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Thank you so much for the rec, this made my day ♥️♥️♥️ I'm so glad you like my Christmas in April 🥰🥰🥰

Word count: 35,040 Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Harry Watson (mentioned), Sherlock Holmes’ Parents, Holmes Family - Character, Sebastian Wilkes Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, accidental fake dating, Mistaken for Being in a Relationship, Oblivious Sherlock, Oblivious John, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Christmas fic, holiday fluff, The tropes all the tropes, Sherlock’s parents aren’t nice, AU, Unilock, they’re just done with Uni but still Unilock, different first meeting, various sex acts between consenting adults, Alcohol, mention of past drug use, mention of alcoholism, Christmas fake dating romcom, Seriously Sherlock’s parents are the worst Summary:

Sherlock hates spending Christmas with his snobby parents. John has nowhere to go over the holidays. The heat in 221B is broken and their fridge is empty. Plus, Sherlock’s parents will hate John. So of course Sherlock takes John along. It’s not his fault that his parents assume John’s his boyfriend. Of course John is perfect and all, but Sherlock doesn’t do romance. So what harm can there be in pretending, if it makes his parents this mad?

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Rec: Christmas in April? Yes, please! Completely charming with a smidge of angst, this reminds me of classic pre-S2 “meet the Holmes family” fics with a supporting cast of eccentric broadstroke characters, an old family pile, and only one bed.

In this AU setup, Sherlock is just out of uni and running a fledgling consulting detective business, while John - his former dormmate and now flatmate - is a medical student. The Holmes parents are upper-class snobs with a long list of reasons to disapprove of Sherlock, although there may be an ally or two (or 3) amongst the extended family. 

Playful quips, jabs, and snark trade off with more serious confrontations of classism and homophobia, all the while Sherlock and John come to the slow-but-sudden realization that what they are playacting may not be a game after all. You won’t regret returning to the chill and gloom of winter with these two fakers to cheer on.

#sherlock fic #my fic #fic rec #swissmiss #guess who's coming to christmas dinner #thank you so much

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Drop everything and go read this now. Bring tissues for this poetic, perfect, painful, lovely story.

Forget Me Not by Calais Reno

John gives up memories in order to save Sherlock.

Now the blue eye is focused on him, the brown one wandering. “Look at me, John. What happens in the mind is more than reason. You will not save him with cold, hard facts. Saving him will require your imagination.” For just a second, both eyes line up. The world stills around him. He’s never felt so focused.

Thank you for reading and reblogging!

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#sherlock #fic rec #calais reno #utter perfection

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I summon ye, Johnlockers!

We can beat Sterek!

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#johnlock #like obviously it's johnlock

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Part 4- Boxing Day is now online, where the boys have some interesting conversations, and we release them into the sunset.

This fic is now complete.

Tags under the cut as usual, please let me know if you want to be tagged or untagged for future endeavours ;-)

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Chapters: ¼ Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Harry Watson (mentioned), Sherlock Holmes’ Parents, Holmes Family - Character, Sebastian Wilkes Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, accidental fake dating, Mistaken for Being in a Relationship, Oblivious Sherlock, Oblivious John, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Christmas fic, holiday fluff, The tropes all the tropes, Sherlock’s parents aren’t nice, AU, Unilock, they’re just done with Uni but still Unilock, different first meeting, various sex acts between consenting adults, Alcohol, mention of past drug use, mention of alcoholism, Christmas fake dating romcom, Seriously Sherlock’s parents are the worst Summary:

Sherlock hates spending Christmas with his snobby parents. John has nowhere to go over the holidays. The heat in 221B is broken and their fridge is empty. Plus, Sherlock’s parents will hate John. So of course Sherlock takes John along. It’s not his fault that his parents assume John’s his boyfriend. Of course John is perfect and all, but Sherlock doesn’t do romance. So what harm can there be in pretending, if it makes his parents this mad?

Thank you darling wife @nuttersinc for the plot bunny, and thank you superstar @jrow for the beta.

This is my Christmas fic in April, people. It’s completely written, I’m posting the chapters as they come out of beta.

Tags under the cut as always, please let me know if you want to be tagged or untagged.

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#johnlock #bbc sherlock #my fic #johnlock fic #guess who's coming to christmas dinner #unilock #sherlock fanfic #christmas fic #complete

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Absolutely. Terrible writing, and what's this Season 4 you mentioned? Never heard of it.

Sherlock, 4.02 The Lying Detective

#season 4 what Season 4 #bad writing #mofftiss screwed us

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Unfortunately the person who convinced John that Sherlock does in fact tell lies was ironically the one person John believed: Sherlock himself.

Sherlock, 4.02 The Lying Detective

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Part 3 - Christmas Day is now online, where we have presents, Christmas dinner and various things... escalate.

