FIC: The Making Of (4/11)

Title: The Making Of (4/11)
Author: Emma Grant
Fandom: Sherlock BBC
Pairings: John/Lestrade, John/Sherlock, Sherlock/Lestrade, John/Sherlock/Lestrade
Rating: NC-17/Explicit
Summary: In the aftermath of Sherlock's death, John Watson and Greg Lestrade take comfort in each other. But of course, Sherlock isn't really dead, so this is all about to get complicated.
Length: 4800 words this part, 16200 words overall
Note: Huge thanks to drinkingcocoa for her incredible insights into all the secondary characters in this series. Thanks also to freckles42 for her feedback and for Brit-picking, and also for sharing her frighteningly comprehensive knowledge of guns. ;-)
And yes, it's another WIP. So sorry! I'll update weekly on Wednesdays, as is my custom.
Alternate Link: On AO3
Start with Chapter 1: On AO3 | On LJ

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Rec: Roses of Picardy (now complete)

I know I've recced this before, but now that this fic is complete, I'm reccing it again. Because it needs to be read, possibly published, and definitely made into a film. (Preferably with the sex scenes intact and the original actors cast, but hey I'll take what I can get.)

Title: Roses of Picardy
Author: splix
Fandom: War Horse (But really? This is practically original fic. You don't have to have read the book or seen the film to read and enjoy this.)
Rating: Explicit (Y'all know what I like, right?)
Pairing: Jamie Stewart/Jim Nicholls
Length: 76,330 words
Links: On AO3 | On LJ (link goes to a tag with all posts, so scroll back to the first)

Why I fucking adore this fic: God, where do I begin? Splix takes two characters who have very little screen time and fleshes them out completely. The story picks up in the aftermath of an early ill-fated battle in WWI, then continues through the war and after, following the love story between these two men. It's so completely embedded in the time and place and culture of WWI Britain that I now have an insane fetish for anything I can get my hands on about that era. She deals with issues of being homosexual a century ago, living in fear of being discovered, the horrors of war, and the strength of love to pull people through hell. She takes us through the cultural changes that followed WWI and the way these two found a way to make a life together despite a gulf of class and entrenched homophobia. MY FEELS for these two, god, I can't even. The fic deserves its own fandom. If you haven't read it, go, now. It's brilliant.

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