hi love! are there any infamous/famous fics in the sherlock fandom? ones that if you said their name, people would know exactly what fic. for good or bad reasons.
Hey friend, this was fun to put together. I came up with ten fics that are really well known for one thing or another, though I am SURE there are so many more famous fics I didn’t include in this pick of ten. If others want to jump in with suggestions, PLEASE DO!
A list of famousand infamous Johnlock fics
That one where they’re actors in a gay movie …
Performance in a Leading Roleby Mad_Lori, 156 k, explicit. AU, John and Sherlock are actors working in astunning movie directed by Ang Lee including but not just about two gay men.Somewhere in the midst of filming, they find themselves drawn to each otheralthough neither would have called themselves gay prior to the movie.
The really sad one that everyone says you have to read (youdon’t) …
Alone On the Water byMad_Lori, 7 k, gen. Angst, character death. Sherlock Holmes never expected tolive a long life, but he never imagined that it would end like this.
Two Two One Bravo Bakerby abundantlyqueer, 114 k, explicit. Awesome war-time romance AU. John is asoldier in the war in Afghanistan. Mycroft asks Sherlock to fly in and solvethe mystery of some suspicious political murders. Plot, love, sizzling sex, andfabulous research found in this!
That great story that never finished …
Chameleon byVelvetMace, WIP, mature. AU. In a worldfilled with Sentinels with heightened senses, strength and endurance, andGuides, with seductive empathy, who knew that seeming “ordinary”could be John’s greatest strength.
The sex club one that’s super hot …
A Cure For Boredom byemmagrant01, 81 k, explicit. They’d never talked about sex in the year they’dknown each other. Well, that wasn’t quite correct: Sherlock had never said aword about sex; John had bemoaned his personal dearth of it on many occasions.
John and Sherlock raise that clone baby …
Nature and Nurture by earlgreytea68 , 203 k,mature. The British Government accidentally clones Sherlock Holmes. Whichbrings a baby to 221B Baker Street.
The Bang and The Clatter byearlgreytea68, 137 k, mature. Delightful AU with John and Sherlock asbaseball players. Sherlock is a hot young pitcher, and John is an old catcheron his last year before retirement. When they find themselves together on a newteam, something like magic happens.
A Study in Winning byJupiter_ash, 100 K, explicit. John is an almost washed-up tennis player withone last shot at Wimbledon.Sherlock is a hot-shot French player who decides to help John out. Sparks fly, & hot sex happens. Ooh la la.
The ice cream in the butt one …
SurvivalStrategies for the Domesticated British Butthole by Atiki, 6 k, explicit. In which there’s arimming disaster, Sherlock depilates his butt, everything goes very, very wrongand groceries are mistreated. This fic contains hair removal creme in abutthole, ice lollies in a butthole and John Watson’s penis in a butthole. Youhave been warned. Crack … and cracks.
Sherlock meets John online while he’s “dead” …
Dear John by wendymarlowe,23 k, explicit. Epistolary post-Reichenbach story. Follows an emailrelationship that “William” starts with John after Greg makes him join anon-line dating service to help his grief. Really sweet, and funny, and hot.