Snape's Worst Memory

Title: Snape's Worst Memory
Author: Darkglare
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters:Snape/Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, Dumbledore, Regulus
Warning: R, School, war, illness (Snape, Lily), alcohol abuse (Eileen), character death (OC Helen, Peter, Mr Evans, Eileen, Tobias), eating disorder (Snape), het, werewolf injury (Lily),pregnancy
Length: Novel
Status: Completed


FF


The Marauders have more enemies than just Severus Snape, who's rotten luck is about to change. His friendship with Lily will continue past fifth year.



This is a story not for the faint of heart. The word count will blow you away before you even get to the good part, the writing.
Lily is very immature, and almost disturbing in her careless ways. On the other hand, Snape's infatuation with her -  strong, then waning with his own fortunes shifting - is fiery and very in character. He is deeply flawed in his scheming ways, and certainly dark(ish).
And if you like the Marauders, stay away.

Severus makes his way into the world.

The only criticism I can bring up is the end. It just lacks a sort of... closure.

Obsession

Title: Obsession

Author: Kerrymdb
Fandom: Harry Potter

Characters: Snape/Tonks, Remus/Tonks 

Warning: R, het, pregnancy, war

Status: Completed

Length: Novel

In her heart, Nymphadora Tonks knows that Remus Lupin is the only man for her. Then why can’t she get Severus Snape out of her head?

FF

A rare pairing, indeed. Not only this is one of the fine points why one should read it, but also because Snape is shown from his best, worst, kindest, meanest side. 

Absolution

Title: Absolution
Author: Ginny R.B
Fandom: Harry Potter
Character: Snape/James, Sirius, Lily
Warning: R, slash, school
Length: Novella
Status: Ongoing


What is it that draws James to Severus? A disease? A curse? A secret wish... a need? Try as he might to ignore the Slytherin, in the end, to Severus is where James always finds himself.



FF

Difficult pairing, but the story makes it (half-way) plausible. But the relationship is complex, too, not only the pairing itself. Well-written.

A Fool's Choices

Title: A Fool's Choices
Author: Morphea
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Severus Snape/OFC (Remus' sister), Remus Lupin
Warning: R, het, school, war
Length: Novella
Status: Completed


FF



Snape hated his life. Not only had he been denied the DADA position for the 16th time in a row, but he was risking his very life spying for the Order without any recognition from his peers. They were all such a bunch of ungrateful illiterates..



Well-written OC story. And I quite enjoyed it, even though I am by nature wary of OCs. Here, the relationship between the teachers is at the center of the story, as well as Snape's war effort.

Rats in the System

Title: Rats in the System
Author: GarrulousGibberish
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John(/Sherlock), Mycroft, Jim, Anderson
Warning: R, murder (Sherlock, John), illness, character death (Mrs Hudson, Lestrade), injury (John, Lestrade, Sherlock)
Length: Medium
Status: Ongoing


No one knows where the virus started. No one knows how to stop it, either. But Sherlock will find a solution. He always does. Or he'd better, because otherwise he's going to be short a flatmate.


AO3


That's one story to enjoy angst at its finest. The characterization is superb, and the setting just screams challenge. I did not have high expectations when I began to read it, but this story captivated me after the first chapter.

Red Number Day

Title: Red Number Day
Author: PipMer
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Jim, Mycroft
Warning: R, slash
Length: Medium
Status: Completed

In a world where everybody has a set deathday, Sherlock Holmes is the only person who can see them. As with most talents, it's both a blessing and a curse. Because Death is a fixed point. Indelible, unchangeable, inevitable. It can't be altered, cheated or delayed.

Or can it?

AO3

Magic realism. Very similiar to This Thing All Things Devour. I liked Sherlock's desperation to understand, to bring about change. And then frustration.

Golden Boy

Title: Golden Boy
Author: paperandfeather
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Mycroft, Jim
Warning: R, slash, magic, AU, amnesia (Sherlock)
Length: Novella
Status: Completed


"Do you know what you have done? A bond was created. You two are now irreversibly connected to each other..." At first neither Sherlock nor John is happy about it but their animosity begins to fade...



AO3

Another AU for the list.

The Vibe

Title: The Vibe
Author: ms_soma
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/John, Jim
Warning: R, slash, AU
Length: Medium
Status: Completed

(Mostly straight) John is desperate for a change in vocation. Along comes the imposing, and slightly intriguing, Mycroft Holmes with an offer for John to join his brother's shop. Sherlock is doubtful his brother is capable of hiring anyone who is not prudish, squeamish or a complete prat, yet maybe he's on a winner with the good doctor. Not that he'll admit it. Yet.

Featuring all the regulars you know and love (and hate), a trip to Sexpo, pining of the requited and unrequited variety, and lots of talk of butt-plugs and dildos.

AO3

The setting is just too funny not to rec it. The end is somewhat rushed but well... it's funny. Check it out.

