#wed!lock

She had married him.

It was ridiculous, the smile that crossed his face as he stood in his bedroom. Their bedroom.

The servants had all been sent away for the week, but they had left a welcoming manor for their new mistress. A fire roared in the hearth and a new cover was draped over the bed, a vase of flowers on each table beside it.

He loosened his cravat and began to unbutton his cuffs, suddenly aware of his shaking hands and the nervous flutter in his stomach.

The door behind him opened and he turned.

If he thought the sight of her all in white as she professed her love in the church was beautiful, seeing her now in a nightgown of nearly sheer cream under a flowing dressing gown was enough to make him forget his own name.

She had taken her hair down and it fell around her face, shimmering red and gold in the firelight. Barefoot, she slowly crossed over to him, his heartbeat increasing with every step.

"I believe that's my job," she whispered, a shy smile on her lips. He watched her slip each cuff button out one by one before moving on to his shirt.

Her hands were warm and left a trail of tingles in their wake.

When she got closer to the button of his trousers, he caught her hands and stilled her. In all his own nervousness, he didn't miss the false bravada of his new wife. The high flush on her cheeks, the aversion of her eyes, and the slight tremble of her fingers.

Her gaze slowly lifted and he bent his head to brush his lips against hers.

"We have all the time in the world to get to know each other, my love."

Her eyes softened, her anxiety melting under the warmth of his love.

"My husband," she said in wonder and reached up to cradle his face, her thumb brushing against his cheek as her fingers slipped into his hair.

He turned his face and pressed a kiss to her palm. Somehow his free hand found purchase on her waist, keeping her other hand captive against his chest, and they began to sway. He hummed softly, the melody something he had been composing since the day he met her. He never could quite determine how it ended.

Now he knew.

"You know she's going to murder you. Properly this time." John dropped his head back, wincing when it thumped against Sherlock’s. "Probably dig the hole herself. I'll help."

"Shut up."

John rolled his eyes. "I think I've earned the right to complain. I did, after all, warn you not to go. But noooo," he mocked. "Someone had to rush off and play hero the night before-"

"I am well aware of the circumstances, John!" Sherlock shouted.

A series of loud bangs hit the door. "Oi, pipe down in there! Don’t make me gag ya!"

John shifted and wiggled his fingers. He had about 2 more hours before the minimal circulation getting to his hands became a serious problem.

Hopefully, Mycroft or Greg would have picked up their tail by then.

"Besides, you came with me."

Oh, that's how he wanted to play it?

"Don't blame me for this, Sherlock. I was six drinks to the breeze. I'm still not quite sobered up. You, on the other hand, should have known better." As much as he could, he shifted away from Sherlock. A hard feat, since their arms were tied together behind their backs. Honestly, what he put up with for his friend.

"You seemed perfectly lucid when the case came up. You remembered every word to I Want It That Way.”

“For f...Listen you overgrown idiot child, if I’m singing in public, I’m obviously smashed out of my mind!”

“That’s it!” The door was thrown open and their kidnapper stormed inside, his beady little eyes bloodshot and angry, and his meaty fists clenched at his sides. “The both of ya are gonna have a hard time spekkin’ through fat lips.”

He pulled his dirty sleeves back.

“Excuse me.” A sweet, familiar voice piped up behind him. The bulky moron paused then turned in surprise and was immediately dropped to the ground, unconscious, by one well-placed punch.

Sherlock and John gaped. Standing over their fallen captor, Molly was every bit the avenging angel in her glorious white wedding gown, the lacey thing muddied around the hem but otherwise a vision of perfection. Her long hair was piled high in a makeshift bun from which a veil valiantly tried to hold on.

Sherlock's jaw dropped as he stared at her, ignoring the stream of NSY officers that swarmed inside after her, cuffing their captor, as well as his accomplices from the outer room. John knew that look. Sherlock might as well have a neon sign lit above his head that declared he was 'turned on by Molly Hooper’. The groom-to-be swallowed audibly. "Molly, you look..." He met her eyes and paled. "Pissed."

"I am," she panted, from exertion or anger, John couldn't tell. Probably both. She gestured at the dirtied, yet stunning confection of taffeta and lace. "Do you know what Vivienne will do to me when she sees what happened to her gown?"

Her brow furrowed in pain and she looked at her hand. “And that really hurt!”

