St Petersburg

Title: St Petersburg
Author: redherring
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/Victor
Warning: PG-13, illness (Victor)
Length: Short
Status: Completed

It’s been so long since you’ve seen him, and in two weeks he would have been back in London, in your flat, in your bed, in your arms. You would have protected him then. He is all you have left, the one piece that can never be allowed to go missing.

And yet he had been.

AO3

A one shot which may make your heart bleed. In the end, "everything is gonna be alright", to quote another story I love.

Sun that Burns on a Cloudy Day

Title: Sun that Burns on a Cloudy Day
Author: InsaneTrollLogic
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Mycroft, Sherlock, John, Lestrade
Warning: AU
Length: Short
Status: Completed


Sherlock and John are rebels in a dystopian world.

AO3


AU with Mycroft who has taken over the world. Very in-character but darkish. He is still Mycroft, and Sherlock and John are Sherlock and John. Mycroft is simply guided by other moral concepts. His brother, however, will always be his world.

Fairy Tale of Regent's Park

Title: Fairy Tale of Regent's Park
Author: Basingstoke
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Lestrade, Mrs Hudson, Jim
Warning: PG, AU
Length: Short
Status: Completed


There is a swan, and he's not named Sherlock. And there is a duck, and he's not named John.



AO3

Utterly cute story of Roadblock (Sherlock) the Swan, and Johnny the Duck. And Norbury, their peachick.

The Smart One

Title: The Smart One
Author: Basser
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock, Mycroft
Warning: PG
Length: Short
Status: Completed


And this, Mycroft thinks, is why sitting vigil at his brother’s bedside was a terrible idea. A conversation in the hospital.


AO3


Lovely one shot that shows their brotherly ties very well.
And this from an author well-known for rather dark scenes.


Related Works:
Can't Rewind Verse

What's in a Name

Title: What's in a Name
Author: Clara
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Lestrade
Warning: PG
Length: Short
Status: Completed


 In a misguided attempt at altruism, Lestrade sets John up with some bloke named Sherlock. Only, he doesn't know anybody named Sherlock. In fact, he's not entirely sure that the name Sherlock even exists.


LJ

Brilliant oneshot, I especially loved how Lestrade went on to shout "Sherlock" in public because he was that desperate to find him. Or rather, "one."

Something New

Title: Something New
Author: Aithilin, Wind_Ryder
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/Lestrade/Victor
Warning: PG-13, threesome, pregnancy, omegaverse
Length: Short
Status: Ongoing


Sherlock and Lestrade spend Sherlock's heat together while their partner, Victor, is out of the country. Sherlock becomes pregnant, and they decide not to tell Victor until he comes home. They don't realize that the shock might be a bit too much for him.



AO3

Very sweet compilation of short stories from a specific universe. I quite like the characterizations. They just... fit.

Wind_Ryder also wrote:
Brother Mine
Finally

Finally

Title: Finally
Author: Wind_Ryder
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Victor, Sherlock, John
Warning: PG
Length: Short
Status: Completed


Sherlock's friend Victor Trevor stops by uninvited, and John isn't happy. He hates everything about Victor, but that's not what bothers him the most. What bothers him the most is that he's slowly realized that he might have feelings for Sherlock, and Victor might be in the way.


AO3


Such a sweet, fluffy oneshot. I quite liked the explanation why Victor calls Sherlock "Bee" and nobody else does. It somehow... fits. If the writers ever introduce Victor Trevor to the show, they better do it like this ~ Wind_Ryder shows how it's done.


Same author:
Brother Mine
Something New

Curved Space

Title: Curved Space
Author: taylorpotato
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Lestrade/Sherlock
Warning: NC-17, genderbender, slash/het
Length: Short
Status: Completed

Things can be difficult when you don't fit into a neat little box of gender or sexuality. Some days, everything is fine. Other days, it feels like Sherlock has woken up in the wrong body. They cope with it as best they can, perhaps by drowning in an opiate high more often than they should. But there's always the work. Puzzles to solve. Ways to keep busy. There's also Greg Lestrade. Who Sherlock is definitely not dating. At least, not on purpose.



AO3


The gender issue is well-described, and I consider this important and educational enough to rec it. No, you are not bombarded with facts. It's more like an impression, a "human story."

Same author as:
Blank Canvas, Warm Bed

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

In the End

Title: In the End
Author: whitchry9
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John, Sherlock
Warning: PG-13, injury (Sherlock), disability (Sherlock), character death (John)
Length: Short
Status: Completed


When a brain injury leaves Sherlock unable to make new memories, John wonders how Sherlock will cope, and what it will mean for The Work and their life. Because after all, how can you live if you can't feel time passing?


AO3

Very sad story. The last chapter broke my heart.

Same author as:
Love Is Watching Someone Die

Paper Doll

Title: Paper Doll
Author: numberthescars
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John, Sherlock
Warning: PG-13, injury (Sherlock), disability (Sherlock)
Length: Short
Status: Completed

Sherlock fell straight to the ground, but he didn't die. And John didn't get knocked over by the bicycle. He made it to Sherlock, and was the first doctor on site.

He's so still now. That's the thing that bothers John most.

AO3

A very sad oneshot. Sherlock!whump at its most angsty.

