(LONG long post. click on the title to go to the link)
The Breaking Wheel (J_Baillier) - The instant classic. Prolonged, nuanced medical angst. The best. (and the J_Baillier sequel On the Rack )
Lunar Landscapes (J_Baillier) - This author is a genius. And this work has practically every colour of Sherlock angst/whump that exists.
Fratros, Eros and Agape (emma221b) - John finds Sherlock bleeding in Magnusson’s office. What happens next (is glorious)
Harmless Things (J_Baillier) Scorpions do horrid things to Sherlock
All the Best and Brightest Creatures (wordstrings) - This is epic; and heartbreaking and beautiful. So beautiful….
My Will’s Not My Own (SailorChibi) - Read the warnings. This one broke my heart; oh Sherlock. It’s never his fault…
The Dying Detective Remix (SailorChibi) - When will Sherlock EVER ask for help.
Whenever it’s right (Aliea) - John sees a beautiful man with green eyes on the train. And then the train explodes…
Electric Pink Hand Grenade (BeautifulFiction) - Everyone knows this one. The greatest brain in the world gets the world’s worst migraine…
Dangerous Mould (Benfan) - (Near) death via a petri dish
Raison d’etre (AmphigoricSymphony) - This is like the War and Peace of Sherlock whump. Bloody Mary…
Lopov (AmphigoricSymphony) - Mycroft saves a brutalised Sherlock in Serbia
Addicted to a Certain Lifestyle (sfmpco) - Another fill-in-the-gaps after Sherlock’s collapse at Baker Street during HLV.
Your Visible Ghost (anactoria) - Read the warnings. Sherlock goes missing and John receives a video message…
Staircase Wit (splix) - Sherlock just keeps getting beaten (up). And asphyxiated. Quite beautifully.
The way it was meant to be (whitchry9) - John leaves Sherlock for just four days. And of course; pneumonia.
Fever (thecommonplaceofexistence) - John leaves Sherlock again. Sherlock gets pneumonia. Again.
How to torture John (Dlvvanzor) - Read the warnings. Seriously. Read them. This is Sherlock whump but almost equally John.
The Yellow Poppies (SilentAuror) - Mary is a bad person. Sherlock suffers.
Rush (Valxyri) - Sherlock gets drugged with a massive overdose
In The Silence (ScopesMonkey) - A longer saga (Sugerverse) is worth the read but this section is quite angsty and Sherlock gets concussion. Chapters 3 – 5 esp.
A More Vicious Motivator (ShezzasCompanion) - Read the warnings. Sherlock returns from Serbia and well, things just go from bad to worse…
Perfectly Fine (cabintardlock) - Sherlock gets ill and like an idiot hides it from his doctor…
Pain Management (TheGracefulBlueCat**) - Missing scenes from HLV most about pain and angst and trauma. **So many of this author’s works are wonderful Sherlock / John whump which I am not going to list here but recommend…
The Game has Changed (youtextd) - Mycroft arrives in Serbia too late to save Sherlock from terrible, long-lasting trauma. This is the story of how John and Mycroft help Sherlock back.
Not the King’s Men (StoneWingedAngel) - Oh god. Sherlock :-( this is as far as you can go before Sherlock is too traumatised to recover…
Getting Over It (The_Cool_Aunt) - Something’s not quite right with Sherlock. John starts to notice…
Finger Painting in the Dark (whitchry9) - Read the warnings. Moriarty gets his hands on Sherlock and well… it doesn’t go well. At all.
Tears of the Violinist (SUPRNTRAL LVR) - Moriarty steals Sherlock again. It’s brutal.
Cleansing (CumberbatchCritter) - John stumbles across Sherlock detoxing after being in hospital for so long. It’s a painful process.
Confessions (hockeylass) - John and Sherlock hit the road on a case; and then everything goes to hell.
Not Quite in his Right Mind (BakerTumblings) - Sherlock gets a head injury and it’s a shock for John…
No Incentive So Great (thisprettywren) - Sherlock argues with John. And then gets kidnapped. John is awesome.
The Fix (peg22) - Sherlock goes out for milk. And is injected with heroin.
Blind-Spot in Your Intellect (Only_1_Truth) - Sherlock tests a drug on a military-trained flatmate with PTSD…
The Emergency Contact series (blueink3) - Who Sherlock has as his Emergency Contact when he gets hurt, changes over time…
And a Doctor (StillWaters1) - One of my absolute favourites. Sherlock whump too. Doctor John everybody; stand clear.
De Ses Cendres (Amphigoric Symphony) - Tortured epic saga where Magnusson goes after Sherlock and well, everybody suffers. Endlessly
The Third Brother (uglycrow) - Another favourite. John gets wounded during a visit to the Three Garridebs.
The River Variations (withoutawish) - John gets hurt during a Three Garridebs encounter and Sherlock fractures
Into Dark Waters (Breath4Soul) - (TFP) John waits for Sherlock in the Holmes mansion’s well. He runs out of time.
We go anywhere but to the ground (geordielover) - Read the warnings. Sherlock is gone and John…. breaks.
There but for the Grace of John Watson / The Boys of Baker Street (skyefullofstars) - Parts one and two of a trilogy where John is kidnapped, drugged and becomes addicted and Sherlock is tested to the extreme. Bonus Sherlock whump amongst this sweeping narrative.
Reaction (Blind_Author) - Read the warnings. What happens to John before the semtex and vest incident at the pool.
Triage (scullyseviltwin) - John gets shot. Sherlock falls apart. The aftermath of that…
Handle With Care (TheGracefulBlueCat) - John gets attacked with a scorpion. What is it with these men and scorpions??
Very Good Indeed (stillwaters01) - John diagnoses what toxin he’s been drugged with and has seconds to guide Sherlock to saving him.
Deal (Basser**) - John underestimates his injury and scares Sherlock (**this author does lovely whumplets)
Vital Organs (firstdrafted) - How can John whump be so goddamned sweet. This is lovely
