#christmas mystrade

[candlelightscribe]

Mycroft and Sherlock (Kidlock) stories, Coming soon. With a little of Greg and Holmes family.

[ssayandee]

happy new year

[cwtchartsworld]

hc:

Mycroft hated Christmas, until Greg came into his life.

Greg, on the other hand, has always loved Christmas and the Christmas vibes.

Mycroft doesn't love it like crazy, but he doesn't hate it like he used to (especially now that he doesn't have to go to his parents' every year).

Most of the time they spend the 25th at home, in each other's company.

They exchange gifts and cuddle on the sofa watching something on Iplayer (or reruns of Bake off UK).

[holmesianlove]

Part 2 has arrived!

It’s here! Part 2 of our Seasons of Love trilogy

@fuck-off-watson-rp & I are pleased to share with you: 

Christmas Time in London

This fic is completed and we will share a chapter every day or two.

Summary: After the Halloween case, and finally finding one another, Sherlock and John need to navigate a new relationship in secret as Christmas approaches. They enlist the help of Greg who is moping over his divorce, to help Mycroft with the Holmes family Christmas without realising Mycroft is harbouring secret feelings of his own.

[aworldofgoldfish]

Facial muscles drawn, Mycroft stood, and straightened down his waistcoat. He had tea ready in less than fifteen minutes and returned to the lounge. "Still here, I see." Sherlock reached over to take the cup of tea. Taking a sip, he hummed appreciatively. Not to badmouth John's, but Mycroft's tea was much better. And so was the milk. Just better quality, nothing to do with expertise. Sherlock nodded on his tea. "I'm not going away until you accept the invitation." "Why on earth should I accept an invitation that comes alongside an event I want no participation in." "Because I invited you."

'Tis the destiny [G] in AO3

Written for @mystradepromptsandscenarios "Because it's tradition, that's why."

A/N. It's a Christmas story, and I just realised "Merry Christmas" is never said.

[ewebie]

All Is Calm

Someone mentioned that the When You're Fast Asleep series would suit a small Christmas fic... and well, it does. And upon consultation with some people, *spicy* fics are saved for Christmas Day, and these short, softs go well with Christmas Eve. Thanks to Mousie for a quick, oncall beta!

All Is Calm 

Leaving the office in December, even with the short, dark days, had become a spot of joy in Mycroft’s life. The Lestrade house had holiday traditions and decorations and food and plans, and Mycroft had been adopted into all of them.

[jaybeefoxy]

Compliments of the Season, to all my mutuals, and anyone else who finds this corner of the internet. Behold, a rec list of my winter/Christmas/Yule fics, for your delectation and delight.

First up, my fantasy medieval Mystrade, Lord of Misrule.

My Scottish Greg-in-a-kilt series, Winterlight Mystrade (Winterlight and Winter's Awakening).

My fairytale Mystrade with a hint of magic, Miracle on Islington High Street.

My friends-to-lovers Mystrade romance set in the lovely city of York, Evening The Odds.

Lastly my Mystrade sick fic, Winter's Tale.

A heartfelt thank you to all my followers and mutuals for all the kudos, comments, and reblogs. A very happy Christmas and best wishes for 2024.

[the-inspector-jones]

Now complete (for reasons...)

🎄 🎄 🎄

[mystradeholidaycollection]

Here are a few holiday writing prompts to get the juices flowing!

XMAS PROMPT LIST 🎄🎁❄️

SCENARIOS;

Decorating the tree

Dancing in the snow

Present shopping

Gift giving

Wrapping gifts

Making a gingerbread house

Gingerbread house competition

Snowball fight

Sledging

Mistletoe

Christmas baking

Christmas market

Making snowmen

Christmas party

Watching Christmas movies

Dancing to Christmas music

Going ice skating

Christmas dinner

Making Christmas dinner

Fake dating for Christmas Ball

Secret Santa

Both reaching for the last cookie

Making Christmas decorations

New Years Countdown

NYE Party

DIALOGUES;

"Stop trying to get me to walk under the mistletoe.”

"That should be our Christmas card this year."

"Why'd you turn the music off?"

"I know we said no presents this year but..."

“I hate Christmas shopping.” - “I love Christmas shopping!”

“Do you want to put the star on the top of the tree?”

“What do you think? Like the tree?”

“Open your stocking!”

“It’s snowing!”

“What are you doing?” - “Making a snow angel.”

“Do people even use nutcrackers?”

“Do you still believe in Santa?”

“You’d make a cute elf.”

“Look! Reindeers!”

“Is that supposed to be a snowman?”

“Do you have any carrots?”

“This is the best gift you could’ve given me.”

“You have snow on your eyelashes, looks cute.”

“Come here by the fire.”

“Please don’t make me wear this, I look ridiculous.”

“You’ve really made my Christmas this year.”

