221b_recs | Entries tagged with pairing: lestrade/molly hooper

Title: Dark Things Happen at the Turn of the Year
Author: Odamaki
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson (or can be read as gen); Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade; Molly Hooper/Greg Lestrade; Sally Donovan, Philip Anderson
Length: 7,200 words
Rating: T
Warnings: character death
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Collection of short fics written for Halloween 2016. See chapter notes for details of contents.

Reccer's comments: This is a wonderful Halloween anthology made up of five short stories, each with very different tones and pairings. Both of the Johnlock vignettes start out scary but wind up sweet, and the wonderful descriptions have a stylistic hint of Bradbury's October Country about them. The Mystrade story of a frustrated genie and his reluctant master is out-and-out charming; the others are more haunting and tragic. A vividly imagined and strikingly written collection of treats that will sweep you away this witching hour! :)

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Title: The Slash Man
Author: Engazed
Pairing: Sherlock&John friendship, Molly/Lestrade
Length: 281455 words
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence, rape/non-con
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Author's summary: Sequel to Ten Days. After ten days of unspeakable torture at the hands of Sherlock's worst enemies, John Watson has returned to Baker Street to live with a man whose death, no matter how fake, still haunts him. But his recovery is not easy, his friendship with Sherlock is strained, and a dangerous but hidden menace continues to threaten them both.

Reccer's comments: This is an intense, gripping case fic that had me at the edge of my seat throughout. Seeing how it's an epic novel length, that's truly saying something. It's the sequel to another fic that I recced almost two years ago, Ten Days. If you haven't yet read Ten Days and don't want any spoilers for that fic, then stop reading NOW.

This story isn't quite as disturbing as its prequel, since it isn't our favourite doctor being put through the ringer this time. The Slash Man contains more lighthearted, even some humorous, moments to break up the overall dark tone of the story, but it's still gut-wrenchingly powerful.

This story takes place Post-Reichenbach, after Sherlock's return, and goes AU after Series 2. It begins two weeks after the end of Ten Days. You'll most likely need to read that one first to understand what's going on. John is recovering from his traumatic ordeal, residing once again at Baker Street and reunited with the once-dead detective. What sets this fic apart from others of its ilk are two things. One is how the author portrays the consequences of Sherlock's decisions on the supporting characters. It's a perfect example of how the actions of one man can send a ripple effect through numerous lives. John is not the only one with scars. The second is the author's skillful weaving of a tale that is equally plot-driven and character-driven. There are plenty of heartwrenching, emotional scenes, but never at the cost of a well-written, exciting mystery.

Before starting this story, the reader should be aware that it ends with quite the cliffhanger. The third and final part of what is to be a trilogy is in the works, but has not been posted yet. So it all depends on how patient you are for a resolution as to whether you decide to read this now or not.

Again, I can't recommend this one enough. Please do give it a try; I think you'll be glad you did.

seren-ccd.livejournal.com

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.

swissmarg

Title: The Same River Twice
Author:

PlaidAdder
Pairing: John/Sherlock, Harry/Clara, Molly/Lestrade
Length: 151,177 words
Rating: Teen
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: A pair of stories based on Sherlock, beginning a month after "The Reichenbach Fall." All casefic, combining elements from more than one case. All Johnlock, though other relationships may creep in. Plot and character-driven, though not entirely devoid of other pleasures.

Reccer's comments: Yes, I've recced PlaidAdder twice before. But those were both fics based on the original ACD stories, so I feel justified in bringing something from this author to those in the fandom who don't read ACD fics. Also, this rec is really mainly for the second story in this series, The Young Men Carbuncular, but as you do need to read the first story to understand what's going on, the whole series is getting the rec. But I'm really only going to talk about the second story. :)

( See the rest of the rec... )

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Title: All We Ought to Ask
Author:

achray
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 56,027
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Author's summary:1860. Change is in the air. John is a clergyman and former army chaplain, attempting to settle down in a country parish and lead a quiet life. But with Sherlock Holmes, reputed to be England's most dangerous religious controversialist, as the local aristocrat, what are his prospects of success?

Reccer's comments: Below is my history!fan squee, but I should let fans of English literature know that this AU was inspired by and plays with the conventions of the Victorian religious novel. Yep, it does that and earns its rating! :)

History AUs, particularly those that aspire to at least some historical authenticity, are an especial challenge for the writer. Cultural differences can have an enormous impact on a character, making it difficult to balance the core aspects of the personality with the inevitable changes that arise when a person is raised in a different time. For example, how do you make Sherlock and John come alive in the 1860s, rather than having Holmes and Watson grow up a few decades earlier? To do so well requires a strong grasp of the BBC versions of Doyle's characters as well as the period in question. Achray achieves this particularly well with her John Watson, who from the first is clearly not content with his new position as a rural parson in a quiet English parish:

Birds called in the trees outside, and there was the distant lowing of some cows, but otherwise all was silent. To John, used to the noise of London and before that, the cheerful and frantic bustle of a garrison full of soldiers, the quiet was oppressive. He laid his hands on his books and thought about how far they’d come, by land and sea and rail. He’d spent most of his life running away from precisely this scenario, and now here he was.

