#pottering around in surrey mystrade

[jaybeefoxy]

I have finished it. ANOTHER WIP OFF THE LIST! Pottering Around in Surrey is done,my Mystrade Au is complete. Chapters 11 and 12 are up. God, I hope they read okay...

[swissmissficrecs]

Top 10 Sherlock fics by kudos in 2023

Top 10 fics completed in 2023 that garnered the most kudos on AO3. Excluded: chaptered "fics" that are actually collections of standalone ficlets and crossovers that are mostly about the other fandom. Fics that began posting earlier (in some cases, years earlier) obviously have the advantage of more time to rack up kudos. Kudo counts as of 2 Jan 2024.

1. 1,720 kudos: The Case of the Man Who Was Wanted by MyDearLadyDisdain (232K, M, Sherlock/Harry Potter) After an inexplicable case in Surrey, Sherlock is after the strangest criminal he's ever encountered: a mass murderer, that has eluded the authorities for almost 14 years. Unfortunately, Sherlock Holmes is the only one that can see right away that this Harry Potter character is completely innocent. And hang on, is that tea set floating?

2. 1,682 kudos: Shift by stopthat (48K, E, Johnlock) Sherlock is tired. John senses a shift.

3. 1,102 kudos: Ride On by Silvergirl (38K, E, Johnlock) After the disastrous reveal at the Landmark, John tells Sherlock there can be no excuse for what he’s done, and no forgiveness. Sherlock leaves London and starts a new life, and not even the British Government knows where. It’s up to John to track him down and make things right, with a trip around the world and a clue only John would recognize.

4. 851 kudos: Till Death Do Us Part (Not Yet, Not Yet) by Civilized_muppets (8K, T, Johnlock) In which Sherlock and John have been married for years, not that any member of the yard has ever heard of John, much less that Sherlock was married at all, until John is kidnapped from Afghanistan.

5. 797 kudos: The story of the Forgotten Wallet. by Headphones_on_the_Skull (25K, E, Johnlock) Just some dirty Alpha/Omega Johnlock porn.

6. 788 kudos: Nothing to Celebrate by DiscordantWords (30K, M, Johnlock) Sherlock Holmes is back from the dead. Things only get worse from there.

7. 726 kudos: A Tale of Two Soldiers by batslikepastel (14K, T, Johnlock, Jolto, Mystrade) It's Christmas, and Sherlock and John are finally flatmates again after the tumultuous events of the previous year. But a sudden revelation about John's sexuality and James Sholto's unexpected presence throw a wrench into Sherlock's plans, and his jealousy threatens to overwhelm him even as John remains blithely oblivious. Their relationship has reached a turning point, and the ball is in John's court now.

8. 671 kudos: Nightjet by khorazir (22K, M, Johnlock) Officially deceased for eighteen months and still looking for the last remainders of Moriarty’s criminal empire, an exhausted Sherlock boards a night train in Germany to bring him to his next hunting ground. Due to a mishap with the sleeper cars, he is forced to share a compartment with a stranger – who turns out to be not quite as strange as Sherlock thought. The universe isn’t lazy, after all …

9. 646 kudos: Our Love Keeps the Things It Finds by her_ladyships_soap (25K, T, Mystrade) Everyone has a soulmate. Everyone. It's simple human biology. Over the course of every person's life, they develop tattoos of the things their soulmate loves most. Though he has always disliked the concept, Mycroft Holmes is painted from head to toe with dozens of brightly-coloured tattoos. Greg Lestrade, once-firm believer and hopeless romantic, has just nine. They are all quietly sophisticated, sketched in smooth shades of black and grey and easy to hide. Neither of them has gained a tattoo in years. But when they both suddenly find new markings, things finally fall into place.

10. 636 kudos: In Fine Spirits by EventHorizon (189K, M, Mystrade, Johnlock) A very upscale bar/private club needs a bartender and scruffy, punky Greg Lestrade is certain he has the right skills (and needs the job), so walks in to apply in person. He didn't realize that someone else he knew works there, also. Though… 'knew' probably isn't the proper term for a one-night stand where you didn't even learn their name during the fun…

[fuzzyfox13-blog]

New chapter of Pottering Around in Surrey is up. Greg faces a long and lonely week without his new found love, Mycroft. The weekend brings Mycroft back though, and the two men enjoy their weekend together. Sexy fluff ensues.

[paialovespie]

@jaybeefoxy has submitted a fantastic fic to the Mystrade Is Art collection. You can read Pottering around in Surrey HERE

[jaybeefoxy]

I have finished it. ANOTHER WIP OFF THE LIST! Pottering Around in Surrey is done,my Mystrade Au is complete. Chapters 11 and 12 are up. God, I hope they read okay...

[jaybeefoxy]

Chapters 4 and 5 are up. 

@johannadc @paialovespie @merindab and anyone else who wants tagging.

[jaybeefoxy]

Third chapter is up.

[jaybeefoxy]

YET ANOTHER NEW AU! This one is inspired by @paialovespie‘s idea for Mystrade is Art, happening May 2021. Greg is a potter, having left the police before turning DI, and retiring to a village in the Surrey HIlls to return to the life he had before entering the police. Greg’s mum was a potter and taught him all she knew before he left school, so Greg retires to what he knows and loves. Mycroft meets him again on one of his infrequent visits to the capital to drop his work off at his friend, Irene’s gallery, and his interest is piqued. Will Mycroft visit the pottery studio in Sherewell Lacy, and satisfy his curiosity as to what Greg is doing there? Well, this IS Mystrade...

[jaybeefoxy]

Two more chapters up. Must be on a roll...

Chapter 9 of "You Can Lead A Horse..." (Mystrade, Greg is in the Mounted Division, Mycroft is CEO of a scientific instrument manufacturing ), and a short chapter 10 for "Pottering Around in Surrey" (Greg is an ex-policemsn turned potter, who reconnects with Mycroft Holmes on a visit to his brother at Baker Street).

I hope you enjoy.