Unbound and hauled to their feet, John groaned in relief as blood flowed to his extremities while Sherlock made a beeline for his bride and crushed her to him, kissing her reddening knuckles, then her cheeks, and finally her lips, mumbling a quiet, "I'm sorry."

She shook her head fondly and held him tight. "Forgiven. Always.”

“A lovely sentiment,” Mycroft interjected from the doorway, looking impeccably out-of-place in the dank, cold room. He checked his pocket watch, his eyebrow raised knowingly. “However, Mummy does not have such a forgiving nature. And you have cheated her out of a daughter-in-law today.” 

Sherlock paled just the tiniest bit. Molly bit her lip in worry. Then, she lifted her chin and clasped Sherlock’s hand. “Then marry us. Right here. Right now.”

Mycroft blanched. “Surely you are not serious-”

“What about the church?”

Molly looked up at Sherlock. “I don’t give a damn where I marry you. I just want to become your wife today.”

John turned his face when Sherlock swooped down and kissed Molly more passionately than was probably appropriate in a room full of NSY agents, government ops, his brother, and his blogger.

They finally broke apart when Mycroft cleared his throat. He rolled his eyes, but John could see the smile he was trying to hold back. From his jacket pocket, he pulled out a packet. “Then it was simply a stroke of luck that I have these with me.”

The marriage papers. 

John laughed and ran a hand over his face. Of course Mycroft brought them.

“John, if you would.” Mycroft gestured for him to stand beside Sherlock. The bemused agents in an array of black suits and NSY blue that formed their audience shuffled awkwardly behind them, the still-unconscious captor lay facedown in cuffs, as John took his place as best man. Mycroft stared him down. “I trust you still have the rings.”

John patted his breast pocket where the rings lay and nodded.

"Well, go on then," Mary teased him with a nudge, waggling her eyes in the direction of the dance floor.

Sherlock ignored her. But his gaze didn't waver from the couple waltzing in the middle of the room, the party lights flashing horrifically around them. The man was an adequate dancer despite months of practise under Sherlock's superior tutelage. Well, he lamented, the results were satisfactory for a man with the cliched two left feet.

But the woman...she was the embodiment of grace and elegance. Her waltz form was impeccable and she moved with confidence and poise. Her hair was braided in a fancy twist, pieces falling out here and there as she spun around. Her cheeks were rosy with delight and her smile refused to fade.

"Stop mooning over her like some spotty teenager," Mary continued relentlessly. "Go get her."

Against his will, his nose twitched in irritation and Mary beamed in triumph when he abandoned his post by the wall and stalked across the dance floor.

"May I cut in?" He asked politely, though his expression was anything but.

John slowed their waltz to a stop and raised his eyebrows. "Really?"

Sherlock glared at him and John smirked, backing away but not before kissing Molly's cheek. "Congratulations again. Though I still don't know what you see in that tall string bean."

Molly giggled. "He grows on you." Her laughter was cut short by a surprised gasp as Sherlock swept her into his arms and began to lead her around the dancefloor expertly.

Her hand rested on his chest and he felt her warmth even through his suit. Beneath his hand, her white gown's silky fabric melted against her hip and his cheeks warmed.

Abandoning proper form, Molly wrapped her arms around his neck and his hands found their way to the small of her back.

She sighed happily and looked up at him through soft eyes. "You said you wouldn't dance."

Maybe he was losing his edge. Maybe he was going soft. But as he held her close, losing himself in her eyes, he didn't care. All that mattered in this moment was that he loved her.

Sherlolly rated K

Thirty days. That’s all they had, a mere thirty days. Not nearly enough time to pull off the wedding of the year. No, of the decade, the century, the millen--

“Sherlock! Stop, you’re doing it again. Just breathe, okay?”

Molly’s voice pulled him back from the edge of panic, just like always. “Molly. We only have thirty days, we’ll never make it in time...”

She grasped his arms and gave him a little shake, waiting until his eyes were fully focused on hers before saying firmly, “Sherlock Holmes. Thirty days is ample time for us to get this done. We have the venue - your parents’ backyard. We have the catering - all our friends bringing something for a lovely potluck supper. And we have all our friends coming - John and Rosie, Meena, Billy Wiggins, Greg and Sally, Phillip, Mrs. Hudson and Rajesh, Anthea...it’s all under control.”

