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How to Steal a Heart (and Possibly a Pocket Watch) by fabricdragon, SpeculativeCorvid
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
13 Sep 2025
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When Jim Moriarty- magpie shifter/were- lands in Mycroft Holmes’ garden by accident, he does what anyone would expect him to do: spy, and use what information he gathers for nefarious means.
But then Mycroft gives him a bit of his meal.
And calls him a pretty- handsome- bird.
And installs fountains, and feeders…
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Oh no- he can’t possibly be having his heart stolen, can he?!
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This fic was inspired as a sort of, “What if?” from our series, “A Change of Hearts”. You do NOT need to read that series to understand this fic. In this world, shifters/were are a thing. The Were ‘infection’ is passed like an infection via bodily fluids, and in many cases, weres are treated as second-class citizens due to their reported ‘instability’ and ‘aggression’. As such, mammalian weres are the most common type of weres, as infections more easily spread through blood/saliva.
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【福华】Sliver Slumber Serenade by Cristalisia (PlainBoiledWater)
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
08 Aug 2025
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你眼中倒映着的月亮。
*试播集心动夜。标题/灵感来源于同名歌曲。
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- Part 9 of 福华｜221B Lovers
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Hen was dosing at the counter with her paper cup of coffee. She learned after the first couple times not to use a ceramic mug while she was so tired. While having a new captain was nice (the third one that year). She also had the new baby at home. And Denny took a lot out of her.
Day 8-sleep deprivation
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- Part 4 of 911 whumptobers 2024
- Part 8 of Multifandom whumptober 2024
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Mycroft finds sherlock, whos purposely overdosed and is 17.
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Sherlock has been out of sherrinford for a year
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What if Eurus didn’t exist and instead Sherlock was put in Sherrinford at age 11 and let out at age 16?
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There's more to Sherlock than most people know. What if Sherlock and John already knew each other. -This is set before ASIP-
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Už se to nedalo vydržet. Měl dojem, že se co nevidět zblázní, jestli něco nepodnikne. Vstal, navlékl si přes pyžamo kabát, nazul si boty a vyrazil do ulic. Nohy ho nesly samy, aniž by je Sherlock jakkoliv pobízel.
A tak se Sherlock Holmes, dnes už potřetí objevil u popelnic.
Pořád tam seděl, ve stejné poloze jako předtím. Jako by snad na něj čekal.AN: (Bohužel) Nevlastním postavy tohoto příběhu ze seriálu Sherlock BBC.
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A New Watch by KathyG for sgam76, Aslans_Princess
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
03 Feb 2024
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In this pre-Sherlock story, in Afghanistan, a cheap watch that Second Lieutenant John Hamish Watson, MBBS (as well as a licensed general practitioner and now a combat surgeon in his first year of training) bought at Oxfam during his first year in medical school is broken a few months into his first tour, and he needs a new one. Will he be able to find a new watch which he can afford on his army wages?
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- Part 3 of John Watson, MBBS
- Part 9 of John Watson's Life
- Part 10 of Pre-Sherlock John Watson
- Part 3 of Echoes from the Darkness verse
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- English
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- 1,824
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- 1/1
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- 3
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Greg Lestrade has known Sherlock Holmes longer than anyone else in the detective’s life; and he’s spent those years on a knife’s edge, keeping him out of harm’s way until the day he can’t. What happens now, Detective Inspector?
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In My Grief, A Relief (I End Up Losing Hope) by orphan_account for
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV)
30 Jan 2023
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Everyone knows the famous story of The Study in Pink. But nobody really knows the story behind it.
Meet Jeff Hope; a Londoner, a Cabbie, with a wife, and kids. He was, you could say, a man of Hope. All he wanted was a normal life. Wake up, eat, go to work, pay the bills, come home, eat, sleep and repeat. Nice and ordinary.
But Jeff Hope gets his life thrown into a frenzy when he gets a shocking diagnosis and an even more shocking job offer. A job offer that he, quite literally, could not refuse.
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John Watson can't afford London on an army pension. And yet he can't bear to live anywhere else.
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After all those years of waiting, it has come down to this very moment, the one [Jim] has yearned for. He pushes open the door slowly, hearing the loud creak that comes from the hinges.
Showtime!
"I gave you my number, " He says, allowing his voice to hollow out. A weapon that he has used for years to intimidate. Every consonant and vowel can be heard, every word crisp and clear. "I thought you might call."
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Jim Moriarty has been alone his entire life, always waiting for someone that truly understands him. One day, he has an idea on how he can find a suitable opponent: a crime.
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- Part 1 of oh, all the ways I love you (Sheriarty)
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Greg's drugs bust wasn't meant to go like this. He wasn't meant to be interrupted by an angry man in his underpants. At least Donovan and Anderson have been taken down a peg.
