5 Watson/Holmes Recs, Elementary & Sherlock (BBC)

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Special Rec: # 21
Fandom Category: Elementary
Pairings: Joan Watson/Sherlock Holmes
Fic Title: A Lopsided Symmetry of Sin and Virtue
Author: language_escapes
Link: On AO3
Rating/Warning(s): T (Racism)
Genre: Case!fic, Romance
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: Sherlock and Joan go undercover as a married couple to solve a case of missing infants. A gorgeous look at longing.



Special Rec: # 22
Fandom Category: Sherlock (BBC)
Pairings: Joanna Watson/Sherlock Holmes
Fic Title: The Skeleton Winter
Author: branwyn
Link: On AO3
Rating/Warning(s): M (Attempted rape)
Genre: Case!fic
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: Loosely based on The Dancing Men, this is a plotty case fic that places fem!Watson's own issues under the microscope. Sherlock may make everyone else seem normal by comparison, but Joanna is damaged in her own way. Read also the other stories in the series.

Special Rec: # 23
Fandom Category: Sherlock (BBC)
Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Fic Title: Nothing But What God Gave You
Author: lettered
Link: On AO3
Rating/Warning(s): T
Genre: Pre-romance
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: Feelings! Sherlock is Sherlock, male or female, and lettered gets her voice down just right.

Special Rec: # 24
Fandom Category: Sherlock (BBC)
Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Fic Title: Transparent
Author: Anon
Link: On the Kink Meme
Rating/Warning(s): E
Genre: PWP
WIP?:No

Why This Must Be Read: Sherlock doesn’t believe in wearing bras. Contains the immortal line “My breasts are morally dubious? Try harder, John.”

Special Rec: # 25
Fandom Category: Sherlock (BBC)
Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Fic Title: Above Average
Author: Atroppa
Link: On AO3
Rating/Warning(s): E
Genre: Romance
WIP?:No

Why This Must Be Read: Sherlock wants to find out why John is better than her previous partners. For science.