A Holmesian Solstice

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 )

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 )

Title: Blood Brothers
Author: dioscureantwins
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/Mycroft, Sherlock/Victor Trevor, Billy Wiggins, OC’s
Rating:Explicit
Warnings: emotional and physical violence, homicide, lots of blood, incest
Beta: the amazing cherrytide was so kind as to help me. She’s a wonderful writer and an incredibly kind and resourceful beta. Thanks to her this has become a much better story than it would have been otherwise.

Summary: As if aware the deal was about to be struck Sherlock lifted his gaze from the violin to lock it with Mycroft’s over the honey-coloured waves of hair artfully coiled around Victor Trevor’s head. Sherlock winked. That moment the boy hit a wrong key. The discordant note had several of the younger ladies cry out in alarm. Exasperation and distaste flitted over Sherlock’s face before he tilted his torso solicitously towards the distraught musician, encouraging him to continue.


( Blood Brothers, Part 1/3 )

Title: Someone at the scent of orange blossom
Recipient: garonne
Author: rachelindeed
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, past John Watson/Mary Morstan
Rating: PG
Word Count 3,500 words
Warnings: none
Summary: During the years of Holmes’s absence, Watson’s hands had changed.
Author’s note: Many thanks to thesmallhobbit for the thoughtful beta. Happy holidays, garonne! I enjoy and admire your stories so much, it was really a thrill to have the opportunity to write a gift for you. You are an amazing author. I hope you enjoy this.

( Someone at the scent of orange blossom )

Title: Mrs. Jones

Recipient: meredydd

Author: oboetheres

Characters/Pairings: Molly Hooper, Mycroft Holmes

Rating: Teen

Words: 5090

Warnings/Contents: Disscussion of Slavery, AU, Magical Realism

Summary: Ever since her cousin was labeled a 'Simulacra' Molly hasn't been able to believe that they are less than human, no matter how radical that position is considered to be.



Read on Archive of Our Own:
Mrs. Jones

Read on LJ:
( Mrs. Jones )

Title: Home for the Hols
Recipient: alafaye
Author: mahmfic
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/Greg/John, past John/Mary, Past Greg/OC, Kid OCs
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Do I have to warn for things AU-canon divergence, Greg POV, domestic!threesome, parentlock, and asexual!Sherlock? Well, there you go.
Summary: DI Greg Lestrade lives with his two partners (he refuses to call them boyfriends), and a little girl that one of his partner's had from a previous marriage. Greg has two children as well, but he can only see them on their birthdays and on New Years. It's only two days before Christmas and everything is fine in the Holmes-Lestrade-Watson household.
Word Count: 5.2k
A/N: Many thanks to desolationoffili & brighteyed_jill for being awesome speedy betas! Kudos and basket full of kittens for the mods for all of their mountains of hard work to make this fest run smoothly year after year.

( Home for the Hols )

Title: Particular Debts
Recipient: rachelindeed
Author: sanguinity
Source: Nicholas Meyer, The Seven Percent Solution; ACD, “His Last Bow”
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Non-explicit discussions of sexual assault and medical abuse
Summary:

“And for another, Dr. Freud has saved my life. Had I not come to Vienna, and had your cure not been successful, sir, I should doubtless have missed this and every other intriguing little problem that may ever chance to come my way. And,” Holmes added, taking up his glass once more, “had you, Watson, not contrived to get me here against my will, Dr. Freud would never have had the opportunity to save a doomed addict. To both of you, in fact, I owe my life. To Watson, here, there will be a lifetime to repay the debt, but to you, Doctor, I confess I am at as loss.”

— The Seven Percent Solution

Read it on AO3

( Read it on LJ: Particular Debts )