ana's favourite fics

ana’s favourite fics

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Sherlock:

The Intellectual Intercourse series. (G) “The drawn-out and ridiculous story of how Sherlock Holmes and John Watson carried out a surprisingly successful asexual relationship.”
The Whore of Babylon Was a Perfectly Nice Girl (explicit!) Words: 32k+. “Sherlock walks into a room and takes all the space right out of it. He does the same inside John’s head.” Absolutely brilliant.
Two Two One Bravo Baker (AU, explicit! and ongoing!) Words: 52k+. “A novel length case-fic AU, in which Sherlock and John meet ten months and three-and-a-half thousand miles earlier.” Contains sex, BAMF!John and a brilliant plot!
The Progress of Sherlock Holmes (explicit! het, slash and married!john) Words: 60k+. “Sherlock is head over heels for John, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at him. First-person present-tense series of short scenes from Sherlock’s point of view, borrowing heavily from Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories.” One of the greatest fanfics out there, this one is the absolute proof that fanfiction can be worth your while.
The Being Sherlock series (Werewolf!AU, from G to mature) Words: 19k+. “A somewhat cracked-out urban fantasy AU of “Sherlock” in which Vampire!Sherlock and Werewolf!John fight crime (mundane and supernatural) and find true love (with each other, of course).” One of the few werewolf AUs I like, well written and fun.
My Phone’s on Vibrate For You (explicit!) Words: 21k+. “Sherlock texts John all the time. Today’s different.” Dirty-talking, text-messages and a plot.
Close Enough (explicit!) Words: 3k+. “Rescuing Sherlock is not for the fainthearted.”
Wherein Sherlock Experiments and John Finds Himself at the Cliff’s Edge. Again. (mature) Words: 1k+. “They’re dancing around a dead pig.” Contains facial hair, awkwardness and a dead pig.
Between Two Lungs (explicit!) Words: 5k. “Sherlock discovers one of his own kinks.” Breathplay.
The Asteroidea series (from teen to explicit!, His Dark Materials crossover, sherlock/john/mycroft) Words: 16k+. A lovely crossover from one of my favourite authors, the first fics are my favourite and the last one is a bit too much for me (not a big fan of threesomes)
they tell me their secrets (will you tell me yours too) (teen, AU) Words: 2k+. “In Afghanistan, the supplies tell him when they’re running low, and the cars always, always tell him when strangers have touched them, and John gets known as having a knack (paranoia, his men call it, but he’s never missed a single car bomb) for keeping his men safe.”
Show Me How to Stop Running (Werewolf!AU, explicit!) Words: 12k. “John gets turned into a werewolf during Afghanistan, and it sucks, but then he moves in with another werewolf, and it gets better.”
The Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc series (Addams family crossover, from teen to mature) Words: 20k+. “Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc. It’s the family motto.” “What does it mean?” “We gladly feast on those who would subdue us.” From the amount of fanart I’ve done for this fic you can tell it’s one of my favourites. Well-written, creepy and sweet at the same time.
Planet Sherlock (mature) Words: 6k+. “John and Sherlock devise a rating system for sex.” I laughed so much, you have no idea.
Out of Milk (G, AU) Words: 5k+. “John first meets Sherlock in a grocery shop, of all places! And that it be love at first sight, and that this disturbs John more than he expects.” A cute one.
the Horse And Carriage series. (G and teen) Words: 10k+. “Sherlock proposes. John thinks the whole idea is ludicrous.” Platonic love.
when Harry met Sally (and then Sherlock Holmes) (teen, minor character POV) Words: 5k+. “Harry Watson hadn’t expected the Met, and possibly the British government, to be this keen on locating her missing brother.”
Most of Mazarin221b’s work. Really.
Get It All in Writing (teen) Words: 2k+. “Sherlock and John write each other love notes.” I found this to be a bit ooc at first, then I realised it is the 8th part of a series that I haven’t read yet. Fluff, platonic romance and cuteness.
