Mike Stamford, I owe you so much.

Thank you so much to @randomwordsonpaper and @alifetimeaheadtoprovethat for your patience - I really enjoyed working with both of you and am super proud of the whole thing! We hope you all enjoy listening to this podfic 💜

Alternatively you can read the fic here:

If you've been waiting for part 3, you can listen to it right here!

Woohoo! We have a new Podfic up and it’s CONSULTING FOR CHRISTMAS, written and narrated by @ohlooktheresabee​ !

Summary:

The Louvre Museum in Paris is planning to host the celebrated Winter Fabergé Egg for its winter exhibition - quite the feat as it has not been on public display since 2002. However there is a snag: whispers of a world-renowned master-thief with his eyes set on the valuable prize. The curator has asked the famous Sherlock Holmes to consult on security, but the detective needs a lot of convincing: he is after all a bit busy with trying to woo a certain clueless ex-army doctor…

At the same time, John is attempting to balance work, missing Rosie who is off on her gap year, a volunteer gig at a local London orphanage, and seething jealousy upon the arrival of an apparent old friend of Sherlock’s. Attempting to foil the heist of the century while remaining friendly and objective might just be a step too far…

A Christmas crime caper packed full of misdirection, miscommunication and mistletoe, set against the romantic backdrop of London and Paris in the winter. Thrown into all this, will our two idiots finally manage to see what has been right in front of them all along?

Tags:  Thriller, Case Fic, Pre-Relationship, Christmas, Christmas Fluf, fPOV Alternating, Paris (City), Fluff, Light Angst, Sweet, Fun, Pining, Mutual Pining, BAMF John Watson, BAMF Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Being Sherlock, Sherlock’s Heart, Friends to Lovers, Pre-Slash, Idiots in Love, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson Being Idiots, John Watson is a Bit Not Good, Sherlock Holmes Needs a Hug, Jealousy, Misunderstandings, MistletoeIce,  Skating, Heist, Awkward Romance, Romance, Eventual Romance, Eventual Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, It’s For a Case, Background Case, Tropes , christmas tropes, All The Tropes, seriously just a tropey fun fluff-bomb, Background Mystrade, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending

Notes from the author:

I originally wrote this fic as a response to the Johnlock advent prompt ‘opening gifts’ - as you can see, it kind of got away from me! Suddenly there was all this fun stuff going on - intrigue, misunderstandings, original characters, and of course our two favorite idiots-in-love doing their best to mess everything up. Sometimes I plan fics out in great detail, and other times the characters just take the reins and say, “Sit back, we got this.” This was definitely the latter, and the reins they grabbed just happened to be attached to Santa’s reindeer. I hope you enjoy listening and reading as much as I enjoyed writing and recording! Part 2 and 3 on the way soon.

Original work at Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28193601/chapters/69085467

Coverart by: @alifetimeaheadtoprovethat​

Music by: @randomwordsonpaper​

Listen to the fic on our Soundcloud page here: https://soundcloud.com/johnlock-podfic-club/consulting-for-christmas-part-1-of-3-narrated-by-ohlooktheresabee

You can also follow Ohlooktheresabee’s own Soundcloud account at https://soundcloud.com/user-268368455

Should be illegal: Sherlock in a velvet tux. They’re trying on suits for their wedding, and John pushed for trying the velvet in spite of Sherlock’s eye-rolling. The tux absorbs all light, making Sherlock’s skin glow the brighter. He fixes John with a challenging stare, all haughty disdain and thinly-veiled amusement.

“Hardly wedding-appropriate,” he drawls, turning slowly, and John feels hot, and reckless.

“We’re hardly wedding-appropriate,” he breathes, and Sherlock grins.

“True,” he agrees, turns to the salesman. “I’ll take it. But not for the wedding,” he adds, smile turning dark and sensuous as the velvet.

Definitely illegal, John thinks.

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Here's the link:

Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/ohlooktheresabee/pseuds/ohlooktheresabee

FTH auction:

(English is not my native language)

Inspired by this cute fanart by @alifetimeaheadtoprovethat​

A few days before Halloween, John is surprised when Sherlock agrees to disguise for the party (in fact, he refuses few things to Rosie). This is how John, Rosie and Sherlock go to a fancy dress store, to buy some pretty spookies costumes! The detective had looked for a few minutes in his long assortment of undercover outfits if there was anything suitable for the party, but there was nothing convincing.

