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The British Government accidentally clones Sherlock Holmes. Which brings a baby to 221B Baker Street.
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- Part 1 of Nature & Nurture
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Bookmarked by amaruuk
08 May 2026
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Yes, this is every bit as good as reputed. Loved it to absolute pieces.
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John Watson finds out who he is actually married to. It's not who he thought.
Beset with marital problems and with distraction in mind, a distressed John Watson helps Sherlock Holmes on a fast paced, high profile case. Unexpected revelations resolve not just the case but all the unanswered questions from S3. -
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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.
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- 10/10
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Bookmarked by amaruuk
27 Feb 2026
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Sherlock, carrying the psychic and physical wounds of two years away, responds to John's rage by escaping to a new life in Ireland. There he sheds all the trappings of Sherlock Holmes to become Will Scott, a beekeeper and musician. John, once the shock and rage have worn off, strives to find him and purely through serendipity manages to do so. Their slow coming together, their acknowledgement of their love, both emotional and physical, is a joy. Lovely characterizations (including OCs) and tremendously good writing make this an absolute joy.
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Three years later, John had a girlfriend, a new job, and a new life, and just because his ex wasn’t dead didn’t mean they were going to go right back to the way things used to be.
Bookmarked by amaruuk
22 Feb 2026
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One of my favorite post-Reichenbachs. Sherlock returns, but John is in a relationship with Mary. His hurt and subsequent rage cause pain to both of them. Mary is not a monster (pre-HLV). A great re-read.
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“Sherlock, do you believe that you deserved the beating John gave you?”
He’s quiet. This question is an unsolvable riddle, every time he’s asked it.
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Sherlock has never known how to take care of himself — let alone anybody else. But if he wants John back in his life, he knows he’ll have to try. In the wake of Mary’s death and John’s rejection, a countryside retreat and a new friendship help Sherlock begin to grow into a better man.
Bookmarked by amaruuk
28 Jan 2026
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Post TLD, Sherlock spends an extended time in enforced care and rehabilitation. He meets a young woman who believably cajoles him into interaction. John, meanwhile, is working and caring for Rosie and trying to come to terms with his feelings for Sherlock. When he and Sherlock tentatively reconnect, he finds himself jealous of Sherlock's new friend. The writing is superlative. Happy ending (though hard won) ahoy!
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Virtual series 4 opener. Sherlock's in prison being targeted by a murderer, John's married to a pregnant assassin and Moriarty's back. Eventual John/Sherlock.
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Bookmarked by amaruuk
14 Jan 2026
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Sherlock goes to prison for killing Magnussen. John is coping with his feelings for Mary. He loves her, but the guilt of returning to her after she shot Sherlock is tearing him apart. Moriarty is back and John is having to serve as Sherlock's agent on the ground. This story is awesome!
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Not You...OK You by Peanitbear for amaruuk
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock (BBC TV 2010)
22 Dec 2025
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John is an omega living on the streets using his medical skills to help the homeless. Sherlock is an alpha that solves crimes. Their first meeting isn't the best, but they do need each other eventually. FTH 2025 for Amaruuk.
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Bookmarked by amaruuk
22 Dec 2025
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A different take on ABO. Lovely characterizations with interesting plots and sub-plots. Very nicely written.
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“Romantic entanglement, while fulfilling for other people—”
“—would complete you as a human being.”After the Culverton Smith case Sherlock is clean, working, and looking for a romantic partner—since John has told him that’s what he needs. Shame John didn’t mention he was interested in that role himself, before Sherlock went off to Rome with a gorgeous Italian copper to try to fall in love and become a complete human being.
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- Part 1 of Drawn to Stars
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- English
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- 60/60
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Bookmarked by amaruuk
25 Nov 2025
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After John's abusive treatment of Sherlock in TLD and exhorting Sherlock to start a sexual relationship with The Woman ("...it will complete you as a human being"), their friendship and Sherlock's hopes for their future turn to dust. Just as John is beginning to work his way out of his own head (and arse) and tentatively makes attempts to accommodate Sherlock, Sherlock reaches the end of his patience and his ability to endure John's cruelties (unwitting and intended). He meets a devastatingly handsome and brilliant Italian criminal specialist, Roberto Zanardi, who doesn't hesitate to woo him. And Sherlock, believing he will never have John Watson, wants to be wooed. So begins a long, painful journey for both Sherlock and John. Sherlock, enjoying RZ's attentions, moves to Italy for a month-long trial period during which he will discover the wonder of sex and the potential of love. Despite his best efforts (the sex is amazing and RZ is unbelievably devoted), he fails to fall in love. John, crushed at having lost Sherlock, spends that terrible month in a welter of jealousy, regret, and loss, clinging to the hope that he might yet be able to woo Sherlock himself.
The writing is brilliant. Silver knows these characters on a soul-deep level and details their emotions with immense fondness mixed with head-shaking exasperation. In the tags she promises a Happy Johnlock Ending and, wow!, she delivers. Almost two thirds of the story concerns their reunion, with communication being front and center. A long, chewy, and so rewarding read.