The Masochism for Geniuses series (from mature to explicit!, BDSM) Words: 4k+. “Sherlock discovers a way to turn off the noise in his brain.” Painplay.
the The Case of Arthur and the Nemesis series (Inception crossover, teen) “In which Sherlock Holmes may be the most irritating man in the world, Eames comes in as a close second, and Arthur may have anger management problems. And a nemesis.”
Death, Be Not Proud (Highlander crossover, mature) Words: 1k+. “You’re an Immortal,” says Sherlock. “So am I.”
Sunburn (explicit!) Words: 3k+. “John and Sherlock. Deserted island.”
A Relationship with Sherlock Holmes (teen) Words: 1k+. “John wakes up married. Sherlock wonders what took him so long. Slash but not at all graphic.” (This one has many lovely sequels)
I Prefer to Text (k+ whatever the hell that means) Words: 9k+. “Following the encounter with Moriarty, Sherlock and John grow closer via text messages.” Incredibly cute.
The One Where Sherlock Comes in His Pants (explicit!) Words: 5k+. “The five times Sherlock came in his pants and the one time he came in someone else’s. It’s slash and I like to think it’s more than just smut, maybe some sort of deeper exploration of a kink they both share.”
Deceiving Appearances (gen) Words: 1k+. “ Moran doesn’t think much of John Watson, until their paths cross and John beats the crap out of him. Featuring Moran being too overconfident, and John being a badass.” This is GREAT.
The Hollow Men (explicit!) Words: 8k+. “What constitutes a life when you’ve just stopped living?” Part of the Remain With Me series, but my favourite of them. Angst!
Stages of an Overture (ACDCanon, explicit!) Words: 68k+. “In which Holmes is incapable of understanding emotion, Mycroft is frequently aggravated, and John Watson never backs down from a challenge, imaginary or otherwise.”
A Sherlock Medley (crack!fic) Words: 1k+. “Not one story, but many little pieces of madness.” It should be a crime to be this funny…
Atlin Merrick’s fics with a special highlight on: Nail Me (explicit!, w: 5k+, sherlock lisping, fluff, high-as-fuck!john and sherlock)
The Heart In The Whole (explicit!) Words: 100k+. “Events after The Great Game leave Sherlock dependent on his best friend and colleague. But John has a secret of his own…” One of the legendary shwatsonlock fics (podfic available).
Almost all of TheShoelessOne’s fics with a special spot in my heart for her Doctor Who/Sherlock crossovers.
The Vortex Breakdown series (meteorologist!AU, G) Words: 9k+. “In which Sherlock is a genius forecaster, and John is an adrenaline-junkie expert storm-chaser. When they meet, chaos inevitably ensues.” Not slash!
Teuthology (G, slash, Marine Biologist!AU) Words: 606. “Sherlock is a marine biologist. John specialises in octopi. They bond over ink and tentacles. Also suckers”. Too short but really cute!
Human For A While (mature, selkie!sherlock) Words: 12k+. “John comes home from a trip to the seaside with a pale-eyed young man in tow. Sherlock is tall, brilliant, and strangely sad, and seems incapable of leaving John’s side. One day John brings a seal skin to Harry’s house and makes her promise to hide it, and that she will never, ever tell Sherlock where it is.”
Breath and Shadow (mature, breathplay) Words: 6k+. “John.” The grin that splits Sherlock’s face is razor-sharp. “If it weren’t dangerous, I wouldn’t need you.” hnnnng
Model Behaviour (explicit, modeling!au) Words: 9k+. “Sherlock’s a fashion photographer famed for getting a rise out of his subjects, John’s a model past his peak who needs one last job, Sally Donovan’s looking for her first big break and Lestrade just wants not to be sued.”
Performance In a Leading Role (explicit, WIP, hollywood!au) Words: 100k+. “Sherlock Holmes is an Oscar winner in the midst of a career slump. John Watson is an Everyman actor trapped in the rom-com ghetto. When they are cast as a gay couple in a new independent drama, will they surprise each other? Will their on-screen romance make its way into the real world?” One of the Sherlock fandom classics, has a cover stating that and all.