“Officiant!” he blurted out as the panic tried to resurface. “You didn’t say officiant, did we get an officiant?”

This time she stopped the imminent panic with a lovely, warm kiss. When she pulled back, he reopened his eyes and smiled. “Mycroft,” he said as the memory resurfaced.

“Mycroft,” his fiancée agreed with a warm smile of her own. Warmer even than her strong little hands as they caressed his cheeks. “Relax, Sherlock. It’s all under control.”

His smile deepened, and he turned his head to kiss her palm. “Thanks to you, Molly Hooper. As always, you save me from falling, even if it’s just falling into panic.”

She tiptoed up, tilting his head down so she could kiss his nose. “Damn right, Sherlock Holmes.”

Whether it’s John & Mary’s wedding or someone else’s, if the story is set at a wedding (other than Sherlock and Molly’s own wedding, whose list is here), it should be on this list. New stories in bold. Story location and date updated/ completed/added in italics.

John & Mary’s Wedding

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32. To cheer someone up (pity) by Whytejigsaw (Rated M, One-Shot) 50 Reasons fic AO3 2014

A

A Dance In The Dark by condiemint (Rated K, One-Shot) S3: Matters Most, Shall We Dance? tumblr 2014

A Goodbye by mel loves all (Rated K+, One-Shot) tumblr 2015

A Little Night Music by Lono (Rated M, One-Shot) ff.net 2013

A Night To Remember by thescienceofsherlolly (Rated T, One-Shot) ff.net 2013

A Wedding Dance by pathologxst (Rated K+, One-Shot) Shall We Dance? ff.net 2013

Are You Happy? by simplyshelbs16 (Rated T, One-Shot) ff.net 2017

B

Burn My Bridges Down by dietplainlite (Rated M, Complete, Two-Parter)  ff.net 2014

C

Catalyst by AndInTimeThisTooShallPass (Rated M, Complete, Multi-Chapter) post Reichenbach, virgin!lock ff.net 2012

Change Just One Thing by Mistykins06 (Rated T, One-Shot) AO3 2015

Chasing Mr. Channing by varjaks (Rated K+, One-Shot) swaplock  ff.net 2013

Come To Me by LadySolitaire83 (Rated M, One-Shot) AO3 2013

Come here. Let me fix it. by ll_again (Rated K+, One-Shot) AO3 2017

Comfort by onceinabluemoon0013 (Rated K, One-Shot) ff.net 2013

Could I Have This Dance by mizjoely (Rated K+, One-Shot) proposal, Shall We Dance? AO3 2013

CPR Lessons by SimplyShelbs16 (Rated K+, One-Shot) ff.net 2017

D

The Dance by Cee5 (Rated T, One-Shot) songfic, Shall We Dance? AO3 2014

Dance With Me by castielofasgard (Rated K+, One-Shot) Shall We Dance?  ff.net 2013

Dance With Me Tonight by Lady Dudley (Rated K, One-Shot) songfic  ff.net 2013

Dance With Me: A Sherlolly Fanfiction by wibblywobblytimeywimey45 (Rated K+, One-Shot) Shall We Dance? ff.net 2014

Dancing! By redtaxi (Rated K, One-Shot) ff.net 2014

Dancing with the memories by sprinkledwithsherlolly (Rated K+, Complete, One-Shot) Married Sherlolly, Parentlock tumblr 2014

F

Finding The Right Words by TypicalGingerFangirl (Rated K+, One-Shot)  ff.net 2014

Fresh Air and Ideas by minirose96 (Rated K, One-Shot) AO3 2014

H

How The Mighty Fall by hanorganaas (Rated K+, One-Shot) AO3 2014

I

I'm Already Someone Else's by Ukthxbye (Rated T, One-Shot) S3: Matters Most, Shall We Dance? AO3 2019

Indefinitely by conchepcion (Rated T, One-Shot) Jealous!lock, Songfic, Shall We Dance? ff.net 2013

It Started With a Dance by BeazyBops (Rated T, Complete, Two-Parter) Songfic, Shall We Dance? AO3 2014

J

Just a Dream and a Dance by voiceoftime (Rated K+, One-Shot) AO3 2015

Just Say by thewinterspy (Rated T, One-Shot) AO3 2015

K

Kiss Me by spikesvamp79 (Rated T, One-Shot) Shall We Dance? ff.net 2013

L

The Last Dance by conchepcion (Rated T, One-Shot) Post Reichenbach, Locker!lock AO3 2013

