Fic Rec: Matches
Title: Matches
Author: janeturenne, rabidsamfan
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Length: 20k (in four parts)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Verse: Books
Author's summary: In which we postulate the existence of a meeting before The Meeting, and buggery ensues. A tale in four parts, two of which are the same part, seen from differing angles.
Reccer's comments: Lovely, lovely, lovely porn!
This fic has a simple premise - Holmes and Watson had a lustful encounter in their youth - which rather sneakily manages to stay canon-compliant. What really sets this apart for me is the clearly distinguished way the voice shifts between each section, as we switch between the characters and between the past and the present, and the different layer of emotion each adds to the story.
Holmes of the present-day has a dry sense of humour and a deep, almost hidden, sentimental streak, while his younger self is an absolute delight - charming, imperious, funny and utterly frank about his inexperience. He's swept off his feet by Watson, and you can see why - Watson's handsome, devastatingly confident, and a generous lover. There's just a trace of melancholy in Watson's past self that deepens in the present day to give greater resonance to a resolution that is romantic enough to make me sigh happily every time I read it.
[Excerpt] I had just been rescued from a gang of roughs, in the night, by a Michaelangelo disguised as a physician, and one of his first acts had been to ask me to take off my shirt. There was a benevolent force in the universe after all.
Author: janeturenne, rabidsamfan
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Length: 20k (in four parts)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Verse: Books
Author's summary: In which we postulate the existence of a meeting before The Meeting, and buggery ensues. A tale in four parts, two of which are the same part, seen from differing angles.
Reccer's comments: Lovely, lovely, lovely porn!
This fic has a simple premise - Holmes and Watson had a lustful encounter in their youth - which rather sneakily manages to stay canon-compliant. What really sets this apart for me is the clearly distinguished way the voice shifts between each section, as we switch between the characters and between the past and the present, and the different layer of emotion each adds to the story.
Holmes of the present-day has a dry sense of humour and a deep, almost hidden, sentimental streak, while his younger self is an absolute delight - charming, imperious, funny and utterly frank about his inexperience. He's swept off his feet by Watson, and you can see why - Watson's handsome, devastatingly confident, and a generous lover. There's just a trace of melancholy in Watson's past self that deepens in the present day to give greater resonance to a resolution that is romantic enough to make me sigh happily every time I read it.
[Excerpt] I had just been rescued from a gang of roughs, in the night, by a Michaelangelo disguised as a physician, and one of his first acts had been to ask me to take off my shirt. There was a benevolent force in the universe after all.