“I thought you were going home for Christmas.” - “Well, I couldn’t leave you all alone.”

“I’m never letting you convince me to go carolling again.”

“Hey, if we don’t find someone by midnight…you and me…maybe?” - “Ask me properly and I might consider it.”

“Here, you can have one of my gloves.”

“What are you wearing?”

“Did you get us matching pyjamas?”

“You look so beautiful in the snow.”

“It’s bold of you to assume I haven’t eaten my entire advent calendar.”

“Christmas hot chocolate is not normal hot chocolate. Where are the marshmallows?”

“Smell this candle, it’s amazing.”

“Aren’t you going to write your letter to Santa?”

“I’ll let you sit on my knee.”

“You’re my Christmas angel.” - “Wow that was…intense.” - “Just take the compliment.”

“Will you be my new years kiss?”

“But I wanted to be Santa this year!”

“Did you make me a tinsel crown?”

“I can’t get the star on, would you give me a hand?”

“Looks like you’ve had a few drinks!” - “You haven’t had enough if you’re noticing. Come on, bar’s over there.”

“Will you make me a hot chocolate?” - “Name all the reindeer and I will.”

[candlelightscribe]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Mystrade - Fandom, Kidlock - Fandom Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, Greg Lestrade, Violet Holmes, Siger Holmes, Redbeard, Holmes Family - Character Additional Tags: Christmas, mystrade, Kidlock, Caring Greg Lestrade, 12 Days of Christmas, Minor Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade, Caring Mycroft Holmes, Mycroft Holmes Has Feelings Summary:

It's Christmas in Newbury England. Young Mycroft Holmes has never done this, "relationship thing" properly before. But Greg has a few ideas. Despite his disdain for the holidays and the connections with unsupportive family, Mycroft finds himself not minding so much this year, as long as he remains close to Greg, and his mischievous little brother. And who couldn't do without a little holiday cheer?

[birdie-0318]

Hi everyone! Here’s my latest fanfic, I’ll Be Home For Christmas. Hope you all enjoy and have an awesome holiday!

“It all started with a phone call and lies that had finally caught up with him. It was a mistake. Greg hadn't meant for it to happen, but, now, Mycroft Holmes is coming to his parents for Christmas as his "boyfriend".”

[holmesianlove]

How about Chapter 4 for you all?

Have some more of Greg & Mycroft getting to know each other.

[mrsmaudieholmesteapot]

Greg and John wish you the same but they are currently busy to bake new ginger nuts. Their boyfriends were just too quick to eat them

Merry Christmas from the Holmes brothers

[mystradeholidaycollection]

The Mystrade Holiday Collection 2024 is now open!

The collection is open and unmoderated, so you can add your Mystrade holiday fic or art when you are ready. The collection will remain open from November 30 through January 6. (It will close shortly after midnight on January 7, 2025.) 🎄

The only rules are that it be Mystrade fic or art, written/created in 2024 and holiday (Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Chanukah, Christmas, New Year's, Kwanza, Winter Solstice, etc.) themed. So if you wrote a Christmas fic in July this year you can add it starting, well, now. 🎄

The link to the collection is here.

At least once a week we’ll blog links recently added to the collection. Mycroft and Greg are very interested to know what y’all come up with.

image by @annecumberbatch

Any questions? Feel free to send a message or comment on the post.

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Hello ☺️ first of all, I'd like to THANK you for all those ficrecs, thanks to them I've discovered many awesome stories!

I know it may be early for some,but do you happen to have a Christmas fic rec list? I am desperate for some bitter sweet Christmas stories 👀

Hey Lovely!!

NEVER too early! This is the perfect time to start is early December if you want a month of fuzzy feels!!!

Check out these lists of mine to please you!

Christmas Fics (Dec. 2017)

Christmas: Oblivious That One or The Other is In a Relationship

Christmas 2019 Part 1 (All Bookmarks XMas and New Years)

Christmas 2019 Part 2 (Marked for Later)

G / T / K+ Rated Christmas Fics (Dec. 2018) (Updated Dec 2021)

Community Recs: Christmas 2020 (Updated Dec 2021)

Christmas Trees / Decorating

Christmas-Time Love Confessions

Christmas & NYE 2023 Pt 1: Bookmarks & WIPs

Christmas 2023 Pt 2: Marked For Later

New Year’s Fics (Jan 2018)

New Year’s Fics (Jan 2023)

Hot and Cold Fics (June 2022)

And if anyone has a NEW fic this year that they or wrote or want to promote, please let us know!!!!

