This was a fun one! This fic is beloved in the Schitt's Creek fandom, for good reason. It's one of the few times I've read along with a WIP and didn't wait until the end. I would eagerly await the release of each new chapter on Sunday. I knew I'd be binding it at some point, it's too good not to.

It's also a CHONK. 270k words and 720ish pages. That's 23 8-page signatures.

A few firsts for this one:

First time using real, purchased bookcloth. Not sure I want to go back to the homemade kind, but seeing as bookcloth isn't cheap nor easy to get, that's not realistic.

It was also the first time I used an oxford hollow. I thought it would help support the massive heft of this volume. Time will tell, I suppose! I followed the tutorial in this excellent video.

And despite my best intentions, it was my first time using the foil quill on the cover because HTV is the devil and the cover got all forked up but I just leaned into it a bit and used the foil quill to fill in bits, and also to do the spine.

Details:

Bookcloth: Arrestox Bookcloth Field (Blue) Green Body font and book title: Arno Pro Chapter headings: DrSugiyama Pro  Story art by @mostlyinthemorning

Bonus: A little book-turning asmr for ya. (don't you just love that sound?)

Wars We Fought, Things We’re Not 55.2k words

“Oh come, John. Could be fun,” Mycroft taunts, accompanied by an eyebrow arch he’s gotten far too good at. “Besides, it’s not as if it’s your first time pretending to be a couple.”

Five months after John's world has fallen apart, Mycroft sends the consulting detective and his doctor on a case that neither is prepared for.

notes: absolutely stunning parenting while posing as a couple for a case, mentions of pre-story infant death, getting together

The Only Available Transportation 5.3k words

“It’s possibly the desperation that’s seeped into his voice despite his best intentions, or perhaps it’s just a mother’s intuition, but she knows that whatever he’s calling about is Serious, hangover be damned. “What’s happened?” she asks, tone soft and as comforting as a hot cup of tea on a cold winter’s night. “Mummy,” he begins, voice catching. “I think John may be moving out.””

notes: lovely, short and sweet, john has lovely secrets

MR# 1430155 3.5k words

“John paces the length of the not inconsiderable hallway and glances at his phone for the tenth time since he exited the hospital room seven minutes ago.

Sherlock’s last text was sent at 5:06pm. It is now 5:39pm. He should be here by now. After all, his daughter is 46-minutes-old and if John is going to share this momentous event with someone, it sure as hell isn’t going to be the woman who just gave birth to her.”

notes: planning for the future, putting themselves on hold while starting at the same time

Strong at the Broken Places 10k words

They dated for ten months during Sherlock's first year of uni and John's last before the latter went off to fight someone else's war.

When they meet again two-and-a-half years later, John's gained a scar in his shoulder and a limp he can't seem to shake.

Sherlock's gained a new boyfriend and bruises he can't seem to explain away.

notes: Getting back together, flashbacks to their previous time together

A Slice of Sumatra 5.8k words

“What happened while Mary was away searching for Ajay? Sherlock must have expected her to run - they did trace the memory stick, after all. He didn't, however, expect John to show up on his doorstep in the aftermath. Then again, the army doctor always has been the wild card.”

notes: parentlock slowburn, ambiguous-ish gen ending

EMERGENCY CONTACT: Sherlock Holmes, RELATIONSHIP: n/a 5.5k words

The first time John Watson’s emergency contact is called is the first time Sherlock Holmes finds out that he has the job.

Special thanks to @blueink3 and @marjansmarwani whose posts tonight inspired this fic. Likes/Kudos/Feedback always welcomed (:

“I can’t lose him too,” TK all but whispered, voice hoarse with disuse. Carlos isn’t even entirely sure he had said anything until he looked over at TK’s strained expression.

Gwyn’s death had hit him hard, but losing a man Carlos so clearly saw as a part of his life, for the rest of it, was something surely to be downright painful. If not for himself, for his partner, and the future they were so sure they would have. “I know, baby. He -”

“What are we looking at?”

“The abyss.”

“Jesus, David, it’s practically dawn. You know I can’t handle your crises before Equity-designated hours.”

He doesn’t even have a comeback for that. “Just - ” he gives a little shrug. “This is it.”

I screamed when I saw that @blueink3 posted a new fic as part of the series that starts with there it is, beating away and just want to make sure every person possible is aware of this incredible fic about David and Patrick becoming friends with a single mom and her son (Patrick is his Little League coach). I literally think about this fic all the time, it is so filled with love that your heart might burst and an incredible original child character. And to have a puppy focused sequel!

Word count: 40,253 Chapters: 12/12 Fandom: Schitt's Creek Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Patrick Brewer/David Rose Characters: Patrick Brewer, David Rose (Schitt's Creek), Original Characters, Marcy Brewer, Clint Brewer, Stevie Budd Additional Tags: Fluff, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Family, Found Family, Baseball, Kid Fic, but not theirs, Idiots in Love, Hospitals, Halloween, Christmas, David is better at this than he thinks, Patrick is Wonderful and Patient and also a Troll, a whisper of angst, Swear Jars, Gratuitous Use of F Bombs Summary:

It still doesn’t explain why there is a small being manning their store, swinging his legs back and forth like he’s just pleased as punch to be there.

“What the fuck?” David blurts, and the kid’s eyes blow wide.

“That’s a bad word,” he whispers.

“Um…” Fuck, now what? “It… is.” Is he supposed to apologize? Oh my God, is this what parenthood is? Constantly saying sorry for your fuck ups? That you can’t actually call ‘fuck ups’ because your kid will call you out on inappropriate verbiage?

Or, David and Patrick befriend a single mom and her son. Well, Patrick does. David is still feeling things out.

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Here’s the one-shot about David having an allergic reaction to cherries!