A Holmesian Solstice

Title: hey girl why are you dreaming about losing me every night
Recipient: Osconk (Oscar/Spaghetti)
Author: consistentjpw
Verse:Sherlock&Co
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Warnings: Descriptions of Canon Violence
Summary: Even in the darkness of the room, Sherlock can see the intensity in John’s eyes.

He is alive. He is holding Sherlock’s hand against his chest. His heart is beating steadily, eagerly, his chest rising and falling rhythmically.

Frustration bleeds away into something like grief, into something like sorrow and regret and an overwhelming sense of care.

He cares. He cares so much.

“I’m sorry,” he finally manages. His voice cracks. “John.”

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Title: The Affair of the Command Performance
Recipient: mundungus42
Author: graycardinal
Verse: ACD / Muppet Show
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, assorted Muppets
Rating: G
Words: ~6800
Warnings: none
Summary: Holmes and Watson are invited to an evening at the theater - only to find themselves guests at an unexpected celebration with an even more unexpected mystery behind it, and an even more unlikely performance as its featured climax.

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Title:Mission: Improbable
Recipient: beamkatanachronicles
Author: gardnerhill
Verse:The Mycroft Holmes series by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse
Characters/Pairings: Mycroft Holmes/Cyrus Douglas (implied), John Watson/Sherlock Holmes (implied)
Rating:G
Warnings:None
Summary: It takes a Holmes to find a Holmes.
Word Count:5200

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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."

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Title: The Black Cat Conundrum
Recipient: tepidspongebath
Author: happyeverafter72
Verse: Granada TV Series
Characters/Pairings: Holmes/Watson
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: I had been living in Baker Street with my friend Sherlock Holmes for about a year when I first met the cat.

Watson is receiving visits from a small black cat with white paws - a cat whose owners he cannot trace. Where is the cat coming from?

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Title: Bad Day
Recipient: Rat
Author: seaweed_writes
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Characters/Pairings: Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes, Greg Lestrade, Anthea, Sherlock Holmes (Mentioned), David The Driver
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: None
Summary: While there had certainly been worse days in Mycroft Holmes' life - those sort of days tended to happen often when one's sibling was Sherlock Holmes, the world's only Consulting Detective - today ranked highly on his list of worst days ever.

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