Tags under the cut as always, please let me know if you want to be tagged or untagged.

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Chapters: ¼ Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Harry Watson (mentioned), Sherlock Holmes’ Parents, Holmes Family - Character, Sebastian Wilkes Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, accidental fake dating, Mistaken for Being in a Relationship, Oblivious Sherlock, Oblivious John, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Christmas fic, holiday fluff, The tropes all the tropes, Sherlock’s parents aren’t nice, AU, Unilock, they’re just done with Uni but still Unilock, different first meeting, various sex acts between consenting adults, Alcohol, mention of past drug use, mention of alcoholism, Christmas fake dating romcom, Seriously Sherlock’s parents are the worst Summary:

Sherlock hates spending Christmas with his snobby parents. John has nowhere to go over the holidays. The heat in 221B is broken and their fridge is empty. Plus, Sherlock’s parents will hate John. So of course Sherlock takes John along. It’s not his fault that his parents assume John’s his boyfriend. Of course John is perfect and all, but Sherlock doesn’t do romance. So what harm can there be in pretending, if it makes his parents this mad?

Thank you darling wife @nuttersinc for the plot bunny, and thank you superstar @jrow for the beta.

This is my Christmas fic in April, people. It’s completely written, I’m posting the chapters as they come out of beta.

Tags under the cut as always, please let me know if you want to be tagged or untagged.

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#johnlock #bbc sherlock #my fic #johnlock fic #guess who's coming to christmas dinner #unilock #sherlock fanfic #christmas fic

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so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

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Johnlockficclub group reading

starting April 7th: Emilycare's

Sherlock Holmes Live, Part 1: The Prep

If you're up for a group reading of one of the most intricate, exhilarating, and clever stories out there--we're starting Sunday, April 7th, at 9:30 to 10:30 Pacific time (12:30-13:30 in the Eastern US, 18:30-19:30 in Europe).

How? via typed chat

Where? the @johnlockficclub Discord server (DM me for an invite if you're not on it)

How long? 9 weeks for Part 1, The Prep; then we'll reconsider the meeting time.

Link? Sherlock Holmes Live Part 1: The Prep by emilycare (52K words, 10/10 chapters)

(It's the first part of Sherlock Holmes Live, which was posted as one long fic--488K words, 73/73 chapters). https://archiveofourown.org/works/34411195/chapters/85636093.

For April 21st: we’ll talk about Chapters 4 and 5. Thanks for reblogging!

(in your time zone at: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Johnlock+group+read%3A+SHL%2C+chapters+4+AND+5&iso=20240421T0930&p1=224&ah=1

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There had never been anyone before.

None who stayed.

Sherlock's mind was racing, despite his best intentions to keep it together today. The wedding.

John's suit fit like a glove. Tailored to perfection. Sherlock had made certain of that.

The corsage was of a green carnation, and a soft pink rose bud.

Soft. Suble. Unobtrusive,

And spoke volumes.

Sherlock felt the tears coming to his eyes, and told himself to breathe. Just breathe ... still he could feel his courage slipping, as he began to hyperventilate ...

Then he felt the firm hand Mycroft placed on his shoulder like a steadying rock.

He could get through this.

Eyes closed ... he thought of the relationships of his past ... "friends" who had one by one moved on to calling him "freak"

And wondered ... would John have stayed?

"Brother dear ... open your eyes ..."

Mycroft's voice invited him softly, breaking his fearful torrent of thoughts, "... your husband is waiting?"

Sherlock took a deep breath,

Opened his eyes

And saw him ...

John Watson.

Here. Ready. Willing. Having accepted Sherlock's proposal upon his return from the dead. It was reality? He wasn't dreaming?

Sherlock had lied to John. Hurt him. Cut him more deeply than any man should ever wound a friend, let alone ... a lover ... and still John said 'Yes' ...?

As Sherlock held out his hand, and John took it ... he knew.

Yes. He would have stayed.

He did stay.

And now Sherlock would to. Until death parted them. And only then.

"Do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband ... to have ... and to hold..." John squeezed his hand and smiled up at him, reassuring and oh, so real ... "... til death do you part?" The minister asked.

Sherlock felt something unfurl in his heart. Something that felt like hope. The hope now reflected in John Watson's deep blue eyes ...

"You know I do, John," he whispered to his soon-to-be-husband. The thought made him shiver with anticipation ...

The minister carried on ... "... and do you John Hamish Watson, take this ..."

"Handsome? Brilliant? Oh, so charming man ...?" John was whispering over the ministers scripted words to Sherlock's wonder. Neither could take their eyes off each other.

At last they felt the minister pause with his question aired?

