#acd Holmes fanfiction

[jolieblack]

You've met my favourite ACD Holmes fan artist, now meet a writer of wonderfully poignant ACD Holmes vignettes, @upstairsfromreality (find them on AO3).

My favourite of their ACD Holmes fics, however, is more than a vignette: "Fraternal Correspondence"

It’s an expansion on the famous pocket watch deduction in "The Sign of Four" it's a heartbreaking piece of backstory/missing moment for Dr John Watson, and I highly recommend it.

I also loved "What the Violets Mean". That’s another oof I didn’t know I needed.

[fictionfromthevoid]

Being in a QPR with ACD!Sherlock Holmes would include

Headcanons for the original book Sherlock Holmes and reader being in a QPR (so the setting is the 19th century)

You are a teacher at a girls' boarding school when one day another teacher is murdered and Sherlock is hired to solve the case

You try to help as best you can and he quickly realises how smart you are

(Watson also thinks you are attractive but you shut him down very quickly, expressing that you have no interest in romance of any kind)

this earns you respect from Sherlock

Since his knowledge of the world is sometimes rather specific (he doesn’t know the earth moves around the sun?!), whenever a case requires knowledge he and Watson don't have he sends you a letter to consult you

You basically become pen pals

As a woman in the 19th century you are very limited but also very dedicated to give your girls a good education

so whenever you need to do a science experiment, want to test out a theory or need lab equipment and your school won’t help you you write to Sherlock

So in your free time, you can often be found working on some experiment at 221B Baker Street

Sometimes you also assist Sherlock with his experiments when you are free and Watson is annoyed

Accompanying them on cases every now and then

You are smart but also good with people which makes questioning suspects a lot easier

Soon you are a regular guest in 221B

Mrs Hutson loves you

Comforting Sherlock when he couldn’t solve a case, or someone he should protect dies

This is also when you first hug

Watson sent you a letter that they had a bad case, Sherlock couldn’t solve it and the client died. Since then he has been inconsolable. He plays sad music on his violin all the time and takes drugs and Watson is getting scared for him.

When you arrive he is standing at the window playing the violin

You march over to him, take the violin out of his hand and pull him into a hug

He is ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED. Completely freezes, every muscle tensing up

You don’t care and keep hugging him, so he slowly settles into the hug

He buries his face into your shoulder and lets out a heavy sigh

You stand like this for a long time

When you finally let go you make tea and talk about the case

Since then hugs have become a regular thing for the two of you

much to the surprise of Dr. Watson

The doctor doesn’t understand your relationship at the beginning

he keeps nagging Sherlock and sometimes even you about a potential romantic relationship, and asks all the time if and when you are gonna marry

After you and Sherlock have explained to him a thousand times that you don’t have romantic feelings of any kind towards each other and that your relationship is not like that he finally accepts it

even tho you are not sure he fully understands he sees that your relationship is rather like his friendship with Sherlock

When Dr. Watson marries, Sherlock asks you to move in after a while

This is seen as quite scandalous -an unmarried man and woman living together- and nearly costs you your job but you manage

Now that Watson is occupied more often you are a more frequent companion on cases

You also have more time to work on scientific projects together since living together

sometimes when one of you is feeling especially down long hugs turn into cuddling

You sit on the sofa together and just hold each other in your arms

You always make sure that Sherlock takes care of himself

You bring him food when he is absorbed into a case and refuses to eat. When he refuses to take even a small bite you will go on a rant on how his body and mind will break down if he continues to starve himself

This usually has no effect so you just start shoving food in his face until he eats it

Reading Horror and murder mysteries together and laughing about the stupid murderers

When you both retire you move to Sussex together

He tends to his bees and you take up gardening

[tremendously-crazy]

Modern adaptation of Sherlock Holmes but it's the original ACD Holmes and Watson just. Picked up from 1895 or whatever and. Thrown into 2024. Sherlock Holmes in the 21st century.

[herbirdglitter]

That trope?

The one where there are two characters who always call each other by their last names or a title, but one of them accidentally slips and calls them by their first name?

Yes I need that one injected into my veins

[i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end]

“You have been in this particular mood for months,” Holmes stated. “You are in pain, but worse than that, you feel useless. You would clearly be more comfortable – and productive – away from London. Therefore, it seems a permanent relocation is in order.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When Watson is no longer able to keep step with Sherlock Holmes, he expects to be left behind. As it turns out, Holmes has already devised a plan.