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there's a yearnin' in the river and it feels like home by The_HouseRyn
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV)
03 May 2022
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Declared dead during his last tour, but very much alive, John wandered the streets of London looking for his boyfriend who believed him dead and moved.
Sherlock subjected himself to Anderson as something to do, otherwise, he'd spend his days in his mind palace remembering the man his brother insisted was dead.
Over the last year and some months of experiencing Sherlock's wild mind and sharp tongue, Greg got to witness the humanity in Sherlock that he should have noticed before. -
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“Mycroft. I…” He broke off.
“I'm in a meeting. Is it important?”
Of course. The British Government was still in meetings at almost 10pm.
Sherlock huffed out a laugh. “Yes, I do think so. You must come.” -
Not Leaving Baker Street by seatoncarew
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
28 Aug 2021
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24 hours before A Study In Pink.
Sherlock needs a new home - will a birthday card solve his problem? So let's start at the very beginning - a very good place to start!
Twenty four hours before A Study In Pink Sherlock Holmes gets a birthday from an old friend. Will it bring a new life and a new direction for Sherlock Holmes?
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Christmas Cheer? by KathyG for sgam76
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
07 Jul 2021
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In this pre-Sherlock story, a drunken Hamish Watson has just ruined Christmas Day for his family, and now his son, Johnny, who is 11 years old and in his first year of grammar school, must try to find some way to cheer up his mother. Will a homemade gift do the trick? And can Johnny make her one before Christmas Day is over, one that she’ll like? Told from Johnny's POV.
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- Part 6 of Baby Johnny 'verse
- Part 5 of John Watson's Life
- Part 6 of Pre-Sherlock John Watson
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Everyone knows the famous story of The Study in Pink. But nobody really knows the story behind it. Meet Jeff Hope; a Londoner, a Cabbie, with a wife, and kids. He was, you could say, a man of Hope. All he wanted was a normal life. Wake up, eat, go to work, pay the bills, come home, eat, sleep and repeat. Nice and ordinary. But Jeff Hope gets his life thrown into a frenzy when he gets a shocking diagnosis and an even more shocking job offer. A job offer that he, quite literally, could not refuse.
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It’s much easier to convince those around him that he wants to be alone when he has no other choice.
Because Sherlock doesn’t call anymore, nobody does. Sherlock has John and John is more important because he is what people call ‘kind’ and ‘friendly’. No one sends him letters because there are no friends to talk to and his parents are still angry at him for lying to them about Euros so there are no celebrations he would ever be invited to.
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Please, God, Let Me Live by KathyG for sgam76, bakerstreetgirl, Pompey, 221b_hound, Morgan_Stuart, Wynsom, Aslans_Princess, BlueSkye12, Fangs_Fawn, IantoLives
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
23 Apr 2021
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In this pre-Sherlock story and prequel to the series premiere, “A Study in Pink,” Captain John Hamish Watson, MBBS, licensed general practitioner, and combat surgeon in training, is shot while on a retrieval mission in Afghanistan, and spends weeks afterwards battling complications and fighting for his life. Originally written and posted as a one-shot about the day he was shot, it has since been expanded into a 20-chapter story, covering the time from John’s shooting until he returns to London. Be forewarned: Sherlock himself makes no appearance at all in this story!
I’ve modeled this story on Pompey’s “On Afghanistan’s Plains,” which is posted on Fanfiction.net. So is this story, for that matter! =) (Thanks to BesleyBean for beta-reading and Brit-picking my story! And to sgam76 for helping me to get some details straight.)
“Given Me Back My Life” is a one-shot sequel to this story that follows the events of “A Study in Pink”. If you haven't yet done so, better plan on first reading this story and then watching that episode, if you can! =)
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- Part 10 of John Watson's Life
- Part 4 of John Watson, MBBS
- Part 11 of Pre-Sherlock John Watson
- Part 4 of Echoes from the Darkness verse
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Abandoned Babes by KathyG for sgam76
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
20 Apr 2021
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In this pre-Sherlock story, while Jean Watson is in the hospital and Johnny's godmother/the Watsons' neighbor, Mrs. Alice Templeton, is visiting out-of-town relatives, Jean’s husband, Hamish, leaves the children, Harriet Jane Watson and John Hamish Watson, alone at the house to fend for themselves for days on end. What will Harry and Johnny, who are 10 and four years old, do? Told from Harry's POV. Thank you, BesleyBean, for beta-reading and Brit-picking my story!
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- Part 2 of John Watson's Life
- Part 2 of Baby Johnny 'verse
- Part 2 of Pre-Sherlock John Watson
- Part 2 of John Watson-Holmes: Home to North Holmwood 'verse