#tattoolock

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Ahhhhhh the only one I can immediately think of is the Lock and Key Series:

Inked in Memory by 221b_hound (E, 9,716 w., 2 Ch. || Post-HLV, Tattoos, First Kiss / Time, Anal, Cuddling, Scars, Captain John, Kissing, Switchlock) – John has been back at Baker Street for a year, following the debacle that ended in Mary's death. Things are good. Back almost to what they used to be. Sherlock might wish they were something else, now, but he only has himself to blame, he thinks. It's too late, now, for the things he first denied before he'd ruined any chances he might have had. Sherlock also thinks that people who get tattoos are idiots. But perhaps he's about to learn a thing or two, not least of which might be it's not as late as he thinks it is. Part 1 of Lock and Key

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But it’s post-Mary, so don’t think it’s that one. It might be on my Tattoos & Piercings fic rec list, though?

Dissonance  

A Punk-rock Band Johnlock AU by CarmillaCarmine  ( @sherlockedcarmilla )

Blurb: Straight from military service, living a life devoid of purpose, John meets a man who reawakens his passion for music. Sherlock’s band is looking for a solo guitar and, to John’s own surprise, he becomes the perfect candidate. The craft of playing the guitar for his old enjoyment, becomes his passion again as he joins the band. John sees himself as a man broken by his past and by war, a man who cannot find a place in this world but his new friend shows him a way of life he didn’t know he could lead.  

Sherlock is piecing his life together after he decided to forego drugs forever. He finally finds himself occupied by his passion for playing the guitar. After things go wrong with the soloist of the band he started, John Watson appears in his path and Sherlock is immediately taken by his talent and his personality.  

As their friendship gets stronger, their attraction to one another becomes impossible to ignore. Between the new success of the band, concerts and John’s promiscuous night life, they keep missing the moment in which they could connect as more than friends.

Both are worried that risking their friendship for a chance at relationship can damage the bond they have and destroy the band and friendship they worked so hard to build.  

WIP – 14 chapters are up at 76,132 words (as of November 2019)

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Description: Three Continents Watson meets Deaf Sign Language Interpreter Sherlock Holmes at a medical conference. They clash, mostly due to John being trash.

Years later, fate throws them together again.

Review: John and Sherlock start off on the wrong foot, which results in some hilarity, but it isnt until years later when the Yard needs an interpreter do they meet again. This meeting goes better than their first. This fic is very sweet and I appreciated that the signing was described in the text, mimicking John's learning of all the different signs (and I could visualize the scene better). The funny beginning coupled with the dating and getting-to-know-you atmosphere of the second part makes this fic a good read.

Rating: E

Chapters: 6/6 Words:  11,825 Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mrs. Hudson (Sherlock Holmes) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Tattoos, Friends to Lovers, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, OOC Sherlock Holmes, he starts off softer than he does in the show, Tattoo Artist Sherlock, Mentions of past drug use, but only vaguely, Fluff and Angst, Two Pining Idiots, Mutual Pining, No Smut, mary morstan is a minor character Series: Part 1 of Tattoo My Name On Your Heart Summary:

John gives in to his girlfriend's wheedling to get a tattoo. Sherlock is a tattoo artist who can read what kind of tattoo a person should have. When Sherlock refuses to give John the tattoo he asks for, John is forced to think about who he really is. And Sherlock has to learn to let another person into his life and his heart.