Rating: General Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: Gen

Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)

Relationship: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson

Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes

Additional Tags: Aging, Retirement, Growing Old Together, Disability, Physical Disability, Depression, Watson has the morbs but he’s going to be fine I promise, Victorian men being Bad At Feelings TM, smoking as a coping-mechanism, Crying, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Domestic Fluff, Misunderstandings, Friendship, Queerplatonic Relationships, They love each other so much, like they are basically getting platonically married in a in sickness and in health way be warned, Angst with a Happy Ending

Tagging the same people as in my last story and a few others, but please let me know if you'd be rather taken off this list!

Edit: Aaaaaahhh half of these are broken and I cannot fix it. :,) Well, please share with your friends then!

@amypihcs @tyrannosaurusnacks @friday411 @keirgreeneyes @crowleyholmes @sirensongster @rainbow-person @yamy-brett @itsnotlupus @its-notlupus @jabbage @angryducktimemachine @anmaje @emmahasadhd @sarahthecoat @geeoharee @theantichris @hell-and-pepsi @neverquiteeden @rudbeckiasunflower @weast-of-eden @ohgodwhatwasthat @the-doggo-of-baskervilles @benrybenrybenry-chr @fuckyeahfreeimmortal @loki-lock @holmes-ness @louieclamlent @bestnoncannonship @forever-1895 @loreleilee @helloliriels @somethingintheforest @wohnjatson @crowleyholmes @zouex @wemightliveinasociety @sammalinensiirtolohkare @zouex @wohnjatson @tremendousdetectivetheorist @tremendously-crazy @darkhorse-javert @marta-bee @calculated-waywardness @sirensongster @imlostatau @noisykingdomreview @emmahasadhd @yamy-brett @anmaje @skyriderwednesday @transholmes @53rdcenturyhero @randomwholocker @plaidadder @huamirly @fruitviking

[mouse-of-mischief]

Hear me out... Sherlock Holmes adaptation that takes place in the 1920s. Sherlock Holmes getting to wear, and absolutely slay a flapper dress. John Watson getting to take his detective out on a lovely little drive in their new Bently.

[angryducktimemachine]

Reading The Adventure of the Devil's Foot was certainly. An experience.

The pointy ears are a stylistic choice I just like drawing pointy ears.

[ID: a digital, fully colored drawing of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. They're sitting outside in the grass, both without a jacket, Holmes is wearing a black waistcoat and trousers with a scarf while Watson wears a brown waistcoat and trousers. They're sitting close to each other with their foreheads almost touching. Holmes eyes are closed with furrowed brow while Watson looks at him worried and holding him by the shoulders. /End ID]

[secretlyafiveheadeddragon]

favorite thing about Sherlock Holmes is that when you write fanfiction for other things average people think it’s weird and cringe but when you say you’re “playing around with the Holmes characters” it’s cool and suave and people thing you’re talented, when in reality it like “what if they were messy lesbians? Yes, yes, this is good”

[jonkwatson]

Holmes and I were exposed, though I imagined we presented a fairly convincing portrait of a couple in flagrante . Holmes moved suddenly, his hands cupping my face, and he looked deep into my eyes for the barest moment before he kissed me.

But Why Turkish - mistyzeo

Read it on AO3!

[iamsherlockholmesyet]

(Another excerpt from one of my fanfics) Elementary

— I miss London. But New York isn’t too bad… — Watson comments.

—Here we have water. Free water. — Holmes said.

— Mm… But in London too. We have tap water. It's clear water too. I don't like the flow of carriages here. There are many… We almost died because of a hurry cab.

— Well, nevertheless, we won’t die of thirst here. — Sherlock, with satire, replied. His nasal laugh convinced Watson to laugh along without even realizing it.

After ordering their respective pastas, with a rich sauce of tomatoes well crushed with spices, Sherlock lit a cigarette while Watson served them with wine.

— Thank you, friend Watson.

— Oh, Holmes. It's a delight to stay here with you. I can do this all my life.

— Mmhm… — Sherlock groaned slightly in surprise, as he laughed, releasing the smoke. — Thank you, my dear Watson.

After a few seconds of pondering the few exchanged sentences, John Watson made an objection.

—Holmes?

—Yes?

— Friend? Are you sure?

— Oh… — Sherlock laughed again, showing his teeth as he thought. — And how can I call you, my dear?

— I want to be called by… Love.

Sherlock could be compared to a chameleon absorbing the color red, given how his skin flushed after John's request, but, of course… John didn't say that calmly. He demanded with adorable nervousness, and his eyes were wider with passion towards his Holmes.

— Ok, my beloved Watson. So, the way you want, I'll call you, love. My love.

— Elementary, my dear Holmes. — John said, with such conviction.