Achray's representation of contemporary bigotry is particularly skillful, for she allows even her main protagonists to say and do things that today many of us find unpleasantly reactionary, yet avoids making these characters unsympathetic. Assigning such prejudices to villains would be too easy and shortchange the complexity of the past, where you can find legions of thoughtful, engaging people writing of their love for their family or relatives in one sentence and expressing racist/sexist/classist sentiments in the next. John in this story is kind to women (he clearly enjoys working with Molly and asks her opinion on matters where she is the expert), but he is no supporter of equal rights or suffrage for the fairer sex (though by the end of the story one can envision him eventually thawing under the influence of the right company). Moreover, his letters to Mary show contempt towards what he considers "less interesting" work, the very work she would be handling if she became his wife:

I had expected to spend much of my time engaged in sermon-writing and in reading – as you told me, I am sadly behind after my years away – but my parishioners are determined to entertain me and tell me of their troubles. An astonishing number of them wish to be married, or have their children christened, or take communion classes. I see more than ever how invaluable your assistance could be, as I am unaccustomed to dealing with ladies’ charitable committees and the other smaller concerns of the parish.

For his part, clever, sharp-tongued, iconoclastic Sherlock forgets the realities of everyday life for the middle class and poor, not foreseeing that altering an individual's worldview may cause them not just spiritual anguish, but also destroy their economic stability. And Mary Morstan is an earnest, patient, talented, and faithful woman, but she shares the deep religious prejudices towards unbelievers expressed by many European Christians. It's these imperfections that make the characters more human, as well as situating them realistically in England of the mid-nineteenth century.

In short: come for the Victorian worldbuilding and dialogue, stay for the characters and a certain passionate, heady romance.

swissmarg

Title: The Beast of Baskerville
Author:

Mildredandbobbin /

mildred_bobbin
Pairing: Sherlock/John, Harry/Clara, others
Length: 74,550 words
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Character death
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: 15th Century/fairy tale AU. An invalided John Watson comes to the isolated village of Baskerville seeking shelter with his sister, only to find himself embroiled in a grisly murder. As the villagers point to a local werewolf legend, the odd but brilliant friar, Brother Sherlock, disagrees, and soon he and John are on the the trail of a very human murderer. As the killer takes another victim, fear and suspicion grips the village, culminating in the arrival of Inquisitor, Friar James Moriarty, who proves more terrible than any supernatural beast could ever be.

Reccer's comments:

mildred_bobbin has written several great fics in this fandom, but this is definitely my favorite so far. It's a medieval AU which is a melange of the first two series of Sherlock, Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose, Janet Lewis's The Wife of Martin Guerre and the 2011 Red Riding Hood movie. It's a tightly plotted, well-paced ensemble piece, veering away from the usual main supporting characters of Lestrade and Mycroft to give larger parts to rarer characters such as Harry, Clara, Henry Knight, Robert Frankland, and Louise Mortimer. Irene as the Mother Abbess is a pointed provocation, and Molly and Moriarty shine in their respective roles as midwife and Inquisitor too, but the real stars are, of course, Brother Sherlock as a keen-eyed Franciscan friar and Master Watson as a peasant foot soldier recently returned from Granada (not only a nod to Granadaverse, but also a real war waged in the late 1400's).

The driving force of the story is the series of horrific deaths plaguing the small village of Baskerville. A werewolf is the supposed culprit, but Sherlock sees a mortal hand and sets out to gather his evidence, with John's help.

( Excerpt contains mild gore... )

One thing I thought the author did really well was to make use of the beliefs and superstitions of the era, especially the quotes from the Malleus Maleficarum at the start of every chapter. There are also nice period details for flavour, but it's not so overflowing with references and research that it feels like reading an academic treatise.

The secondary plot is the relationship between Sherlock and John. Due in part to Sherlock's vows and in part to the societal attitude toward homosexuality, it's obviously not an easy road, but I thought the author handled it with respect and not at all in a sensationalist manner. I thought it was a brave move to cast Sherlock as a truth-seeker and rational thinker who nonetheless takes his vows seriously and does try to adhere to the good core of the Church's teachings. He is in fact a heretic for the time period, but not because he is actually an atheist or humanist (or at least his character didn't come across that way to me).