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John's POV during Season 2 and beyond when Sherlock takes up semi-permanent residence in his bed. A collection of codas and missing scenes wrapped up into one long fic and topped with a bow that takes the story beyond Reichenbach and into happy territory once more. Major spoilers (i.e all of them) for Season 2.
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- Part 1 of Bedtime Universe
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- English
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- 1/1
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Bookmarked by amaruuk
16 Oct 2025
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Sherlock takes up residence in John's bed, platonically. John, however, begins to respond to his presence in a determinedly not-gay fashion. Follows S2 through TRF and Sherlock's return. Lovely, lovely storytelling!
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That was the surprising bit – the way his doctor said it, eyes shining with sympathy but breathing it out, shifting it off her shoulders and thrusting it onto his, making him take it like an unwanted gift.
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Bookmarked by amaruuk
14 Oct 2025
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John's cancer comes out of the blue—only not really. A wrenching story of dealing with sudden, terrible illness. Sherlock steps up. Excellent.
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Guilt-stricken and broken after Sherlock's suicide, John lives the life of a subsistence hunter, isolated in the frozen tundra of remote Alaska. Sherlock returns to his grieving friend and attempts to determine what he so badly miscalculated. John was supposed to grieve and heal and marry. John was always the stronger of the two of them, after all. Slash Johnlock.
Bookmarked by amaruuk
14 Oct 2025
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After Sherlock's suicide, John retires to the Alaskan wilderness. When Sherlock appears three years later, he is torn between grief, anger, and joy. So well characterized and written. Excellent!
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A Fortuitous Oversight by scribblesinthebyline
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
12 Dec 2016
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Sherlock Holmes was perfectly content being a single parent until a scent on the wind caught his attention.
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Bookmarked by amaruuk
14 Oct 2025
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I avoid this omegaverse which avoids almost all the tropes, yet features Sherlock with John's daughter and a developing relationship with John. Just charming!
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John has found perhaps the only way to bring Sherlock home from his self-imposed exile after TRF. He is abducted and tortured at the hands of Moriarty's contingency plan. Sherlock hears that John has disappeared and must ally with Lestrade, Donovan, and Scotland Yard to get him home.
BAMF!John, Hurt/Comfort
John/Sherlock, Sherlock & Donovan friendship
Warnings - Torture, Violence, Rated M.- Language:
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- 133,903
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- 44/44
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Bookmarked by amaruuk
03 Oct 2025
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A retelling of S3. So much better than the Mofftiss version! Long and chewy and a John who refuses to forgive Sherlock ... until he does. Love both characterizations here.
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Post-Reichenbach. The return, the fallout, the pieces you pick up.
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- English
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- 53,807
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- 9/9
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- 285
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Bookmarked by amaruuk
13 Sep 2025
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The last assassin, in Prague, was a woman. She put up a fight, but Sherlock won. This is an ouchy one, very well written.
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Post-Fall. Told from the POV of those paid to keep tabs on the inconspicuous blonde man. But this seemingly quiet doctor has learned from the best. Previously posted on fan fiction .net. I intentionally kept it ambiguous as to romantic Johnlock vs. friendship. You can choose to read it either way.
Bookmarked by amaruuk
30 Aug 2025
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Sherlock conscripts some of his network to watch over John in his absence. John is smarter than he looks and soon catches on.
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"There’s nothing, after all, that John would not do for Sherlock. So what if John’s head-over-heels, painfully, wholeheartedly, in love with Sherlock in a steady, burning sort of way? It bears no relevance to the point at hand; that there seems to be someone else and John has no prior claim. John’s perfectly happy to continue as they are. On cases they introduce each other as partners. The rest of the time, should it come up, as friends. John is content. Sherlock seems to be. Nothing needs to change."
In which John Watson sees something unusual, becomes jealous, and makes too much of a small thing as an old friend of Sherlock's shows up in the middle of a case.
Bookmarked by amaruuk
30 Aug 2025
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Victor Trevor is in town and John thinks that Sherlock is sleeping with him. He eventually learns the truth.
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Sherlock’s chest tightened as John’s hands slid up his leg. God how he’d wanted this. But not… this. It was as if John wasn’t there. This person looked like his flatmate, smelled like him, even acted like him – at least enough to reassure his friends and even his fool sister. But he was empty. There was no passion, no stubbornness, no wry sense of humor. Animation without spirit.
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30 Aug 2025
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Sherlock returns but John is still broken. Lovely consideration of deep, lasting damage even in the face of resurrection.
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God, it must have been terrible, to think that he would never have this again.
(Russian translation available.
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Bookmarked by amaruuk
25 Aug 2025
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John suffers temporary amnesia. Sherlock implies that they were lovers and they "resume" their relations. And then John learns the truth.
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Return, Revisit, Reunion by Anonymous
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
31 Dec 2013
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John Watson has been writing a new blog about holidays and travel in the UK but when he's asked to return to the Cross Keys, he wonders if a return visit would be a good idea.
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Five reasons Sherlock never believed in love and one reason he does now.
Bookmarked by amaruuk
30 Jul 2025
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The one in which Sherlock discovers daddy rogering the nanny. A view of Sherlock through the years. Lovely.