Fic Rec: A Cure for Boredom
Title: A Cure for Boredom
Author: emmagrant01
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 81,714
Rating: NC-17
Verse: BBC
Author's summary: They'd never talked about sex in the year they'd known each other. Well, that wasn't quite correct: Sherlock had never said a word about sex; John had bemoaned his personal dearth of it on many occasions.
Reccer's comments: I was very happy this fic was recently completed so I could rec it before my turn ends this month. Sherlock-exploring-sex-as-an-experiment is one of my favorite tropes, and this story does a great job with it. First off, there’s porn - lots and lots of porn. Very hot porn, of all sorts. But that’s not really why this story sticks with me. Because there’s plot, too. Mostly focused on John and Sherlock’s character development and how it affects their relationship, but there’s also a clever case fic woven in the later chapters. And it’s all woven together to form a satisfyingly hot, funny, and touching read.