A Holmesian Solstice

Title: A Foregone Introduction
Recipient: starfishstar
Author: graycardinal
Verse: kitten!Holmes
Characters/Pairings: Dr. Stamford, Murray, Sherlock (kitten!Holmes), Watson (kitten!Holmes)
Rating: All audiences
Warnings: None
Words: 650
Summary: A fateful meeting takes place at the Bartholomew Street Animal Shelter.

Notes:
This story draws its initial inspiration from a single image: that of a tabby kitten with a deerstalker and calabash, which appears at the end of the closing credits for the 1980s television series Remington Steele. Readers will quickly discern that it also departs from that image in a key respect. This is because, in working out the dynamics of the scene presented below, the breed characteristics made much more sense once they had been flipped. Here, then, is the prospective foundation of a kitten!Holmes story universe….

Read on AO3: A Foregone Introduction

Title: The Keeper
Recipient: rachelindeed
Author: fridaythegowerstreetcat
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes and John Watson (pre-slash), Mrs Hudson, Mycroft Holmes, Mike Stamford, Mrs Holmes (briefly)
Rating: General
Warnings: No Archive warnings apply (other than brief mentions of injury)
Summary: A woman who has grown so weary of burying her children that she barters her life for the sake of of her sons. Her pleas ware heard and the bargain accepted.
Four centuries on finds the Holmes brothers in need of a new Keeper for the Sigerson Institute. Across London, a former army doctor struggles to find his feet, until fate brings them together.
Historical (Post WW1) AU with elements of myth and magic.




( The Keeper )

Title: Skin-Deep Part 1
Author: neurotoxia
Recipient: mahmfic
Words: ~11,500
Rating: T
Characters & Pairings: Sherlock/John pre-slash, Mike Stamford, Mrs Hudson, Lestrade
Warnings & Contents: AU, tattoo!lock, non-graphic descriptions of violent crimes
Summary: John Watson looks for a way to commemorate his military service. Mike Stamford recommends the eccentric ‘consulting artist’ Sherlock Holmes -- and John ends up with much more than just a tattoo.

A/N: Dear mahmfic, I really hope you enjoy your gift! You gave me so many inspiring prompts, but your idea about the tattoos stood out. I had been planning a tattoo!lock AU for a long time and your prompt gave me the necessary kick to finally do it.

Also, I’d like to thank penombrelilas, who, despite being deprived of internet access, helped me as much as she could.

I work part-time at a tattoo parlour as a shop assistant, so I drew most of what I describe from my experiences there. Every artist works a bit differently, so my word here is not to be taken as gospel. Also, opinions stated herein do not necessarily reflect my own.

This fic is the first part of a planned series (which I hope won’t take me forever to complete), but it can stand alone.

( Skin-Deep: Chapter 1 )