#mystrade

[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.

[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

[ssayandee]

teen mycroft!

[newtmas-supremxcy]

Me : *gets an idea for a fic* I can totally finish this in a week

The unfinished works that have been in my writting app for over a year : 😒

[stellacartography]

Chapter 2

And

Chapter 3

Are both up.

The Very Essence

"The very essence of romance is uncertainty."

― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

Mycroft is not alarmed by sex. Or Greg's interest in him. But venturing into romance brings on a host of doubts that manifest in a unique and distressing manner. A tale of Mycroft learning to trust Greg and himself, of coming to terms with uncertainty, and of uneaten cucumber sandwiches.

5 Chapters - Complete & posting daily

@keirgreeneyes @once-in-a-blue-moon-rising @the-toad-in-your-piano @lisbeth-kk

Thank you for reblogging:

@totallysilvergirl @copperplatebeech

Thanks to my beta @pipmer and to @chriscalledmesweetie whose wonderful rewrites of classic literature as Johnlock tales inspired the liberal sprinkling of Oscar's words in this one. And of course @cumberbatchedandgatissmitten for prompting LB's grand entrance.

Liberal blame to the MRC as well. @kingsmercyart for giving my art above the eagle eye.

@lavenderandvanilla @starsandstitches @blue-posey @ewebie

[a-sky-full-of-ideas]

Why do you even ship them?

In the past couple of months I’ve seen a lot of people genuinely confused about one or the other ship existing, so I wanted to explain some common reasons characters might get shipped.

But before we get into it: The point is usually just good, plain old fun! The entertainment of them being together !

And for entertainment and fun, it doesn’t matter whether they’ve even been in the same room or not! Hell, it doesn’t even matter if they’ve been in the same universe or not! Basically: It’s all not that serious and the ppl harassing creators/actors/fans about said ships are usually the minority and frowned upon!

First of all, there are different ways in which people enjoy that ship:

In canon, aka it either is canon or they want it to be canon

Half canon, this means either post canon or if a very specific thing would have happened differently within canon

Canon divergent, aka it’s only enjoyable in theory or alternative universes and they don’t actually want it to happen within canon

In other words, there are different ways in which people support this type of relationship

It is the perfect relationship and everyone should strive to find and be this kind of love

While they have their flaws, this is a realistic way a healthy(ish) relationship can come out on the other end of all the horrors tm

This is (somewhat) toxic but in the universe/story line it makes sense and is the best possible outcome for them

This is the truly worst thing that could come out of it for the both of them but that’s why it is so interesting

Usually it boils down to these emotions:

It would be funny if they go together.

It would shift the impact of all that angst and trauma

It would be super cute. Plain old romcom vibes. Specially if the of story is not that at all and you just want something good for them.

Some basic reasons, that are more about the concept of them than actually them: :

They are fan favourites

They are both hot

Everyone else in the group is coupled up

They fit a certain stereotype/common trope

They resemble another popular ship juuuuust enough

The actors have played a couple/ship in another show

Spite! To annoy the author/other fans

Some personal reasons of the individual fan:

Reminds fan of their own crush

Fan relates to some aspects of their story

Fan relates to some aspects of the characteristics

Character looks like them/ like their crush

Based on the characters/stories design

They claim to hate/dislike/annoy each other but are somehow always found in each others business (willingly or not)

Opposites attract: They have opposing color schemes, personalities and/or views. The more differences the better.

Parallels: They have the same color schemes, personalities and/or views. The more similarities the better.

Based on their relations

You just want something good for this character and they (other character(s)) ARE that something good.

You just want something annoying for this character and they (other character(s)) ARE that something annoying.

Them being together would annoy this other character to noooo end

Even tho they don’t interact on screen (often), there is evidence that they did so off screen: they keep up a certain level of relationship (good or bad) despite everything else going on

Purely about the characters

They don’t pay attention to anything or anyone else nearly as much as they do about each other, especially ppl they should objectively care more about.

They’re the only ones who survived/left to deal with the aftermath. Even if they didn’t talk much prior to this, this is something to bond over. To keep the memory alive.

The expectations set on them are/were the same. And despite the different support systems and coping mechanisms… the other is truly the only one who could even find a glimpse of understanding of what they’re going through.

Yin and yang: a perfect mixture of parallels and opposites: They’ve gone through the same thing but deal with it widely differently. OR They come from widely different backgrounds and reasoning but end up at the same conclusion.

BECAUSE they’re so codependent they just wouldn’t make sense with anyone else, regardless of wether they themselves make sense

BECAUSE it is unhealthy and toxic and it’s interesting to explore such a relationship

BECAUSE if they’d be in literally any other genre/time they’d be fine. Nothing this bad would’ve ever happened if they’d just lived in another universe.