Leave the Signs and the Sirens

Title: Leave the Signs and the Sirens
Author: out_there
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John, Sherlock
Warning: PG, PTSD (Sherlock), injury (John)
Length: Short
Status: Completed


After John's released and back home at Baker St, Sherlock still feels it. Down the centre of his chest there's an ache like a healing wound. A physical awareness of a body he usually ignores as much as he can. It's psychosomatic, nothing more interesting than that.


AO3


Same author as:
Seventeen Letters
The Whore of Babylon Was a Perfectly Nice Girl

And All My Pirates Share the Grave

Title: And All My Pirates Share the Grave
Author: cathedral_carver
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Mycroft, Mrs. Hudson
Warning: R, slash, character death (Mrs. Hudson), illness (Sherlock, John)
Length: Short
Status: Completed

Where shall we adventure, to-day that we’re afloat,/
Wary of the weather and steering by a star?

Work Text:

“Aye. Maybe it’s the black plague,” the Captain whispers at last and he no longer sounds obstinate. He sounds very small and very scared. His hand slides along the tabletop and takes the First Mate’s hand. The First Mate takes it and squeezes it, hard. “Maybe.”

The First Mate doesn’t reply, because in all honesty he doesn’t know, and it very well might be something just like that.

AO3

This is very similiar to another apocalyptic story I am reading. I'll rec it when I am done.
While it does not compare to the gloomy world the other story offers, this one is unique in its own way. It is difficult to create an apocalyptic setting that does depict living, death, and fear in a combination people will believe it to be true. To manage that in less than 6000 words. Brilliant.
Sherlock's mental escape is believable, too.

Never Have I Ever

Title: Never Have I Ever
Aurhor: A Wandering Minstrel
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John, Sherlock, Mycroft
Warning: PG
Length: Short
Status: Completed


John finds himself alone in the flat and decides to enjoy the quiet. At least until a very intoxicated Sherlock Holmes shows up.


FF

Sherlock overthrows a government when drunk.
And is really bad at drinking games.
Yes. Read it. Good twoshot.

An Interesting Puzzle

Title: An Interesting Puzzle
Author: awanderingbard
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John, Sherlock, Mycroft
Warning: PG, illness (Mycroft)
Length: Short
Status: Completed


Mycroft Holmes has had a very bad day. And now it's up to Sherlock and John to make sure he lives to see a new one.


AO3


This story made me realize that I also like Mycroft!whump. The brotherly interaction is really funny, and overall, a good oneshot.

Same author as:
Lost for Words

Secrecy

Title: Secrecy
Author: NegativEvitageN
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Anderson/Sherlock, John
Warning: PG-13, character death (Sherlock)
Length: Short
Status: Completed

“And when they did touch, it was always like fire.”

Anderson and Sherlock’s relationship was a secret. When Sherlock dies, Anderson has nowhere to turn. After the funeral, there’s a small gathering at 221b Baker Street, and he finds something in Sherlock’s bedroom that he never expected to find. Certain things come out in the open.

AO3

God, what has season three done to me?
I truly ship Anderson/Sherlock now...
God. My past me would kill me.

No, this is a perfectly nice, sad one shot. I want to give Anderson a hug and tell him that he just needs to have faith in Sherlock...

A Sense of Propriety

Title: A Sense of Propriety
Author: sweetcupncakes
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock
Warning: NC-17, slash
Length: Short
Status: Completed

Sherlock begins stirring, but John places a hand in the middle of his back.

“Be still. Just--” John’s mouth waters a little at the sight of the whitish fluid and he clears his throat, “Hold on.”

Sherlock looks over his shoulder and meets John’s eyes in momentary bafflement before something like recognition rolls across his features. The familiar blend of smugness and deduction, and he snuffles down against a pillow.

AO3

This is filthy. Really. I've read lots of fanfictions, gen, het, slash, multiple. Yet this one is one of the most filthiest. I love it. John's fascination is graspable for the audience, and it makes you feel... well, guess.

Norbury

Title: Norbury
Author: pimpmypaws
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Lestrade/Sherlock
Warning: NC-17, bdsm
Length: Short
Status: Completed


A BDSM situation in which the dom ends up using the safeword.



AO3

I love sub!Sherlock, and I love Sherstrade. There's a nice chemistry between them, and I can totally see Lestrade as Sherlock's guardian, or at least, guidance. In a relationship, Lestrade would be aware of the power he wields - and this short fic shows just that.

I Don't Speak French

Title: I Don't Speak French
Author: Ricechex
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Victor/Sherlock (switch), Mycroft
Warning: R, slash, drug abuse (Sherlock), character death (Victor)
Length: Short
Status: Completed

“One of these days...” Victor wrapped his arms around Sherlock, pulling him closer. “I’ll learn fucking French.”

(Victor likes it when Sherlock speaks French, Sherlock likes it that being with Victor pisses off his family, wall sex, Mycroft meddles, drug use, someone dies, and more smut than I had originally intended.

AO3


Didn't see that coming. The title sounded like fluff, the pairing sounds like it just has to work out... and then this major problem at the end. So sad. I feel sorry for Sherlock, and well, for Victor, too. It must be so hard to say goodbye, especially at a time when things weren't that great between the two of them.


Same author as:
Composing Hallelujah (The Secret Chord, The Minor Fall, The Major Lift)

The Right Question

Title: The Right Question
Author: Anonymous
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Victor/Sherlock, John
Waring: PG
Length: Short
Status: Completed



Fluffy Victor/Sherlock story which highlights the reason why this shipping works.


LJ


Love it. Just fluffy.