On the tenth day of Sherlockmas... "It always sounds better on paper," a gift for probablywont

[goldvermilion87]

Author: [redacted]
Title: It always sounds better on paper
A gift for: probablywont
Characters/Pairing: Sherlock/John preslash; Greg Lestrade; Sherlock Holmes; John Watson
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: No warnings apply
Summary: They have two months to put together one of the largest and most ambitious grant proposals the Chemistry department has ever

Comments

[probablywont]

Oh my God. I don't even know what to say. THANK YOU, MYSTERY GIFTER, YOU ARE AMAZEBALLS!!!!!!! This was so, so good and everything I could have hoped for. The voices were pitch-perfect, the subject matter was glorious, and the email chains. Oh, the email chains.

The writing was just so much fun to read; I'd start quoting but then I'd be quoting the whole darned thing. I will say that I think I fell in love at:

"Oh, Gregory," Mycroft drawled with more than a hint of kindness. "You always have a choice."

Patently untrue, but he would take what he could get.

The hints of slash were super cute (and honestly, so close to the show's level that it sounded like the show...) and everyone's relationships, the fondness and frustration, were just lovely.

I can't imagine a better fill for my wishlist; this is everything I could have wanted and more. THANK YOU GIFTER!!!!!!

P.S. Also that title is super cute.

[alecto_chan]

I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT!!! And thank you for providing such fabulous prompts that gave birth to this fic.

[xtinethepirate]

It is wonderful and entirely unsurprising that the squabbles and rivalries of Sherlock et al fit so well into an academic context, hahah. Lovely fic!

[alecto_chan]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the fic.

[alecto_chan]

Indeed, I would be all over more faculty AUs in fandom. Academia is just so wacky sometimes.

[coendou]

I totally forgot that I'd been meaning to read this one. I love it! I think I need more academia AUs in my life, along with a followup showing this preslash moving to slash. ;)

[alecto_chan]

Thank you! And don't tempt me about writing more, because it will most likely spawn a monster. As all my writing seems to. :P

[anonlick]

I loved this :D

[alecto_chan]

Thank you!