Finally, the story has been illustrated throughout by some very talented artists:

kikislasha, BlueStoneArcher, and khorazir. The art alone would be worth a rec.

In addition to the character death warning (neither of the two leads, but multiple canon characters), there is torture, gore, and mention of non-con. I also really want to add a special warning for

the murder of unborn children

because I think it could be quite upsetting for some readers.

the-hobbet.livejournal.com

Title: Guitar Man overview
Author: 221b_hound
Pairing: Gen (with a few exceptions, check the individual story tags)
Length: varying lengths
Rating: general audiences (except installment 32, "Can’t Keep My Hands Off You.") Future stories may vary.
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Reccer's comments on the series: Guitar Man seems to be an ongoing series (new stories keep popping up, though most stand alone). I'm not quite sure how to cover it, since it's currently at 32 installments. I'm going to highlight a few, but I hope you will want to read them all, and preferably in order.

In some fics Sherlock's violin is almost a character in own right and music is the way he expresses his feelings. "Guitar Man" is another series in which music plays a key role as a medium for emotions, connections, healing, and growth. Sherlock has his violin, but John is the guitar man - previously the lead singer and songwriter for an almost-famous band in his teenage years.

This series covers a span of 30 years - from a year after John moves into 221B Baker to their retirement in Sussex. Some installments are light-hearted. Some are serious. They evoke laugh-out-loud merriment, sad tears, joyful tears, heart-in-throat anxiety, smiles of adorableness, and nods of insight. There are song lyrics. There are weddings. And glimpses into John's and Sherlock's childhoods. Guitar Man goes in unexpected directions, with unexpected pairings, but it always feels right, making full use of all the major canon characters. It even redeems Anderson!

Guitar Man beautifully conveys a friendship as profound and meaningful as any romance - as, in fact, a great love story.

I adore this series.

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getyourguns.livejournal.com

Title: In Haunted Attics series
Author:

cocaineboy
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 52,803
Rating: hard R - NC-17
Warnings: past rape/non-con, mentions of underage rape [see author's warnings for each chapter/part in notes]
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Post TGG. Sherlock and John's relationship is new, still in its beginning stages. Sherlock struggles with intimacy because of which is difficult to get close to. Any hope John has of learning from Sherlock's past partners's mistakes is a lost cause due to Sherlock 'deleting' all the information. But just because Sherlock can't remember doesn't mean it's not around somewhere...

Reccer's comments: This is a very hard-hitting series, dealing with some very serious issues in both John and Sherlock's past. The writer incorporates canon references from both the books and the television series but makes it their own by creating a detailed past that effects John and Sherlock's relationship "today" as well as their interactions with other canon and OC characters (Sherlock's drug use and past sexual encounters play a big role). The author also uses actual images of mentioned notebooks, case notes, misc. notes, and pages from mentioned books/articles in the story which is a nice touch.
Each part of the series can be read alone but together they build a very complex and dark but still fun to read story. I read through from the first word till the last last night and I only put it down when my eyes started closing against my will, haha. If you like a darker, angst-ridden casefic, this is definitely one you don't want to pass over.

Multi-chapter parts:
01. Knocking on Forbidden Doors
02. Crazy to Want This
03. Trouble Sleeping With Both Eyes Closed

linguini17.livejournal.com

Title: An Avalance of Detour Signs
Author: gyzym
Pairing: Molly Hooper/DI Lestrade, [Molly Hooper/Jim Moriarty]
Length: 56,053
Rating: Mature
Warnings: None
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Author's summary: "In which Molly Hooper gets a job, gets a degree, breaks a heart, has her heart broken, falls in love, keeps a secret, saves a life, runs a morgue, falls apart, pulls it together, and finds exactly what she didn't know she was looking for--not necessarily in that order."
Reccer's comments: Anything written by gyzym is guaranteed to be absolutely astounding, and this is no exception. It's the story of Molly Hooper's adult life and the biggest secret she ever kept. She's a fully-fleshed character, real and brave and human, and every note is pitch-perfect.

seren-ccd.livejournal.com

Title: Rings are Full Circles
Author:

calccarbonate
Pairing: Gen, Molly/Lestrade UST
Length: 4,000 words
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Rings mean a lot of things to people...and Sherlock overlooks a great deal.

