A Holmesian Solstice

Title: Spider stories
Recipient: starfishstar
Author & Vidder: rachelindeed
Verse: 221B Baker Towers
Characters/Pairings: Main characters: John Hamish Watson (in this verse, named Jan Hamid), Sherlock Holmes. Minor characters: Mycroft Holmes, Mrs. Hudson, Irene Adler, Freya Norton, and a few more. Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, minor Irene Adler/Freya Norton, and mention of past Sherlock Holmes/Victor Trevor.
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Mentions of systemic injustices including racism, transphobia, xenophobia. Depictions of war, injury (nothing graphic). Mentions of Covid pandemic in the context of public health workers, but again nothing graphic. There's also some foul language/curse words.
Summary: The spider at the center of this web is not the one you're expecting.
Author's note: Thank you, starfishstar, for your wonderful and expansive prompts. In addition to the fic, you will find a vid that retells the same story in its own way. I hope you enjoy them! I've borrowed some ideas from your own Baker Towers fic, while departing from it in other respects. Even though the story starts with some grim situations, I hope the result will ultimately spark joy! <3

Read on AO3: Spider stories