We Go Anywhere But to the Ground

Title: We Go Anywhere But to the Ground
Author: geordielover
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock
Warning: R, slash, suicidal (John)
Length: Medium
Status: Completed

Every second that ticks by is a reminder of the deafening quiet Sherlock has left behind. John feels his soul slip out of his fingertips, inch by inch, with every passing day.

At some point, he stops trying to hold on.

AO3

Good story. A nice post-TRF.

Coiners

Title: Coiners
Author: oliversnape
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry, Teddy
Warning: R, slash, asexual Harry, post-hogwarts
Length: Novella
Status: Completed


The Ministry needs to approve Severus Snape's application for him to start his life again after the war. Harry Potter has set himself up with a non-dangerous specialist muggle career. Neither have been particularly good at avoiding trouble for long.




AO3


oliversnape. Says everything. I quite liked the combination of asexuality, homosexuality, and family. It mixed well, and it was a calm conoction. No explosion. Just introspection.



Same Author as:
The Pumkin Scone Conspiracy
The Definition of Home (With Sequels: The Definition of Family; The Photo Album)
Far Beyond a Promise Kept

A Slight Misunderstanding

Title: A Slight Misunderstanding
Author: Coragyps
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Moran
Warning: R, slash, murder (Sherlock --> Jim)
Length: Medium
Status: Completed


In which I, John Watson, manage to accidentally convince my flatmate I'm in love with him.


AO3

A fluffy fic in which John tells Sherlock that he loves him. Too bad Sherlock interprets it as romantic love. And John is not so sure if Sherlock isn't right...
Basically: John does a lot of soal finding, meanwhile Sherlock finds the balance in their relationship.

Her Eyes

Title: Her Eyes
Author: drachenmina
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry
Warning: R, slash, disability (Harry - blind)
Length: Medium
Status: Completed


 Severus Snape is the only one who can heal the injuries inflicted on Harry by a vengeful Bellatrix Lestrange.


AO3

The dialogue is especially well-done. The writing isn't dense but everything happens within a month. So in a way, it is a rather tight story. There are almost only scenes, not much flashbacks/descriptions/... .
I like drachenmina's works.

Arguing and Corpses

Title: Arguing and Corpses
Author: AggressiveWhenStartled
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/John, Sally
Warning: R, slash
Length: Novella
Status: Completed

“You’ve stuffed an entire body into the fridge this time,” John accused. “What happened to the milk? The leftover risotto? My bloody jam?”

Sherlock opened his eyes at that. “As a doctor, it should be readily apparent to you that there is only a partial body in our refrigerator. Popular horror stories notwithstanding, it’s rare for an entire corpse to fit into one this size. I had to cut it up into several parts to pack it in, and there is still only seven eighths of it there.”

John stared at the ceiling. “That’s... not better.”

AO3

A hilarious work that focuses on John and Sherlock's interactions, as well as their budding relationship. I very much enjoyed it. It's clever, funny, and intriguing.

Fade to Black

Title: Fade to Black
Author: twistedthicket1
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John, Sherlock, Mycroft, Moriarty (John)
Warning: R, het, murder (John), illness (multiple personality disorder- John)
Length: Novella
Status: Ongoing

John Watson believes one day he'll just fade.

That he'll drown in the black spaces of his mind, and that one day he will no longer exist. It's always been like this, the dark spots marking out moments in his life he can't remember. Where for just a moment he's someone else. Having a Dissociative identity disorder, he can't even be entirely sure he's really who he says he is.
Then he meets Sherlock Holmes. A brilliant detective who when he looks at you can read your entire life story. John is immediately fascinated and afraid, half-wondering if maybe Sherlock can see the other personalities in him and half terrified of the thought of him finding out. Becoming his flatmate seems at once to be a wonderful and horrible idea. Yet as John's Blackouts become more and more severe and his other personalities begin to truly awaken and show themselves with Sherlock's help, the two soon discover that sometimes even the kindest person can harbour a demon best left untouched inside of them.
Because not all of John's other personalities play nicely. and some may be hiding secrets best left undisturbed.....

AO3

A very introspective work. The multiple personalities are John's weakness just as much as they are his strength. I abhor stories that either romanticize or dramaticize disorders. This one is a very good attempt at showing "what if."

This Is Where I Began

Title: This Is Where I Began
Author: dioscureantwins
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Mycroft, Sherlock, Daddy Holmes (Sherlock), OMC (John, Mr Talbot, Mr Mancini), John, Mommy Holmes
Warning: R, character death (Daddy Holmes, Mr Mancini), illness (Mummy Holmes), non-con (Sherlock), drug abuse (Sherlock)
Length: Novel
Status: Ongoing


The only evidence remaining is the expression on his face. Now he remembers it was different from his usual scowl of disgust at the utter dullness of the whole human race – with the exception of John of course. In fact it’s the expression that immediately crops up in his mind at the thought of Daddy’s face. A look of quiet benevolent fondness, not cast around without discrimination but almost always there while looking at his mother, Mycroft, himself.