Melting (explicit!) Words: 3k+. “In which the hottest summer on record disturbs Sherlock in one too many ways, ice is a means to an end and what was contained is let loose.”
Yards: We Go The Extra Mile! (G, supermarket!au) Words: 1k+. Just… lovely.
Academic Eros (explicit! WIP, college!au, older sherlock and younger john) Words: 12k+. “It’s John’s last year doing theory at university before he starts training in a hospital. But to get there, he first has to pass the infamous Dr Sherlock Holmes’ Biochemistry paper”
Keeping Bees (G, retirement fic, LOVELY!!!)
Silver (teen, fluff, magical reality?) Words: 719. “They were silver and perfect circles and Sherlock was running out of clothes to hide them under.” this is a short fic in some kind of magical reality in which Sherlock gets little silver marks whenever someone suffers for him. cute!
The Annotated Gay Kama Sutra (explicit!, christmas, first time fic) Words: 3k+. “In which Sherlock gives John an embarrassing present for Christmas and John’s confused as to why.”
The Prize (mature, WIP, apocalyptic AU, TW for graphic violence and non-con) Words: 45k+. “On 29 January 2010 an unknown Event wiped out 98% of the population. This is the story of the survivors, four months on.”. I know it sounds like it’s really serious because of the tws, but SO FAR it’s not, it’s a very nice apocalyptic AU, with humour and is written very nicely.
The At Least There’s The Football series. (WIP, mystrade, goes from G to explicit!, lestrade is secretly punk rock) Words: 118k+. “Lestrade arrives at the pool after the explosion and finds someone else is already there.” in which Lestrade listens to punk rock and Anthea is a ninja. Really nice, starts in a not very serious mood, gets serious, goes back to light, then it’s smutty, then it’s dramatic and is just really enjoyable.
The Panes of Glass series (G, His Dark Materials AU) Words: 7k+. “Normal people don’t keep an alethiometer in their pocket next to their keys and their phone.”
Making The Connection (explicit!, WIP, pre-ASP) Words: 55k+. “Sherlock is on detox, and bored. He calls a phone sex line to test a hypothesis. He gets John. Sherlock is intrigued, and calls back several times. But the experiment isn’t going quite how Sherlock predicted…” granted, I haven’t read all of the chapters yet (and it’s ongoing), but I’m enjoying it so far…
The Man No One Liked (explicit!, 1913 AU) Words: 31k+. “In November of 1913, Doctor John Watson is invited to the country house of his distant relation, Lord Lestrade. He and the footman, Holmes, who has been assigned as his valet for the weekend, are instantly attracted to one another. But before the weekend is out, someone will be murdered, and Sherlock and John will have to race to sort through family secrets to find the killer.”
Cold Snap (explicit!, prequel) Words: 4k+.”The Mayo Clinic prescription for hypothermia is this: Tea. Blanket fort. Sex. All right, it doesn’t come right out and say that on the website. But Sherlock can read between the lines.”
You and I in an Imperfect Place (explicit!, first time) Words: 6k+. “First time Sherlock/John… in a barn filled with horses… in a haystack… at night. Essentially smutty romance in a hayloft.”
High Ground (mature, first kiss) Words: 1k+. “John uses a little military strategy to finally make a move on Sherlock.”
Unfettered (explicit!, first time) Words: 4k+. “The sexual tension between John and Sherlock reaches a breaking point when they wind up handcuffed together during a case.”
Capital H-i-m (mature for violence, angel AU) Words: 2k+. “The first time John Watson sees Sherlock Holmes, he’s just been hit by a car. “Bloody fuck,” John says, then looks down at his watch, pops out the winding mechanism, and sets the minute hand back.” REALLY COOL BROS
The View from the Top (explicit! top!john) Words: 3k+. “Fresh into their relationship as lovers Sherlock pushes one too many buttons with John. John has enough and transforms into a loving BAMF, taking things to the bedroom.” I’m not sure if I like this or not ?? You can read and decide for yourself.
