for lady_ganesh: "Nothing Under My Skin but Light"

[innie_darling]

Original Author: lady_ganesh
Original Story Title: Under the Skin
Original Story Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/224984
Original Story Pairings: John/Lestrade
Original Story Rating: G
Original Story Warnings: none - bodyswap
Remix Story Title: Nothing Under My Skin but Light
Remix

Comments

[lindentreeisle]

Hurray! That was fantastic. And Lestrade is extra awesome when he's deducing things. <3

[innie_darling]

Lestrade is absolutely extra awesome when he's deducing, particularly when it's his feelings for John that keep pushing him to deduce!

[lady_ganesh]

Oh, this is delightful indeed!

And watching John Watson indulge in fried food, licking his fingers and uttering obscene noises of appreciation, was a reward all on its own. Mycroft had said something about the artefact being Minoan, home of the Minotaur; Lestrade found himself thinking of Sherlock's body as the labyrinth concealing a prize instead of its usual monster, John Watson waiting patiently at the centre.

I wish I'd thought of this bit, it's brilliant. Thank you!

[innie_darling]

I'm so glad you enjoyed my remix of your awesome story! I had such a good time writing it.

This is the NOT April Fool's Entry.

[livejournal]

User lady_ganesh referenced to your post from This is the NOT April Fool's Entry. saying: [...] remixes of John/Lestrade fic (THANK YOU REMIXERS I LOVE YOU TOO): Nothing Under My Skin But Light, [...]

[thirdbird_fic]

I somehow missed reading the original fic this was based on - off to do that next! - but I LOVED the remix! Lovely seeing John through Lestrade's eyes, and it was so cool the way you showed us the essential John-ness inside Sherlock's body (and vice versa); it made for a really interesting fic.

And the ending was lovely and hot. Thank you for writing/sharing this!

[innie_darling]

I wasn't sure if I could really balance both my first John/Lestrade and a bodyswap in the same fic, while still honoring the awesome original, but much can be done with fantastic betas bucking you up! I'm so glad you liked this!

[thesmallhobbit]

This is wonderful. I've just read the original and now to have Lestrade's version and all his longing and his certainty that it was unrequited and then for him to discover it was totally reciprocated was brilliant.

[innie_darling]

I do enjoy how Sherlock pushes John toward Lestrade in the original, but I figured there had to be another way to get Lestrade to a place of understanding. Fortunately, he's pretty quick on the uptake!