"Oh God, yes," John nearly giggled replying. His would-be-husband blushing in response.

"You may now kiss-"

They crashed together. Their kiss was all but chaste, and only broken by Mycroft’s tap to Sherlock's foot, and a gruff clearing of his throat.

Sherlock stole the ministers next role, proudly puffing his chest as he announced loudly to the small assembly:

"I am both astonished and humbled to have the pleasure of introducing you to ... Mr. John Hamish Holmes," Sherlock paused, holding the weight of those words, "and the luckiest man on earth-"

"- and also the cleverest" John interjected. Sherlock grinned from ear to ear, "Mr. Sherlock William Scott Watson."

At that John laughed heartily, the crowd cheered; Mrs. Hudson cried.

Sherlock snuck another kiss near John's ear, whispering "you know you do that out loud?"

"You could always stop me like this?" John teased, pulling Sherlock down for another good snog.

Lestrade shouted impishly at their antics, "Oi! Get a room you two!!"

"Already booked!" Sherlock countered ... as John took his hand and raced down the aisle with him.

The start of a new adventure.

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#awwww #Johnlock wedding #helloliriels #so sweet

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Thank you so much for the rec ♥️♥️♥️

Five Fics Friday: April 19/24

Happy Friday everyone! Check out today's selection of fics to get you through the weekend! And be sure to give the boosted fic some extra love, as it JUST finished being written! :D Enjoy!!

SIGNAL BOOSTING

The Curious Case of the Casablanca Killer by meet_me_in_samarra (G, 55,886 w., 16 Ch. || Post THoB, Case Fic, Bromance / Friendship, Clever John, John is a Conductor of Light, BAMF John / Sherlock, Sassy John, Cheeky Sherlock) – Deemed a three at best, the case of an invisible burglar in a historic cinema who stole nothing only caught Sherlock’s attention because he was bored. Also, he wanted to do John a favour. In the end, this proved to be a real stroke of luck. Otherwise, Sherlock would have missed an intriguing mystery that quickly ramped up in complexity.

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Licence to Kiss by fellshish (T, 13,740 w., 4 Ch. || Post-ASiB, Bond Jokes, Angst and Humour, First Kiss, Bed Sharing, Love Confessions, Mutual Pining) – John loves James Bond. For his Birthday, Sherlock decides to organise a spy adventure. Sherlock begs Mycroft for a real case with some extra gadgets. And perhaps some actors pretending to be criminals. What could possibly go wrong?

Guess Who's Coming for Christmas Dinner by Raina_at (E, 18,623+ w., 2/4 Ch. || WiP || University AU || Fake / Pretend Relationship, Accidental Fake Dating, , Oblivious John / Sherlock, Mistaken for Being in a Relationship, Christmas, Fluff, Friends to Lovers, Alcohol, Past Drug Use, Not-Nice Holmes Family) – Sherlock hates spending Christmas with his snobby parents. John has nowhere to go over the holidays. The heat in 221B is broken and their fridge is empty. Plus, Sherlock's parents will hate John. So of course Sherlock takes John along. It's not his fault that his parents assume John's his boyfriend. Of course John is perfect and all, but Sherlock doesn't do romance. So what harm can there be in pretending, if it makes his parents this mad?

Only Yesterday by Berty (T, 43,378+ w., 17/18 Ch. || Alternate Timelines / 'Yesterday' AU || Post-TRF, POV John, Grief, Mental Instability, Angst, Unrequited Love, Suspense, Scotland, Hurt John, Developing Relationship, Doctor John, John is a Mess) – Sherlock has been gone for two years and John Watson is doing okay. He goes to work. He sleeps (sometimes). He eats. He has colleagues, some of whom are even friends. He has purpose. If it's not a life as others might view it, it's a fair approximation. It's fine. He's fine. One night the lights go out and when they come back on everything is the same except for one important thing. For John it's the most important thing. And suddenly John is not fine at all.

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Magic Like You by Anonymous (NR [M], 9,714 w., 5 Ch. || LOKI SERIES || Post-S2, Light Angst, Soft, Friends to Lovers, Jotunn Loki, Pining Loki, Heavy Pining, Bed Sharing, Jealous Loki, POV Loki, Living Together, First Kiss/Time) – Loki and Mobius are trying to carve out a new life for themselves after all the chaos and hurt and destruction that was caused by the TVA. This story explores Loki's new life and his relationship to Mobius through magic. (With lots of stupid fun and soft moments along the way, because with these two, it's inevitable.)

#johnlock #bbc sherlock #fic rec #my fic #guess who's coming to christmas dinner

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Rache (German for Revenge)

How Sally began to distrust Sherlock Holmes, and how she started trusting him again.