Late to the Party by mae-jones (Rated T, One-Shot) tumblr 2016 

Lurking in Corridors by redtaxi (Rated K, One-Shot) AO3 2014

M

Mad Skillz On The Dance Floor by mizjoely (Rated K+, One-Shot) Jealouslock, S3: Matters Most AO3 2020

The Matchmaker by GoodShipSherlollipop (Rated T, One-Shot) Matchmaking ff.net 2018

May I Have This Dance? by benedictscumbercookie (Rated K, One-Shot) AO3 2014

More Precious Than Jewels by broomclosetkink (Rated K, One-Shot) Post Reichenbach ff.net 2013

N

Nervous by i.amazonian (Rated K+, One-Shot) ff.net 2013

Never Mine by mizjoely (Rated K+, One-Shot) AO3 2018

Not the lips she meant to kiss by KendraPendragon (Rated K+, One-Shot)  AO3 2016

O

Odd Man Out (Sight Unseen series) by SilverMiko (Rated T, One-Shot) AO3 2017

Of drunken dances and a wedding by daisherz365 (Rated T, One-Shot) ff.net 2013

Oh What A Night by Dreamin (Rated T, One-Shot) AO3 2017

Oh, What  A Night! by SimplyShelbs16 (Rated K+, One-Shot) AO3 2017

Only the Lonely by nocturnias (Rated T, Complete, Two-Parter) ff.net 2014

R

Ready, Aim, Misfire by morbidbydefault (Rated M, One-Shot) fantasy, closet snogging ff.net 2013

S

The Sad and Lonely by CatherineCameo (Rated T, One-Shot) ff.net 2014

Sexy Thing by sillythings (Rated K, One-Shot) Shall We Dance? ff.net 2013

Shall We Dance? by Time-Dog (Rated K, One-Shot) ff.net 2013

She makes stars out of glass broken by dreams by viictoriasong (Rated K, One-Shot) AO3 2015

The Sign of the First by the_noble_bachelorette84 (Rated M, One-Shot) virgin!lock AO3 2014

Slow Dance by Jenya (Rated K+, One-Shot) Secret Relationship, Post Reichenbach AO3 2013

Something Blue by geekmama (Rated K, One-Shot) AO3 2019

T

Talking To Graves by afteriwake (Rated K, One-Shot) Post Reichenbach AU AO3 2016

U

Untitled (Dancing at the Watson Wedding) by fitzpleasure (Rated K, One-Shot) Shall We Dance? tumblr 2014

Untitled (Molly goes on John's stag do) by ll-again (Rated T, One-Shot) S3 AU tumblr 2017

Untitled (Molly throws her shoe at Sherlock) by writingwife83 (Rated K+, One-Shot) Regency tumblr 2017

W

Wanting What He Couldn't Have by darnedchild (Rated T, One-Shot) AO3 2017

The Wedding Crasher by MG12CSI16 (Rated K+, One-Shot) ff.net 2014

Wedding Day by floosilver8 (Rated T, Complete, Multi-Chapter) Groundhog Day AU AO3 2014

with a tear, the truth comes by broomclosetkink (Rated M, One-Shot) AO3 2014

Y

You Can See Me by hbj01 (Rated K, One-Shot) Shall We Dance? AO3 2018

Other Weddings

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#TeachMe by hobbitsdoitbetter (Rated T, One-Shot) S4/PTFP tumblr 2017

27 Dresses AU by mollymatterrs (Rated M, One-Shot) tumblr 2016

42 Buttons by MrsMCrieff (Rated M, Complete, Multi-Chapter) PTFP ff.net 2020

A

A Fool In April  by theSapphireSky (Rated T, One-Shot) Holidays tumblr 2018

A Yellow Lace Dress by WeLoveSherlolly (Rated M, One-Shot) Closet snogging, PWP AO3 2014

Attention by terrified (Rated T, One-Shot) ff.net 2015

B

Blindsided by mizjoely (Rated K+, One-Shot) Post HLV, Matchmaking AO3 2014

Bouquet of Roses by mizjoely (Rated K, One-Shot) Valentine’s Day AO3 2020

Bow-Tie Bachata by darthsydious (Rated K+, One-Shot) Married Sherlolly ff.net 2014