AO3


There are too many great lines not to quote them. And I think they actually tell more about the quality of this work than any of my praise would do. It just... explains so much, and in so much depth about Mycroft and Sherlock.

“I do hope you will find a John of your own one day Sherlock, because we all need a John."

"He could have been so much more but he chose not to.”

“I … I know I should love him, I want to love him but he’s making it really hard for me. Why does he have to resemble you so much? He’s like a clone and sometimes I feel each day he lives he saps your strength. He’s going to make you die on me.” (Mummy Holmes to Daddy Sherlock about Sherlock)

 “You’re not him,” she says. “You’re nothing but an impostor."

 "I love you. I want to love you. But you’re making it so hard for me. You’ve always rejected me, right from the start. You didn’t want my milk … You squirmed away from my breast with a look of disgust on your tiny face. Your lovely tiny face. And whenever I bent over your cot to pick you up … you were just lying there … looking at me with his eyes … but no kindness … “ (Mummy Holmes to Sherlock) 

 The loss of Mycroft. That’s what the school uniform signifies.

 That night he had crept into Mycroft’s bed to be close to a body he could trust to do him no harm.

 Sherlock wants to reach out to him, to lay his small hand on Daddy’s big long-fingered one to tell him it’s all right, he won’t tell Mummy what he’s seen.

 But it would help if you’d change your attitude, if only a bit. For Christ’s sake, Sherlock, I’m not yet sixteen. I’m nothing but a schoolboy myself and all these worries get heaped on my plate. Mummy is no help at all. She just tells me to arrange everything as I see fit.

 "That’s just stupid and you know it, Sherlock. Or you should ask Mycroft if you don’t. He could explain it well enough. In the real world one doesn’t choose the gardener over the estate. Those fairy stories only happen in novels.”

It is  very sad, a very detailed fictional universe. One of the best works I've ever read.

Six Underground

Title: Six Underground

Author: dietplainlite

Fandom: Sherlock

Characters: Sherlock/Sally, OFC

Warning: R, het, drug abuse (Sherlock)

Length: Medium
Status: Ongoing

"He's just a lunatic, and he'll always let you down." What's the story, Morning Glory? Set in 1996.

AO3

An unusual pairing and an unusual version of Sherlock in an unusual setting. I like Sally's voice. It's very authentic but not overly expressive. 

Blank Canvas, Warm Bed

Title: Blank Canvas, Warm Bed
Author: taylorpotato
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/Lestrade
Warning: R, slash (but asexual!Sherlock)
Length: Short
Status: Completed


Sherlock starts sleeping in Greg's bed, but he just likes to sleep. A love story told through fragile late-night snapshots and half-murmured conversations. 


AO3

Sweet and short Sherstrade with asexual Sherlock.

Same author as:
Curved Space

Resurrection

Title: Resurrection
Author: SilentAuror
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Mary/(John), Moran
Warning: R, slash, cheating (John)
Length: Novella
Status: Completed


It's been three years. Can a man simply come back from the dead? 

AO3

Why can't this be canon?
Plot is fairly easy.
Sherlock returns.
John marries Mary. Sherlock is the Best Man.
John misses Sherlock, and Mary is nasty.

The feelings are very nicely depicted. A bit sappy, maybe even.
Fix it fic.


Same author as:
Deductions of a Lesser Mind
Against the Rest of the World
Vena Cava

Nature and Nurture

Title: Nature and Nurture
Author: earlgreytea68
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Mycroft/Greg, OMC (Oliver)
Warning: R, slash, childfic
Length: Novel
Status: Ongoing


The British Government accidentally clones Sherlock Holmes. Which brings a baby to 221B Baker Street.


AO3

Lovely. I love earlgreytea68's works. They always are very expressive, fluffy but with a very honest attitude. Heart-warming.
Baby Oliver is really cute. I am a bit wary of childfics with babies. Often they are depicted all wrong, all unrealistic. This is not too far-fetched.

There's a spin-off about how Oliver wants to go to Eton, and how John shows Sherlock a bee museum, pardon, apiculture museum.

Same Author as:
John Watson's Twelve Days of Christmas
Scotch
The Bang and the Clatter
Saving Sherlock Holmes

Vena Cava

Title: Vena Cava
Author: SilentAuror
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Mary
Warning: R, slash, cheating (Mary)
Length: Medium
Status: Completed

Sherlock has been shot in the chest; John has been shot in the heart. Though everything is broken, they do their best to heal the wounds that Mary left on them both.


AO3

Fix-it fic. Beautifully written, and many aspects that have been questioned after HLV have been implemented, such as the questionable thumbdrive.


Same author as:
Deductions of a Lesser Mind
Against the Rest of the World
Resurrection