Fic for amindamazed: The World Just Strips Away

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Title: The World Just Strips Away
Recipient: amindamazed
Author: monkiainen
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes & Joan Watson
Rating: Gen
Warnings: None (unless you count mentions of casual sex with strangers as something you need a warning for)
Summary: Both Sherlock and Joan have issues of their own during Sherlock's stay in London. Set between seasons 2 & 3.

( The World Just Strips Away )

Fic for colebaltblue: Playing The Game: Act I – Pawns & Politics, Secrets & Strategy, Part 1/4

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Title: Playing The Game: Act I – Pawns & Politics, Secrets & Strategy
Link to AO3: Playing the Game
Recipient: colebaltblue
Author: scandalbaby
Fandoms: Sherlock/Marvel Cinematic Universe (specifically, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" with mentions of characters and events from The Avengers and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
Characters: Molly Hooper, Maria Hill, Sherlock Holmes, Mary Morstan, Natasha Romanov and Clint Barton with brief appearances by Tom, Mycroft Holmes, Sharon Carter, Peggy Carter, Nick Fury, Sam Wilson and Steve Rogers
Pairings: Eventual Sherlock Holmes/Molly Hooper, current Tom/Molly Hooper and John Watson/Mary Morstan and implied one-sided Steve Rogers/Sharon Carter
Rating: Bordering somewhere between PG/PG-13
Warnings: Some language
Summary: Molly Hooper is a legacy, one of Peggy Carter's two granddaughters and a former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in her own right. However, due to a horrific event in her immediate family she left that life behind and settled into a life as a meek, mousy pathologist. But when S.H.I.E.L.D. is compromised by the HYDRA uprising and Natasha Romanov leaks all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secrets onto the internet that includes Molly's as well. Knowing that, Mycroft asks Molly to do a favour for Queen and country to best protect Her Majesty's interests in the matter. What Molly doesn't realize, though, is that agreeing to do this favour is just the beginning of her trip back down the rabbit hole into her former life.
Authors Notes: First off, many thanks to the wonderful mods for granting me an extreme extension due to the one-two gut punch of horrible real life stuff that happened close to my extra week's extension deadline. I greatly appreciated it even though I didn't need too much of it. ::hugs them both:: You guys are magnificent and I love you.

The lovely colebaltblue gave me a ton of ideas (like, a ton) and the two that stuck out most were "spies" and using the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and I just got hit with the idea of Molly being Peggy's granddaughter via Peggy's canon daughter. Originally I was going to have both acts to this story written, Act I (focusing on the events of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" with mentions of corresponding Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. events) and Act II (focusing on AoS after an AU version of "Beginning of the End," which is hinted at in this fic), but even with the extreme deadline extension I was only able to finish Act I, but it reads well enough on its own as a complete story. I will be writing Act II at a later date, though (and I promise, that one will have much more action spy stuff)!

Also, just a note: I do plan on bringing Sharon in again in Act II and having her and Molly work out their differences, so forgive the fact that she seems a bit like a bitch in this. She’s not going to be that way in Act II. As I said, I didn’t get to write it so that’s the only real bit that feels really unfinished to me that I want to assure you has a resolution. I think Sharon’s awesome and want to make sure she’s treated better in the sequel.

( Playing The Game: Act I – Pawns & Politics, Secrets & Strategy, Part 1/4 )

Fic for colebaltblue: Playing The Game: Act I – Pawns & Politics, Secrets & Strategy, Part 2/4

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( Playing The Game: Act I – Pawns & Politics, Secrets & Strategy, Part 2/4 )

Fic for colebaltblue: Playing The Game: Act I – Pawns & Politics, Secrets & Strategy, Part 3/4

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( Playing The Game: Act I – Pawns & Politics, Secrets & Strategy, Part 3/4 )

Fic for colebaltblue: Playing The Game: Act I – Pawns & Politics, Secrets & Strategy, Part 4/4

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( Playing The Game: Act I – Pawns & Politics, Secrets & Strategy, Part 4/4 )

Fic for graycardinal: to cradle the world in his hands

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Title: to cradle the world in his hands
Recipient: graycardinal
Author: k_e_p
Characters/Pairings: Tennyson and the Irregulars
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Ableism
Summary: He does not feel limited. A Tennyson origin story.

( to cradle the world in his hands )

Bonus fic: Brandy and Soda

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Title: Brandy and Soda
Author: sanguinity
Verse: Nicholas Meyer, The Seven Percent Solution
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: Teen
Warnings: major character death; past drug use
Summary: Holmes returns to Baker Street.
Author note: rachelindeed’s lovely prompt got me to thinking about post-Seven Percent stories, and what the novel’s revision of Reichenbach might look like when extended through “The Empty House.” As it turned out, this story is angstier than they asked for, hence my making it a general treat for the community.

“My dear fellow,” said Holmes not unkindly, holding me by the arm, “you mustn’t take it so hard. I tell you I am going to recover. But I need time. It may be a long time.” After a pause, he went on hastily. “But I shall return to Baker Street, you have my word. Please give my best to Mrs. Watson.”
— The Seven Percent Solution

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( Read it on LJ: Brandy and Soda )