A little later, when John had found a classic vampire costume for himself, as well as a bee outfit for Rosie (his daughter loves bees since Sherlock told her about beekeeping), the detective seems very annoyed at the thought of not finding a costume. He tries on several, each time walking out of the dressing room as if shopping in a luxury boutique, under the watchful eyes of Rosie and John.

Sherlock tries on a scarecrow costume first, but he doesn’t like it, nor the ghost one (it’s very uncomfortable). He also tries on a clown and plague doctor costume, but Rosie is too afraid of them. Finally, with a mischievous smile, Sherlock finds the perfect costume, a pirate outfit! Rosie and John are also very enthusiastic to see him like this!

“Oh look,” said John. “There’s a bee.”

“Hmmm,” Sherlock agreed, noting the colour of the abdomen, the hairs prevalent on the thorax. “ Anthidium maculatum. Wood carder bee,” he added at John’s mildly exasperated look. “One of many species of solitary bees.”

“I thought bees live together in a hive?” John said, watching the little creature as it clambered up a stem.

“That’s a common misconception,” Sherlock said, rifling through a cabinet in his mind palace for the correct information. “In the UK, there are around two hundred and seventy species of bee, and two hundred and fifty of those species are solitary bees.”

“Huh,” John said, peering even closer. “So this little lady doesn’t have a family and friends to go back to?”

“Little gentleman,” Sherlock corrected. “And no, probably not. He might spend some time with a mate, if it suits him, but for much of his life he will be alone - flying from one flower to the next, foraging, and doing exactly as he wishes.”

“Sounds a bit lonely,” John said, and Sherlock snorted.

“No need to romanticise the bee, John. I assure you, he is quite content with his solitary life.”

“I’m not so sure,” John mused, and they both watched as the bee moved on to a different stem. “It’s all very well visiting all these places, seeing all these things. But with no-one to share them with? Not sure I’d like that.”

“Really? I would like it just fine,” Sherlock said, and this time it was John who snorted.

A bit peeved, Sherlock eyed him. “What?”

“You? You go mad when you don’t have someone to talk to - so mad that you start talking to inanimate objects. You love explaining about things you’ve seen, things you’ve learned. And you like having a place to come home to every night, with someone familiar there. We’re flatmates, remember - though I’m pretty sure you don’t need help with the rent. You are no more a solitary bee than I am.”

Sherlock stared at him.

John was still watching the bee, though his cheeks had gone a bit pink. “What’s it doing now?”

With some difficulty, Sherlock brought his attention back to the insect. “It’s collecting the tiny hairs from the stem of the plant. Wood carder bees use those to build their nests.”

“So… this one did find someone to go home to, after all,” John said slowly. He was watching Sherlock from the corner of his eye, and inexplicably, Sherlock blushed.

“I… I suppose he did,” he said, and made sure to keep his eyes fixed on the delicate fluffy body in front of him, that flew around against all laws of physics.

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The lovely @alifetimeaheadtoprovethat drew this little doodle for me, so I decided to write a little ficlet to go with it <3 This is our entry for the @sherlockchallenge this month (prompt: One). 

A friend of mine recently lost her mum to lung cancer. It was only three months ago when she told me her mum wasn't feeling well... And she's gone now.

My friend and her family have done everything in their power to fight this f***ing disease but they lost.

They lost so much.

I wish I could tell my friend "this is just a nightmare, your mum will be back".

She is devastated, doesn't even have the strength to text. Her mum meant everything to her.

I am so worried because she's told me she's been thinking... things... and I really want to help her.

The only thing I can do is trying to raise some money to help her with living expenses, since she's struggling with that.

And if you could help me, it'd mean the world to me.

This is my PayPal email:

[email protected]

I haven't set a goal, but I really hope to raise the necessary amount to make things easier for her.

If you donate, please let me know with a private message here on tumblr and I will be glad to send you a high-res johnlock doodle as a thank-you.

If you can't donate, don't worry. I know every one of us is struggling right now. But please share this post as much as you can.

Thank you,

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