spacemutineer

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: 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: 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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Title: Home
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: death
Word Count: ~2400
Author's Notes: Written for hardboiledbaby for the 2012 acd_holmesfest exchange.
Summary: Just after the events of the Adventure of the Empty House, Sherlock Holmes looks to return his life to the way he left it.
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Title: Kindling
Author: spacemutineer
Word Count: 1562
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: angst, voyeurism without consent
Prompt: from the kmeme
Author's notes: Unbetaed, my apologies. And wow, this is not my usual thing at all. I'm not quite sure where it came from, as the prompt was not even close to my usual either. But here it is.
Summary: If the existence of a lover for Watson was obvious and unsurprising, discovering Watson’s newfound partner was in fact a man came as a bolt of lightning from the open sky.

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Title: Night on the Train
Author: spacemutineer
Word Count: 979
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Rating: R
Warnings: extremely dark subject matter (violence against a child), angst
Summary: He knows the flavor of failure, but he never gets used to its taste.
Author's notes: A small character study in canon/Granada. Mind the warnings, please.

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Title: Steam
Author: spacemutineer
Word Count: 1792
Characters: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Rating: PG
Warnings/genres: UST, H/C
Prompt from shkinkmeme: "Holmes and Watson play a game. It's wrapped around Hurt and Comfort. Holmes maybe allows himself to be injured a little too often, just to feel Watson's hands ghosting across his skin, just to feel him lean in close, his heart beating under his clothes and brow furrowed, attention concentrated just on him. Watson hates it when Holmes is injured. Hates it and loves it, even as he hates himself, because it means he gets to see that body stripped bare and he gets to touch without it being unseemly, feel the heat of it against his hands and pretend for just a moment that Holmes is his.
Teal Deer: H/C UST on both sides"
Author's notes: The idea for the unusual structure of this one made it both fantastically interesting to write and at the same time an enormous amount of frustration. In the end, it is much simpler than I originally had in mind, but that's probably a good thing and for the best.

( Steam )