He Who Believes (explicit!, WIP) Words: 11k+. “Sherlock is a God. John is a believer.” Another brilliant work by s0mmerspr0ssen, very interesting.
Ad Meliora (Towards Better Things) (explicit!, priest!kink, use of religious themes for pornographic purposes). Words: 3k+. “John Watson is a priest undergoing a crisis of faith, Sherlock is a trainee priest who makes it worse.”
The Long Game (explicit!, first time) Words: 4k+. “Two flatmates and a late night game of poker. Dangerously high levels of sexual tension.”
Sparring Partners (mature). Words: 4k+. “Sherlock takes John to his gym; John gets a little more than a lesson in boxing.”
The brilliant Physics (explicit?, unrealistic sex, meta) Words: 1k+. “Typical fan fiction sex between suspiciously semi-naked!Sherlock and straight!John”
Not Exactly Location, Location, Location (G, retirement fic, yes that means bees and sussex) Words: 2k+. “I want to make it clear that this house is where we plan to spend the remainder of our lives. I’d rather that time was not cut short by an arthritic tumble down a flight of unwanted stairs.”
Agape (explicit!, rule 63, threesome F/M/M) Words: 7k+. “One day, Joan Watson trips and falls through a door that lands her in 221B. Except this 221B does not house the eccentric, madwoman Sherlock Holmes and her esteemed associate, Dr. Watson. No, this one has a very male Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.” very nice.
If-Then (mature, first time) Words: 2k+. “It’s basic really. IF (John’s interested) THEN (kiss him) ELSE (smile faintly) END IF” in which Sherlock thinks in a very interesting way.
Pride, But Very Little Prejudice (mystrade, mature, costume!kink) Words: 3k+. “Lestrade accidentally discovers one of Mycroft’s kinks and very deliberately indulges it. (Set in the At Least There’s The Football ‘verse, but a few months in the future, and it’s not at all part of the current arc in any substantive way.)“
The Pull of One Magnet to Another (mature, AU, matchmaking) Words: 46k+. “Mummy has arranged Mycroft’s marriage with an ex-army doctor. However, John meets Sherlock first, and sparks fly.” a bit silly, but cute.
Slave Me (explicit! TW for rape/non-con although that is not the focus, violence, slavery, angst.) Words: 15k+. “In the gambling dens of a vaguely AU London, John Watson has won and lost fortunes in a night. One evening he winds up playing with entirely the wrong crowd, the kind of people that make him feel he’ll be lucky to get out of there with his life – let alone anything else. But the announced prize is somewhat unexpected. It’s an abused slave with dark curly hair and mesmerizing blue-grey eyes.” the thing about this fic is that, despite all the tws, it is so cool. Sherlock is witty and John is kind, everything goes better than expected.
Rather Untranslatable (teen, halloween, mycroft has a wife?, fluffy shwatsonlock). Words: 3k+. “One word: Mamihlapinatapai.”
Evidence (mature!, first time, drunk kisses, sherlock/john). Words: 10k+. “John felt like a lion in a cage, staring at its food. He was looking at Sherlock, and the detective was cowering away.” Cute!
What He Wrote (explicit!, humour, first time) Words: 2k+. “Sherlock isn’t sure if John’s flirting or just an exceedingly inept typist.” Text!fic with non texting bits and some smut, just what you guys wanted amirite.
The Red Box (~~this is more~~ explicit! ~~than anything you have ever read in your life~~, crossdressing) Words: 12k+. “John wears women’s underwear sometimes. Sherlock is surprised and turned on”.
Shivers Down My Spine (explicit!, first time) Words: 1k+. “John doesn’t understand Sherlock’s newfound obsession with the pleat in the back of his jacket.”
