So it's come to this: a master fic list. Your comments are always very much appreciated. Thank you for visiting and reading!

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After years of happy fic writing and reading in the Sherlock Holmes world, I have recently fallen in love with another difficult, secretive, and emotional (on the inside) genius and the deep connection he shares with his brave, ever humane, and action-oriented partner.

I always meant to check out Person of Interest when it was on and I never got around to it. But thanks to Netflix, I've fallen deep into the well. These are basically the same kind of stories I enjoy telling with Holmes and Watson, but it's great fun to explore the differences in character, setting, and technology. And I have to admit, after so long working in canon ACD, it's refreshing to be able to use modern American English vernacular freely.

Holmes and Watson are still my undying loves, and I'm still writing for them too -- I have a number of WIPs, including one that is very far along and that I love -- but Finch and Reese have gotten my writing flowing in a way it hasn't for a long time. I'm having a lot of fun with them.

Below are AO3 links for anyone interested. For POI viewers, these are based entirely on the first two seasons of the show. The entire series is great, of course, but as a lover of procedurals, I have a real affection for the simpler era when it was mostly Finch and Reese vs. the world, saving lives and learning about each other.

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Comedown - An alternate take on the end of s02e13 Dead Reckoning. They've survived and returned from the rooftop, but the experience lingers.

Blood Money - Set between episodes s01e10 Number Crunch and s01e11 Super, part of my Number Crunch series. As Reese's life hangs in the balance after being shot by Snow's CIA sniper, Harold has little to do but wait and watch and think.

A First Few Dawns and Dusks - Set between episodes s01e10 Number Crunch and s01e11 Super, part of my Number Crunch series. After the emergency intervention at the morgue, Reese wakes to find himself still alive and still (and never) alone.

Vital - Set between episodes s01e10 Number Crunch and s01e11 Super, part of my Number Crunch series. With Reese both at his side and nowhere near him, Harold is wearing himself down to collapse.

As always, thank you for reading!

Title: Night and Water
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Warnings: water and fire danger, injury
Word Count: 6000
Summary: The greatest heights of danger and discovery await the detective and the doctor on the Dutch steamship Friesland.

By the time they found themselves out on the deck, the ship was beginning to list toward starboard, and already unsteady movement became ever more so. Holmes scanned the deck for options. At first, all he could see was the tilting, smoky bow, the moaning wind, the waves of the choppy, livid ocean. And of course, the two of them. Beyond lay the safety of land and aid, the far windows alluringly bright and shimmering in the overwhelming dark. In between there was only night and water, so much night and so much water, all of it black and deep and unforgiving.

( "You should be sleeping, you know." )

Title: Scars
Written for: acdholmesfest 2017
Recipient: rachelindeed
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG
Characters: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Warnings: residuals of war
Word Count: 2550
Beta Thanks: to my dear tweedisgood, always so helpful and encouraging.
Summary: Early in their partnership, Holmes turns to Watson with a question.
"We have been learning about each other, Watson. I would learn this."

( "It won't do, Watson." )

Title: The Adventure of the Bridegroom's Photograph
Recipient: inamac
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG
Characters, including any pairing(s): Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, various OCs and historical people
Word Count: ~6600
Warnings: ACD-esque historical distortion, discussion of illness/death
Summary: There is more than one secret to be revealed when a young man comes to Holmes and Watson with a keepsake and a question.
Beta thanks: to tweedisgood, always a treasure
Notes: Written for the spring 2015 round of acd_holmesfest. inamac asked for a historical mystery with an emphasis on detection, and I tried my very best with my first ever case-fic. See end for notes on the real mystery, what I changed, and how it differs from ACD's solution – and he had one!

( I came to Baker Street often in that late spring of 1890 for that strange, sweet respite of chaos... )

Title: Four Cups of Tea
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Word Count: 221B
Author's Notes: Written in honor of 4-timer mainecoon76 for the Spring 2014 acd_holmesfest exchange on the theme "the fourth time".
Summary: Four cups of tea are windows into the courses of three lives.

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Title: Until Then
Recipient: capt_facepalm
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG
Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Warnings: None
Summary: When waiting for the return of a friend, keeping a token of friendship is the key to holding on.
Author's Notes: Knowledge of His Last Bow is helpful but not required for this story. Written for capt_facepalm and the Spring 2014 acd_holmesfest exchange. Special thanks to my beyond helpful beta, tweedisgood – you are the absolute best.

( Watson shifted in the driver's seat, restless and uncomfortable in a borrowed professional's hat and jacket. )

Title: The One Fixed Point
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG
Warnings: angst, discussion of death and drugs, ACD canon-esque fantastical elements
Word Count: ~7000
Author's Notes: Written for colebaltblue for the Autumn 2013 acd_holmesfest exchange.
Summary: Long into retirement and after yet another extended absence, Sherlock Holmes comes to visit a convalescent Watson with an unexpected question and a most unusual offer.
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Trigger warning for sad pet stuff.

I'm sitting here frustrated with myself because I really need to get cracking on writing a bunch of things right now, particularly my story for acd_holmesfest and sherlock60 stuff, but I am having the hardest time concentrating. Feeling depressed, I guess.

We just found out one of our two cats has cancer last week. She had surgery, but it is very likely it will come back. It usually does. The vet referred me to a pet oncologist, which I thought was ludicrous. I love my cat, but I am not going to pay thousands of dollars to torture her in a way I can't explain to her to buy a few extra sickly months. She's happy now (or will be once the Elizabethan collar comes off) and we'll keep her as happy we can as long as we can. And then when we can't anymore, we will try to make another rescue cat happy as we can as long as we can. It's all we can do for our pets. We'll always outlive them.

It's easy to say that logically, but it's hard not to be upset about it emotionally. She's my silly stupid fatty girl, and whenever she leaves, I will miss her terribly. I dread the concept of having to decide when is her time.

But for all my feelings on what's happening, the cat herself is oblivious. She's livid about that plastic collar, and she gets annoyed by all the extra close snugglings she gets. She never did like things close to her face, plastic or human. But during breaks from her collar, she's as excitable and sprightly as ever. May it last.

Title: Interludes in Winter
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: G
Warnings: UST
Word Count: ~900
Author's Notes: My first Elementary fic. I fell in love with the show gradually and unexpectedly. It's a very happy surprise.
Summary: It - she - sneaks up on him, a little at a time, despite himself.
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