Reccer's comments: This fic focuses on some of the secondary characters and with only a few words, conveys so much about their characters while also giving them reasons for their actions that the show didn't. The theme running through it is lovely and I adore the potential for future Molly/Lestrade and considering they bond over Dangermouse(the cartoon), that just makes it extra wonderful. It’s a quiet fic that really packs a great punch.

seren-ccd.livejournal.com

Title: Ellipsis
Author:

saathi1013
Pairing: Molly Hooper/DI Lestrade
Length: 1,400
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: canon character death
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Lestrade, after the Fall. Empty spaces. Things left unsaid.
Reccer's comments: This fic is simply lovely. It’s post-Reichenbach and it’s Lestrade trying to cope. Molly is strong and yet vulnerable. The prose is just raw and hits all the right spots.

falling-voices.livejournal.com

Title: An Avalanche Of Detour Signs
Author:

gyzym.
Pairing: Molly/Lestrade (main), Molly/Moriarty, unrequited Molly/Sherlock
Length: 56,000 words.
Rating: NC-17.
Warnings: No major warnings. See the author's notes.
Verse: BBC!Sherlock.
Author's summary: In which Molly Hooper gets a job, gets a degree, breaks a heart, has her heart broken, falls in love, keeps a secret, saves a life, runs a morgue, falls apart, pulls it together, and finds exactly what she didn't know she was looking for—not necessarily in that order.

Reccer's comments: Spoilers for S2. This follows Molly from her childhood to the post-Reichenbach era; it fleshes her character out marvellously, expands on the few canon glimpses we have been given of her life in canon, and develops her relationship with Lestrade in a fantastic, thoroughly believable way. Their friendship, the UST between them, Molly's issues with Jim and with Sherlock, Lestrade's marriage, what happens after the end of The Reichenbach Fall, everything is played out in full detail, and the outside look it provides us over the show's events and on John and Sherlock's storylines, when crossed with Molly's, is very interesting. It's a long, marvelous story, and a must-read for anyone who likes Molly.

mods: I've clicked on the lestrade/mycroft tag by mistake, and now it won't edit itself out, no matter which way I try. is there any way it could be taken out?

seren-ccd.livejournal.com

Title: Paper Fortunes
Author:

alice_day
Pairing: Eventual Molly Hooper/Lestrade
Length: Medium to Long.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Molly is thrilled when Sherlock finally invites her on a date. Well, when he says "date"...

Reccer's comments: This fic is everything I’d ever wanted: Molly to have an adventure. It’s well-written, wonderfully paced and Molly is fantastic. Still a bit unsure and awkward, but smart and capable and human. She also gets her man, which is delightful in and of itself.

Also, I dare you not to come away wanting a t-shirt with the phrase ‘What Would Mrs Peel Do?’ on it.

*May I have a molly/lestrade tag? Thank you!

unovis.livejournal.com

Hi!
Just a few words on our tags and tagging your recs.

Tags are useful search tools for grouping the recs by categories: by pairing, genre, content, and sources for the stories or other fanworks.

We ask that reccers attach tags that are relevant to the works they rec. You don't have to add everything that applies-- for example, not a character tag for everyone who might appear in the story, or every theme or content. But if Molly has a significant cameo, say, that you think people searching for her might appreciate, then by all means list her in a tag. Likewise if you think this is the addiction story people should read, then use the content: addiction tag.

The required aspects to tag are pairing (if it applies), relationship genre (i.e., gen, slash, or het*), and verse (the source: ACD books, Sherlock BBC, Granada, etc.).

The easiest place to see all of the tags available is in this list of tags.

Tagging is enabled only for the author of the post and the mods. Only the mods can add new tags. We have a beginning list up now, anticipating likely categories and characters. We'll add more as recs are made, if characters and pairings, for example, aren't covered already. You can request a new tag to be added by commenting here or by contacting one of the mods. Keep in mind, again, that we'll be adding character tags as additional characters appear in recs.

Sherlock Holmes and John Watson have been abbreviated as SH and JW in pairings and some other places (e.g., content: sick jw). Since this recs comm is open to all versions of Sherlock Holmes, it seemed the simplest way to identify the characters. Lestrade, Gregson, and Dimmock are listed as "inspector" following ACD book canon, and Moriarty is listed only once by his (their) surname alone. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is abbreviated throughout as ACD.

*We won't add a category for "slash-if-you-squint" or similar invitations for the reader to see subtext in a story. If the author hasn't labeled her work as slash, then it's genre: gen or genre: friendship.

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Entries tagged with pairing: lestrade/molly hooper

Fic Rec: Dark Things Happen at the Turn of the Year

Fic Rec: The Slash Man

Fic Rec: It's Dogged as Does it

Series Rec: The Same River Twice

Fic Rec: All We Ought to Ask

Fic Rec: The Beast of Baskerville

Fic Rec: Guitar Man series

Series rec: In Haunted Attics

Fic Rec: An Avalanche of Detour Signs

Fic Rec: Rings are Full Circles by calccarbonate

Fic Rec: Ellipsis by saathi1013

Fic Rec: An Avalanche Of Detour Signs

Fic Rec: Paper Fortunes by alice_day

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