A Comic Illustrating the Average Omegaverse Fic Not a fic, but this is on Ao3 and it’s perfect. So if you, like me, kind of hate omegaverse fics, this is for you ;)
The Tennis series (explicit!, tennis!AU) Words: 130k+. “John and Sherlock are professional tennis players and it’s Wimbledon. One is a broken almost was at the end of his career, the other an arrogant rising star tipped for greatness. It should have been a straightforward tournament. It really should have been. How were they to know that a chance encounter would change everything?” This is so good it’s going to make you want to play tennis.
The Sherlock’s military kinks series (explicit!, PWP) Words: 5k+. “John finds out about Sherlock’s militaty kink” I prefer the second one (uniforms!!) but they’re both nice.
Fortissimo (excplicit!, music kink) Words: 5k+. “John was playing Sherlock’s violin, and he was playing it well.”
The Eye of The Beholder by the lovely Teaque (Teen) Words: 4k+. “John has been keeping secrets, the fact that he has some talent as an artist, for example. But it is Sherlock’s job to “know what others do not know” and John is soon found out.”
Dreaming in Lucidity (mature, morning sex) Words: 2k+. “John woke up slowly, hardly aware that he wasn’t dreaming” If you’re ready to ignore the amount of talking people need to do in a relationship before actually having penetrative sex this is really good.
Gorgeous Spread (explicit!, lazy sex) Words: 3k+. “Sherlock being all lazy and sexy on the sofa, John takes him up on it.” Hng
Under The Covers by the lovely Berlynn_Wohl (explicit!, fluff) Words: 1k+. “John would have liked to have the lights on and seen everything, but Sherlock was shy, so they did it this way, always.”

Cabin Pressure:

The End of the Road (Teen, crossover, SH/CP) Words: 11k+. “After Sherlock’s death at the Reichenbach falls, John finds solace with an airline captain who bears an uncanny resemblance to the detective.” The famous fic everyone told me about. It doesn’t end in tears, but is quite angsty in lots of bits.
Pilots Get It Up Faster (teen, crossover). Words: 3k+. “Oh,” said Martin in a tone of voice that usually signalled the sighting of some obscure vintage aeroplane. “You’re Tony Stark.” guys GUYS THIS IS TONY STARK/MARTIN CRIEFF AHAHAHAHAH OH MY GOD ok read it
Of Knights and Pilots (series, crossover, from g to teen). Words: 5k+. “A series of short fics detailing how ridiculously adorable Martin Crieff and Henry Knight are together.” EXCEPT YOU KNOW THEY NEVER MET AND NEVER WILL MEET ;-; so cute tho
Decision Height (explicit!, staged kiss) Words: 4k+. “Douglas is uncharacteristically nervous when he knocks on the door of the shabby little hotel room a few hours later. It’s ridiculous that he should be undone by such a man as Martin Crieff – little Martin, timid and hesitant and bearer of more bad luck and awkward circumstance than anyone Douglas had ever met in his life.” What can I say, it’s mazarin221b
Lingua franca (explicit!, ongoing but probably abandoned, fem!Martin/Douglas, oral sex). Words: 13k+. “Douglas may be good at most things, but one thing he certainly doesn’t excel at is getting into Martin’s knickers. It doesn’t stop him from trying though.” I really liked this and it’s so sad it’s been kind of abandoned ;-; ugh
Martin’s First Rim Job (obviously explicit!, douglas/martin). Words: 1k+. “Porn of no redeeming value.” the summary is very honest.
Sorting out Martin’s Little Problem (series, from teen to explicit!, douglas/martin) Words: 28k+. “I have the most unromantic existence that it’s possible for an airline pilot to have; shabby, desperate and surrounded by people who get their kicks out of laughing at me. Why should you expect my sex life to be any different?”
Actually I’m into all these Martin Crieff/Henry Knight have fun
Martin is a Sex Pistols Fan (gen, humour, kink meme fill) Prompt: I suddenly have this great desire to see…or at least read about martin in a Sex Pistols t-shirt.
Teasing Domesticity (rated g, humour, fluff, kink meme fill) Prompt: Little moments of teasing domesticity between Martin and Douglas.