EDIT: AND just for shizz and giggs, here's some other people's lists I've reblogged in the past:

SilentAuror’s Fics 2019

Johnlock Comes A-Wassailing (Chriscalledmesweetie)

bluebell’s Sherlock Winter Holiday Bingo Contest 

apliddell’s Christmas fics

ineffable husbands Christmas fics (additions to my lists)

favourite johnlock christmas fics by starfleetholmes

Non-Christian Winter Holiday Fics

A J. Baillier Christmas Fic Package

A Very Johnlock Christmas by a-different-equation

Some Christmas Fics by discordantwords

Five Festive Fics Friday by 7-percent

calaisreno’s Christmas Fics 2021

Silent Auror’s Christmas Fics

Khorazir 2021

Calaisreno 2022

Berty’s Festive Fics 2022

helloliriels holiday list

thegildedbee 2023

Christmas Advent Pt 2 (swissmiss)

Mystrade Holiday Collection 2024

Enjoy!

[stellacartography]

Thanks to @lisbeth-kk for tagging me.

Fic Writer's Meme

How many works do you have on ao3?

I have 28! 18 in Sherlock, 6 in Star Trek: Voyager, and 4 Good Omens.

What’s your total word count?

182,614, a majority of which is Kinesis, but as a person who has always struggled with completing things, the 100,000+ words that aren't Kinesis are a real victory in my head.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Kinesis (Mystrade), The Interrogation of Anthony Crowley, Witch (Ineffable husbands co-written with @mevima), Avast Ye Merry Gentlemen (Johnlock Christmas), The Bold and the Bruised (Mystrade 360MG), Atonement (Janeway/Chakotay post-series reconciliation).

Do you respond to comments? Why/why not?

Absolutely! I love comments. If I haven't responded to a comment it's only because life has been eating my brain and I will get to it once I've recovered.

What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

Probably All the Time it Takes to Wait, which is titled after a song I played obsessively at the time while I was dreaming up the scenario of Chakotay actually getting to have feelings about the whole Fair Haven disaster. Nothing is resolved but they have it out. The song is angsty and so is the fic.

What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

It's gotta be Kinesis. Not to overhype, but the ending is pretty satisfying and joyful.

Do you write crossovers?

I have the outline of a Sherlock/Star Trek crossover in my WIP pile.

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

No, but I can't wait. Bring it on, internet. I love an argument. I love to analyze the fears and insecurities of people who start fights on the internet over free content lovingly created and bravely posted. I am unhinged and ruthless.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Hell yes. Smut has been an essential part of my recovery from religion, both the reading and writing of. Smut is so revealing of a character's motivations, their vulnerabilitites, their desires. I think it's a marvellous thing.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge. If so, I'd rather not know.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

No.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes, the aforementioned The Interrogation of Anthony Crowley, Witch was so much fun to write with @mevima. It was way outside my comfort zone, kinkier and darker than anything else I've written.

What's your all-time favourite ship?

Johnlock and Mystrade are forever duking it out in my head. I also love Ed and Stede's speedrun enemies-to-besties-to-lovers dynamic in OFMD.

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

Never say never, right? I have another long one that could be a Good Omens AU set in Toronto in the early 90s. Because it's last on my list of long fics, I don't know when I'm going to get to it. Also all the garbage behaviour of a certain writer/creator has really sapped my enthusiasm for writing in the fandom right now. I had a thought to turn it into an OFMD fic but I'm not sure if or when I'll get around to it.

What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue is my friend. If I get stuck in a scene, I just make the characters talk and it helps me move on. Comes from a background in writing plays.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Endings! Spare me from having to finish anything. I get burnt out and distracted easily but I'm learning to manage it. I look forward to the times when the story really flows, but since most days are not like that, it's about finding ways to write the next 5, 10, 500 words.

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

Like so many things, I don't think there should be hard and fast rules about what writers can and cannot do. For me, I'd be inclined to check with a native speaker if I can find one, but keeping in mind that this is not a professional venture, I think foreign dialogue in fic is a "do your best and be forgiving" venture.

That said, if a writer chooses not to get a native speaker to weigh in on their usage and they get comments like "Hey you bum. Don't use google translate for this!" we have to be willing to take our lumps and seize the opportunity: "My hero! Will you look at the rest of my dialogue for me?" Fandom is about connection building.

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

My first creative writing project in first grade was an origin story for a talking boot puppet in a horrifying Canadian children's program called Readalong. But I had no idea what a fanfic was at the time.

My first intentional fanfic might have been an unpublished Sailor Moon or Mulder/Scully fic that may live on in a hard drive somewhere.

First fic on AO3 is actually poetry called Not a Romance about what Kathryn Janeway was thinking after the episode Resolutions.

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

Our Flag Means Death. Probably Ed/Stede but there are so many great characters, it might be hard to choose.

What's your favourite fic you've written?

Kinesis. It's the fic I've always wanted to write. It has some of my favourite vibes. And I derived great joy from firing Mycroft Holmes.

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If you see this and you're more of a reader, tag your favourite writers in a reblog or the notes. Seriously, this goes for anything. If you tag me on your original posts, I will gladly reblog and hype your content.