C

The Captain and the Bride by theSapphireSky (Rated K+, One-Shot) Edwardian AU tumblr 2018

Chance by skyperson9 (Rated K, Complete, Multi-Chapter) PHLV AO3 2016

Compromise by rainbow_letters (Rated T, One-Shot) Proposal/Engagement AO3 2018

Could I Have This Dance by Dreamin (Rated K, One-Shot) AO3 2017

D

The Dance She Taught Him by writingwife83 (Rated K, One-Shot) parent!lock, retirement!lock, Married Sherlolly, Soup to Nuts AO3 2016

Dancing in the Dark by artbylexie (Rated K, One-Shot) Shall We Dance?, Married Sherlolly tumblr 2015

Dancing with the memories by sprinkledwithsherlolly (Rated K+, One-Shot) parentlock tumblr 2014

Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures by afteriwake (Rated T, In Progress, Multi-Chapter) Fake Relationship AO3 2016

Dodgy Dancing by lilsherlockian1975 (Rated K+, One-Shot) ff.net 2016

G

Good for Something by EnamoredWithSherlolly (Rated T, One-Shot) Married Sherlolly ff.net 2013

I

"I bet you feel like an artist." by sunken_standard (Rated K+, One-Shot) Fake Relationship AO3 2017

K

Know that while you sleep (The Dance series) by OhAine (Rated M, One-Shot) Shall We Dance? AO3 2015

L

Leave me Breathless by conchepcion (Rated M, Complete, Multi-Chapter) Fake Relationship, PHLV, Long!fic AO3 2014

Let me be the one you come running to by ditsypersephone (Rated M, Complete, Multi-Chapter) fake relationship AO3 2014

N

Never Means Always by hulafreaky (Rated T, One-Shot) ff.net 2013

O

Of Poor Planning and Bad Timing by dayflow (Rated K, One-Shot) Proposal, Parentlock ff.net 2014

On My Way To You by simplyshelbs16 (Rated T, One-Shot) Songfic AO3 2018

The One With The Wedding In New York by TheonewithwheelsASH (Rated T, One-Shot) S3, Love American (Sherlolly) Style, On Holiday AO3 2019

P

The Pinch Hitter by OhAine (Rated T, One-Shot) AO3 2017

S

Sherlolly Folly by MrsMCrieff (Rated M, Complete, Multi-Chapter) PTFP, Fake Relationship ff.net 2019

Shut Up and… by renniejoy (Rated K+, One-Shot) Shall We Dance? tumblr 2015

Social Obligations by cactusnell (Rated T, One-Shot) proposal AO3 2015

The Speech by mae-jones (Rated K+, One-Shot) tumblr 2015

Stowaway by darthsydious (Rated T, Complete, Multi-Chapter) ff.net 2016

T

Take This Waltz by Chairman-Meowith (Rated K, Complete, Multi-Chapter) Shall We Dance? ff.net 2014

U

Union by PrairieLily (Rated T, Complete, Two-Parter) Parentlock, Retirement!lock, Post TFP ff.net 2017

Unravel by terrified (Rated K+, One-Shot) Married Sherlolly ff.net 2014

Untitled (Sherlock the swashbuckling wedding crasher) by writingwife83 (Rated T, One-Shot) Pirate!lock, Historicalock tumblr 2017 

W

Wedding Date by SimplyShelbs16 (Rated K, One-Shot) Fake Relationship AO3 2017

The Wedding of Georgina Holmes by theSapphireSky (Rated K+, Incomplete, One Chapter) parentlock, Soup to Nuts AO3 2015 

The Wedding Planner by theSapphireSky (Rated K, One-Shot) AO3 2018

Y

You’ve gone to the bathroom fifty times today by mollymatterrs (Rated K+, One-Shot) tumblr 2017

Multiple Weddings

Five Weddings and a Funeral by floosilver8 (Rated M, Complete, Multi-Chapter) AO3 2014

I commissioned this from the lovely and talented artbylexie, and now I think I have to write a small fic to accompany it!

The happiest day of his life.

He’d heard the saying before, of course, most recently from Watson’s lips at his own wedding to the former Miss Morstan - now proudly bearing the name and title of Mrs. Watson - but had dismissed such sentiment as nothing but the trite repetitions of smaller minds. How, he’d scoffed internally, could any one day out of the thousands that made up an average human life, be reckoned as THE happiest?