Why not ? It’s fiction.

These are all the reasons I can come up with at the top of my head but feel free to add!

Alas I want to encourage everyone to be open minded! Either to genuinely try to understand why a ship exists or, if you don’t want to waste your time on sth. you’re sure you don’t like, just filter and block the ship and their fans!

None of us can afford to waste our very limited free time on arguing with and harassing others about something FICTIONAL …that we don’t even like. Instead, please focus on making and/or supporting art about YOUR ship! This is not only much nicer to the fans you don’t support but also to yourself! Positive interactions will result in more positive interactions after all! Mostly.

[professordrarry]

This is how hyperfixation works:

This is a three second scene. Maybe four if I'm being generous.

But Mycroft and Greg have an entire conversation through glances in those four seconds.

And those conversations? They only happen when you've been together for y e a r s.

This four seconds is all it took to shove me off a cliff of OTP obsession.

And the kicker?

Sherlock isn't even awake...

[gravesofdismals]

a kiss a day keep the Johnlock's problem at bay

[emmastarr999]

I cracked it. Seeing Gabriel and Beelzebub fucking off to the stars felt exctly as if Mycroft Holmes and Greg Lestrade came out as gay at the end of Sherlock season 4.

[rabiessnail]

please somebody write a story where greg and mycroft are married but whilst on an arrest greg gets injured & put in a medical coma to keep him safe

when he wakes up mycroft is beside him--the doctors said gregs memory would be temporarly gone whilst he recovered but now greg wont stop hitting on mycroft and its getting to the stage were its increasingly difficult to keep a straight face when talking about medication

"owch hey mister cute umbrella can u move the pillow abit:)??"

*mycroft fixes pillow inches away from gregs face*

greg: *whistles* "i'd kiss u so hard right now if i didn't have six broken ribs, a punctured lung + a fractured hip."

myc : gregory your parents are in the room

--

mycroft: ah- the doctors have given me some more pills, these ones are a bit large so hopefully you wont have much trouble swallowing them"

greg: *takes a look* nah its fine im good a swallowing....uhhh big things *wiggles eyebrows half asleep* geddit

mycroft: gregory MY parents are in the room

[virfujiwara]

I always draw them in the rain.... Summer retirement vacations somewhere or something

[moodboards-aesthetics]

Gregory Lestrade & Mycroft Holmes

[jax-winchester]

Greg Lestrade is the most underrated character. He deserves more love, I mean just look at him.

[divinity-in-chaos]

Wow I’ve made more it seems. Cause hELP ME

Also another bonus Mystrade one!!! Cause I saw this post and immediately went Oh Greg.

[mrsmaudieholmesteapot]

I want a romcom starring Mark Gatiss and Rupert Graves.

call it BBC Mystrade or something else

[stellacartography]

Rated E - 28 chapters - Complete & posting weekly(ish) - Banner art by @keirgreeneyes

Mycroft has always done everything right. This is not hyperbole. He has attended the best schools, taken the broadest courses of study, achieved the top marks, engaged in the most suitable extracurricular activities for developing a network with all the ideal people. He has said the right things at precisely the right times, and excelled in every one of his endeavours... From this vantage point he can see how this belief in his own brilliance concealed the flaws in the architecture.

A story about losing a job, making a friend, and deciding what defines a life.

When Mycroft's career nosedives after the events at Sherrinford, he doesn't cope as well as he might have expected. Greg Lestrade has known Mycroft for years as Sherlock's brother and the British government. He'd never have guessed they'd get on so well, but Greg's not one to deny a good thing when it follows him to the family cabin. But when his past comes back to haunt him, Mycroft will have to defend himself while protecting the man he loves.

Chapter 1  ⚙️  Chapter 2  ⚙️  Chapter 3  ⚙️  Chapter 4  ⚙️  Chapter 5  ⚙️  Chapter 6  ⚙️  Chapter 7  ⚙️  Chapter 8  ⚙️ Chapter 9  ⚙️  Chapter 10  ⚙️  Chapter 11  ⚙️  Chapter 12  ⚙️  Chapter 13  ⚙️  Chapter 14  ⚙️  Chapter 15  ⚙️  Chapter 16  ⚙️  Chapter 17  ⚙️  Chapter 18  ⚙️  Chapter 19  ⚙️  Chapter 20  ⚙️  Chapter 21  ⚙️  Chapter 22  ⚙️  Chapter 23  ⚙️  Chapter 24  ⚙️  Chapter 25 ⚙️  Chapter 26 ⚙️  Chapter 27  ⚙️  Chapter 28  ⚙️

I try to post here when I add a chapter but I was having trouble keeping track. So, master post it is! Thank you to all who reblog my posts and updates.

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