Dinner was splendid, as Sherlock would say. What made it tastier was not the seasoning, nor the special wine, but Watson's smiles, while Sherlock chattered about his skills and deduced the waiter, or when Holmes called him love with more confidence. Holmes was feeling used to saying that word even when he didnt understand the love with the amount of meaning the people put into it. He knew the love like a distant relative. He had already heard about the love and even thought he felt it, but now, he could understand with more certainty what that distant relative was about, who was so absent from him, out of fear. A repressed emotion, a rejected feeling. Sherlock Holmes was learning to be comfortable with the love, which, for a moment, represented fear, arrest, and death. Enjoying Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Holmes held Watson's hand under the table, looking into his eyes. The dissonances between the chords in the song made him feel nervous more acutely, but when the calm moment of the song came confusingly between the trips from B major to B minor, he felt his heart warm.

— Watson?

— Mmm?

— We should go back to the hotel…

[yuletidejohnlockexchange]

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[edwardallenpoe]

Sherlock and John communicating with fan language at a gala when

[missivesfromtroy]

I don't want to alarm anyone, but I went to read some Katie Forsythe this evening and it looks like The Seventeenth Step/liquidfic (the only place I know of where her ACD fics are hosted) is about to be deleted?! 😬

Are we about to lose the text of these first rate fics? 😬😬😬

EDIT: lilywolfgray let me know in replies that the Internet Archive has them archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20190330072049/http://www.liquidfic.org/katie.html

I've copied them all for my own use, but I think the question now remains, does anybody know how to reach KF and let her know?

[rain-shoshana]

Wrote a very short Holmes/Watson smut fic! Everybody be cool it’s no big deal and I’m super normal about Them. It’ll be up on Ao3 as soon as I figure out the last paragraph. Till then here’s a teaser.

[kcscribbler]

So I've been tentatively edging my way back into the ACD Holmes fandom at a glacier-like pace, in an effort to recapture a muse a decade forgotten. Looking for bookverse SH fans to follow, feel free to like this post or point me at them.

Meanwhile, have the poem I wrote waaaay back when, for The Empty House anthology, and then promptly forgot about until going through my WIP folder.

Cadenced scales and chords discordant Coaxed from strings, more scrape than tune Partner with the darkling twilight Shrouding all in fog-wreathed moon.

Softly now the lamp-light flickers Casting ‘cross that pensive face Shadows which betray the darkest Perils of the human race.

A child’s hope, a father’s burden A gracious lady’s firm behest – But L’art pour l’art, because the Master Is not swayed by wealth or crest.

But then! The tuneful musing halts As convoluted lies take flight. Sophistry and misconception Must give way before the Light.

Truth is Light, and his Conductor Unassuming, strong, discreet – Stalwart friend and chronicler, he Guards the sleuth of Baker Street.

Scarlet studies, Games and madmen Speckled bands but one close call. Valleys change from Fear to Shadows Heralding the Final Fall.

An Empty House stands still and silent Monument to genius gone; But no true hero lies forgotten While a chronicler lives on.

[i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end]

I had dreamed of London day and night, and now I had returned, but I was not home yet. It would not be until Moran was caught and I could finally reveal myself to my old friend Watson that I would be able to find a modicum of peace.

Rating: General Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: Gen

Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV), Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms

Relationship: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson

Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson

Additional Tags: POV Sherlock Holmes, Story: The Adventure of the Empty House, Sherlock Holmes is a Mess, Sherlock Holmes is Bad at Feelings, John Watson is a Saint, Mild Hurt/Comfort, actually stay tuned for more comfort in the next parts of this series, Forgiveness

A conversation I had with @amypihcs almost a year ago gave me this idea, and this post by @fruitviking inspired me enough to finally pull myself together and write it down. Now I just have to finish the other two parts aaaaahhh ...

@tyrannosaurusnacks@friday411@keirgreeneyes@crowleyholmes@sirensongster@rainbow-person@yamy-brett@itsnotlupus@its-notlupus@angryducktimemachine@anmaje@emmahasadhd@sarahthecoat@geeoharee@theantichris@hell-and-pepsi@neverquiteeden@rudbeckiasunflower@weast-of-eden@ohgodwhatwasthat@the-doggo-of-baskervilles@benrybenrybenry-chr@fuckyeahfreeimmortal@loki-lock@holmes-ness@louieclamlent@bestnoncannonship@forever-1895@loreleilee @jabbage @somethingintheforest @wohnjatson @crowleyholmes @zouex @wemightliveinasociety @sammalinensiirtolohkare @zouex @wohnjatson @tremendousdetectivetheorist @tremendously-crazy @darkhorse-javert @marta-bee @calculated-waywardness @sirensongster @imlostatau @noisykingdomreview @emmahasadhd @yamy-brett @anmaje @skyriderwednesday @transholmes @53rdcenturyhero @randomwholocker @plaidadder @huamirly

Okay, Idk why only half of the tags work grrrrrr, but I'm tired of troubleshooting :D