A Holmesian Solstice

Title: Fic Cover For "Deserves a Quiet Night"
Recipient: Vulgarweed
Artist/Vidder: penaltywaltz
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: A fic cover for Deserves a Quiet Night by Vulgarweed.
Notes: I know this fic already has art, but I found the perfect cap of Sherlock at the pool and just had to do something with it for the fic.

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Title: Art Inspired By "Follow the Lights"
Recipient: Vulgarweed
Artist/Vidder: REDACTED
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Art inspired by Follow the Lights by Vulgarweed.
Notes: The dialogue between Sherlock and John on the image is pulled directly from the fic.

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Title: Art Inspired By "Leaves Tremblin' On the Tree"
Recipient: Vulgarweed
Artist/Vidder: REDACTED
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Characters/Pairings: Irene Adler/Mary Morstan
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Art inspired by Leaves Tremblin' On the Tree by Vulgarweed.
Notes: The song lyrics I used in the art are from “Atlantic City” by Bruce Springsteen and are used in the fic.

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Title: Fic Cover For "The Veil Dodger"
Recipient: Vulgarweed
Artist/Vidder: REDACTED
Verse: BBC Sherlock/Good Omens
Characters/Pairings: Mrs. Hudson/Madame Tracy
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: A fic cover for The Veil Dodger by Vulgarweed.
Notes: I hope you enjoyed the blended image! Finding a good picture of Madame Tracy and Mrs. Hudson was hard, but I think it turned out well.

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Title: Mary Keeps House
Recipient: escott/nakbabakla
Author: tepidspongebath
Verse: ACD Canon
Characters/Pairings: Mary Morstan
Rating: gen
Warnings: period-typical homophobia
Summary: “I will tell my husband should it become necessary,” said Mary, setting the cow creamer back on the sideboard. She was already beginning to look at it with a good deal more fondness as Mr. Lestrade propped up Mr. Narramore and put him in handcuffs. “And I suspect that Mr. Holmes already knows. But I intend to continue keeping house as best I know how."

Read on AO3: Mary Keeps House

Title: But What Can I Say? (You're Gorgeous)
Recipient: PipMer
Author: john_watsons_ocean_eyes
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Mary Morstan, Original Male Character, John Watson/Sherlock Holmes, John Watson/Mary Morstan (Past)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: None

Summary: "“Actually, Mary,” he said, a possessive edge to his voice John had only ever heard a couple of times before, “He did find someone to replace you with.”

Oh, John thought. Sherlock was pretending John had gotten a girlfriend. Well, this lie should be easy enough. When he was with Mary, it’s not like she came with him everywhere. Yeah, just lie and say you do. That’ll wipe the smirk off her face.

“You see, he found me.”"

A lie Sherlock made to make John seem like he had moved on from Mary snowballed, and now they're fake-dating at a party. Oh, and they both have crushes on each other. Will they fake it till they make it, or fake it till they break it? (See what I did there?)

Read on AO3: But What Can I Say? (You're Gorgeous)

Title: The Contest, aka The Battle for John Watson’s Heart
Recipient: milverton
Author: pipmer1
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John, Mary Morstan, mentions of a wide range of other characters
Rating: Teen
Warnings: None
Wordcount: 6000 words

Summary: There was only one thing for it. All was fair in love and war, and this was definitely both.

Read on AO3: The Contest, aka The Battle for John Watson’s Heart

Title: Amongst Friends
Recipient: two-nipples-maybe-more / natrix_natrix
Author: sanguinity
Verse: Enola Holmes (books)
Characters/Pairings: Enola & John Watson, Enola & Mary Morstan, Enola/the feeling of being cherished by a parental figure for once in her life
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
Summary: Without the subterfuge of false names or disguises, Enola finally meets the Watsons.

Read on AO3: Amongst Friends

Title: Five Christmases and an Easter
Recipient: pipmer1
Author: dogandmonkeyshow
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Greg
Lestrade, Mary Morstan, Rosie Watson, Molly Hooper, Irene Adler
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Summary: He needed to save John. Mary hadn't really needed to
tell him that; he'd been a genius back then and would likely have
figured it out for himself, eventually. But Mary had been right that
Sherlock wouldn't know how. After all, he'd tried to save her once and
look how that had turned out.

And on top of that he needed to figure out what to do about Mr
Pouchy-faced Serial Killer whose daughter had been almost as good as
John. Maybe if he were really clever, he might even be able to figure
out how to do both at the same time.

Author's note: PipMer, I tried to work in as many of your
non-romance requests as I could. I realised I'd never written a 5+1
before, so grabbed that idea and ran with it, too.


Read on AO3: Five Christmases and an Easter

Title: And Ye Shall Live, And Ye Shall Know
Recipient: navaan (prompt)
Author: marta_bee
Beta: Aristofranes
Verse: Ritchie Films
Characters/Pairings: S. Holmes/J. Watson/M. Watson
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Explicit Sexual Content. Mild Bondage. Religion both as kink and substance. Entirely excessive amounts of French and anatomical terminology. Polyamory. For all that, not actually PWP. (How much of this counts as warning or advertisement, I leave to your discretion.)

Summary: Holmes craned his neck back, tried to meet her eyes so she’d know what he knew. *That* he knew. He suspected his sincerity would be doubted just then, in any event.

She leaned up again, worried his earlobe with her teeth, whispered so only he could hear: “We’ll have none of that. No pleadings, no penance. You are beyond such attempts on your own behalf. Luckily for you, we are not."

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Title: A Soft Murder
Recipient: bivouack
Author: keerawa
Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mary Morstan /John Watson
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Potential trigger warnings for transphobia, mentions of underage sex, sexual violence, and omegaverse-style dubious consent
Thanks to: llassah for the beta, and to berlynn_wohl for the moral support.
Summary: The Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes will be published this Sunday on Comment is free. Rumours of conflict between the controversial consulting detective and Mary Morstan, the award-winning photojournalist who collaborated with blogger John Watson on the photo-essay, have led to wild anticipation among Holmes supporters and detractors alike.

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Title: Anniversary
Recipient: afrogeekgoddess
Artist: numberthescars
Characters/Pairings: Holmes, Watson, Mary Watson (nee Morstan)
Rating: PG
Warnings: discussion of canonical character death
Notes: Many thanks to mamishka for her stellar beta skills and to afrogeekgoddess for her wonderful prompts. Credit for reference photos must go to the Granada series, in particular Jeremy Brett and David Burke, as well as to 123rf.com andshutterstock.com. Finally, Watson paraphrases a sentence from Arthur Conan Doyle's story The Man with the Twisted Lip in his description of his wife Mary, and Holmes' "literary" quote on death is from Michel de Montaigne's Essays. Afrogeekgoddess: I know this is a bit grim for the holidays, but I hope you like it anyway! :)

*image is large, it may take awhile to load or make slow connections cranky, below the cut

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Title: The Things I Do For You
Recipient: ficshun
Author: tlynnfic
Characters/Pairings: Holmes/Watson
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
Summary: A conversation between friends. ’09 movie ‘verse.

Many thanks to colebaltblue for the beta, help, and encouragement. She’s pretty rad, I must say.

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