

[phoenixfalls.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed! I was delighted when I found that this crossover existed at all, and then the fic did not disappoint. :)