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#bbc sherlock #this sounds intriguing #sherlock

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Chapters: ¼ Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Harry Watson (mentioned), Sherlock Holmes’ Parents, Holmes Family - Character, Sebastian Wilkes Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, accidental fake dating, Mistaken for Being in a Relationship, Oblivious Sherlock, Oblivious John, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Christmas fic, holiday fluff, The tropes all the tropes, Sherlock’s parents aren’t nice, AU, Unilock, they’re just done with Uni but still Unilock, different first meeting, various sex acts between consenting adults, Alcohol, mention of past drug use, mention of alcoholism, Christmas fake dating romcom, Seriously Sherlock’s parents are the worst Summary:

Sherlock hates spending Christmas with his snobby parents. John has nowhere to go over the holidays. The heat in 221B is broken and their fridge is empty. Plus, Sherlock’s parents will hate John. So of course Sherlock takes John along. It’s not his fault that his parents assume John’s his boyfriend. Of course John is perfect and all, but Sherlock doesn’t do romance. So what harm can there be in pretending, if it makes his parents this mad?

Thank you darling wife @nuttersinc for the plot bunny, and thank you superstar @jrow for the beta.

This is my Christmas fic in April, people. It’s completely written, I’m posting the chapters as they come out of beta.

Tags under the cut as always, please let me know if you want to be tagged or untagged.

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#guess who's coming to christmas dinner #johnlock fic #my fic #christmas fic #bbc sherlock #unilock #time zone reblog

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Part 2- Christmas Eve is now online, where we meet Sherlock's parents, they make an assumption Sherlock has no intention of contradicting, and various Christmas things are done and even enjoyed.

Tags under the cut as always, please let me know if you want to be tagged or untagged.

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Chapters: ¼ Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Harry Watson (mentioned), Sherlock Holmes’ Parents, Holmes Family - Character, Sebastian Wilkes Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, accidental fake dating, Mistaken for Being in a Relationship, Oblivious Sherlock, Oblivious John, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Christmas fic, holiday fluff, The tropes all the tropes, Sherlock’s parents aren’t nice, AU, Unilock, they’re just done with Uni but still Unilock, different first meeting, various sex acts between consenting adults, Alcohol, mention of past drug use, mention of alcoholism, Christmas fake dating romcom, Seriously Sherlock’s parents are the worst Summary:

Sherlock hates spending Christmas with his snobby parents. John has nowhere to go over the holidays. The heat in 221B is broken and their fridge is empty. Plus, Sherlock’s parents will hate John. So of course Sherlock takes John along. It’s not his fault that his parents assume John’s his boyfriend. Of course John is perfect and all, but Sherlock doesn’t do romance. So what harm can there be in pretending, if it makes his parents this mad?

Thank you darling wife @nuttersinc for the plot bunny, and thank you superstar @jrow for the beta.

This is my Christmas fic in April, people. It’s completely written, I’m posting the chapters as they come out of beta.

Tags under the cut as always, please let me know if you want to be tagged or untagged.

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#guess who's coming to christmas dinner #johnlock fic #my fic #christmas fic #bbc sherlock #unilock

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This fic is THE S4 fix it for me. Absolute perfection.

Word count: 39,971 Chapters: 7/7 Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Rosamund Mary “Rosie” Watson, Eurus Holmes, Mycroft Holmes Additional Tags: Season/Series 04, Post-Episode: s04e03 The Final Problem, Fix-It, Sherlock Is Not Okay, John Comes Home, eventually, Series 4 Fix-It, Grief/Mourning Summary:

Baker Street is very much the same. Only different.

And Sherlock is just trying not to drown.

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Rec: Get ready to revel, wallow, and swoon because this is an amazing, amazing series 4 fixit. It takes all the grief and terribleness and lets it come out, not in anger but in love and healing. Eurus, Mary, Sherrinford, Victor, it’s all tackled unabashedly head-on, taking the most broken bits of series 4 and crafting a beautiful, deeply moving love story. But most of all it’s the unspeakable longing, the unspoken actions, the gestures small and grand, the delicately hesitant touches as Sherlock and John try to help each other without overstepping, both knowing what home means and what they want it to be (and who they want it with) but trying to be satisfied with the scraps they can get. With healthy doses of domesticity and parentlock, but also PTSD and unhealthy coping mechanisms, this is the “lost episode” that the fandom needs.

#sherlock #never turn your back to the sea #i love this fic

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#cats #the true reason the Internet exists

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Yesterday just before falling asleep I thougt of the perfect angle for my FTH fic. I felt the vibe, I knew the beginning, I had it.

You all know where this is going, of course.

Because when I woke up this morning, it was gone.

Well, fuck.

#argh #frustration #writing #where did you go perfection #johnlock #bbc sherlock #my fic #fth fic