A Holmesian Solstice

Title: How Long
Recipient: horrorfangirl
Artist: knowmefirst
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/Molly
Rating: PG
Warnings: A tiny bit of Angst.
Notes: dear horrorfangirl, I hope you like it, and I apologize in advance for the tiny bit of angst. That wasn't my intention, but these kids just don't play nice.

Also on AO3: "How Long"

( Vid: How Long... )

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: Molly’s Christmas Lunch
Recipient: scandalbaby
Author: thesmallhobbit
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/Molly Hooper, Greg Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: When Sherlock called in to see Greg Lestrade the information Sherlock brought was the very last thing Greg had imagined.

( Molly's Christmas Lunch )

1 - Regina Spektor, "Samson"
2 - Linkin Park, "In Between"
3 - David Garrett, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
4 - Depeche Mode, "Enjoy The Silence (M. Shinoda Remix)"
5 - Emilie Autumn, "Bach: Largo for Violin"
6 - Marina and the Diamonds, "Lonely Hearts Club"
7 - Yuna, "Deeper Conversations"
8 - String Tribute Players, "Jack's Lament"
9 - Alanis Morisette, "Everything"
10 - Lorde, "A World Alone (Trashyouth Remix)"
11 - INXS, "Disappear"
12 - Sara Groves, "Something Changed"
13 - Jessica Fichot, "Dream/Les Yeux ouverts"
14 - Ellie Goulding vs Taylor Swift, "Love Me Like Your Style"
15 - Allred, "Waiting"
16 - f(x), "Paper Heart (종이 심장)"
17 - OneRepublic, "If I Lose Myself Tonight (Original/Acoustic Mashup)"
18 - Glee Cast, "The Only Exception"
19 - Ed Sheeran, "Thinking Out Loud"
20 - Kurt Schneider feat. Aimée Proal & Lindsey Stirling, "A Thousand Years"

Where Speech Ends Fanmix (Download Zip File via GDocs)

Title: Where Speech Ends
Recipient: horrorfangirl
Author: scandalbaby
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/Molly Hooper primarily, with appearances by Mrs. Hudson, Greg Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes, Irene Adler, John Watson and Mary Morstan
Rating: NC-17 overall
Word Count: 55,773
Warnings: None
Summary: The evolution of Sherlock and Molly's relationship, from the day of his fall to the day of their wedding.
Credits: The title for this collection of stories comes from a quote from Alphonse de Lamartine (“Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends”). The poem included on the front of the card in story 19 is from “I Want You to Know” by Jennifer Dinh. The idea of soul mates according to Buddhists in the same story came from a Tumblr post but I don't know who wrote it (if you do know, please tell me). The respective lyrics used in each story belong to the songwriters of those songs. The questions used to inspire stories 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 14 & 17 come from the article "10 Unexpectedly Fun Questions To Ask On A First Date" by Lisa Lo Paro. The rest come from various questionnaires I had saved on my computer.
Authors Notes: Hi, horrorfangirl! Thank you for the specifics after I got your requests. Your request for songfic inspired quite a bit in my head, and I ended up writing you twenty different stories related to twenty different songs, as well as the songs themselves as a fanmix with art! Not all of the fics are strictly songfics; some of the songs are instrumentals, sometimes either Sherlock or Molly are singing them and in one case one lyric is quoted as opposed to being played out loud. When these stories eventually get posted on AO3 they will be posted as a series called Where Speech Ends, so each of these stories will have a new title, as opposed to just being the question, and they will be gifted to you so you know when they're posted.

( Where Speech Ends – Part 1 (on LJ) )