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    John was brave and clever and loyal, a commoner who longed for an exciting life.
    Sherlock was dashing and brilliant and passionate, an Earl’s son who longed to solve crimes.
    Being a Tale of Glorious Adventures, Love Letters, Treachery, Longing, Secret Identities, Deathbed Confessions, First Kisses, Daring Escapes, and True Love.

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    John wonders how he had never seen this before, never noticed before, how happy Sherlock can look, and also how lonely.

    His friend looks resigned even as his cheeks tint with mirth, as if he is making the decision to take what happiness he can in this moment.

    John will remember making the same decision.

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    John Watson always thought he was an beta, a normal human, until he got shot. After being discharged by the army and sent back home, he goes about his life until he meets the world's only consulting detective. Then life takes very unexpected turns.

    Sherlock Holmes, on the other hand, is debating just how much he's going to curse out his brother for putting the ex-soldier in his path.

    (This does follow the series with the AUness happening before, during, and after series and episodes. I will not be using season 3, save for the fall explanation.)

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    Most of his fellow soldiers keep pictures of their girls beneath their pillows.
    John Watson keeps a picture of Sherlock Holmes, a man he's met only once but who has changed his life completely.
     

    John Watson, a military doctor, meets Sherlock Holmes the night before he's shipped out to Africa with his regiment.
    Sparks fly immediately for the two, and neither wants the night to end; but, sadly, it does, and John boards the boat the next morning with a heavy heart and dreams of what could have been.
    For months, they are apart, neither knowing if the other even remembers them, much less feels the same way- until the fateful day when John takes a bullet and everything changes.

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    Harry and Sherlock meets under less than stellar circumstances. Sherlock finally have someone in his corner. After Sherlock and John’s fallout, everyone shunned him. Harry was the only exception.

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    Sequel to At the Heart of it All, set late into their retirement. This time it's easier for John, though it's never easy.

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    A washed out war hero struggling with his past. A prodigy who wants nothing to do with his family legacy. Both are looking for something—and someone—worth fighting for in a world where human civilisation is constantly under threat.

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    If they got far enough along, John knew he would stop noticing the steady clanking thump of the washer, but so far he'd been unable to keep himself from being distracted.

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    “This was like nothing John had ever thought to associate with Sherlock: stubble, skin-tight jeans and three small silver rings gleaming at the crest of one ear. It was unbelievable, like stepping into an alternative universe, and John couldn't stop staring.”

    When Sherlock infiltrates a club in order to track down a serial killer, his altered appearance is enough to make John question his assumption that Sherlock is beyond his reach. However, is he the only one who appreciates his flatmate's charms, or is Sherlock at risk of becoming the next victim? (Warning: reviews may contain fic spoilers)

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    And 1 time Watson falls asleep on Holmes

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    John paused on the landing, listening to the conversation in the kitchen. He never felt guilty about this kind of eavesdropping, treasuring the little moments between Sherlock and Rosie he happened to witness unnoticed.

    Sherlock’s voice, soft and calm: “Alright, Petal, let’s get those safety goggles on.”

    “Safety gobbles on,” Rosie affirmed cheerfully.

    Ah. An experiment, then.

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    Sherlock does his best to make John happy when John comes back to 221B with his new baby after the events of Season 3, but Sherlock has a track record of getting things wrong in this area. This story is an exploration of their gradual shift from friends to lovers, told from Sherlock's perspective, full of a lot of pining and lack of emotional awareness. (But don't worry; I love a happy ending.)

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    Wizard!John and Muggle!Sherlock: the AU.

    See coverart for the series by Akarri in Bits and Pieces, or click here!

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    Out with friends at a pub, John is dared to kiss the next person to walk in, regardless of who it is. He agrees. The next person to walk in is Sherlock. John laughs about it and kisses him, but Sherlock gets all flustered and quiet and leaves. When John gets home later, he finds Sherlock is angry with him.

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    They stood face to face in the middle of a clearing. The dim light of the moon barely allowed Sherlock to see the glassy terror in John’s eyes and the sweat that glistened off his forehead. His nose was bleeding again, blood dripping in a slow stream from his right nostril.

    They were both gasping for air, John’s eyes locked on Sherlock’s. There was no recognition there, just wild animal fear.

    Time stood still for an eternal few seconds, and Sherlock took a shaky breath. “John—”

    Spell broken, John spun and bolted back into the woods.

    Still heaving for air, Sherlock took off after him.

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    "I suggested that he ask Greg," John says, "to which he replied, 'Who?'," and Greg pushes back from the table, exasperated. "I then made the mistake of suggesting his brother, to which Sherlock enumerated twenty-three reasons why that was a terrible idea."

    (John's best man speech at Sherlock's wedding).

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    Coming back from the dead can be a complicated business. With a new case on the horizon, rebuilding a life is one thing... rebuilding a friendship quite another. For Sherlock and John, things may never be just the same...

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    Sherlock, a long-time sufferer of insomnia, is forced to share a bed with John at a hotel while on a case. To his astonishment, he finds that spending the night next to John helps him sleep and becomes determined to maneuver himself back into John's bed.

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    At a crime scene, John confesses that he's in love with a man. Sherlock is upset until John starts describing this man in more detail. For just a few seconds, Sherlock thinks it could be him... until John mentions that this man is also beautiful.

    Sherlock makes a cutting remark and walks away.

    John is devestated... until he works out what's really happened and sets about proving to Sherlock that he is beautiful with long, drawn out, worshipful sex.

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    What does it mean to be brave?
    Or: Sherlock and John spend New Year's Day with a grumpy toddler and have a long overdue conversation.

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