Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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The Case of the Oblivious Doctor by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
10 Jun 2023
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Watson decides that what Holmes really needs to shake off a series of minor illnesses is a fortnight convalescing by the seaside. The cottage Watson arranges for their holiday is smaller than he expected, and this gives them a problem… and an opportunity.
Soon, they’re head over heels and navigating a relationship neither of them expected.Series
- Part 1 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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A Man in Uniform by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)
26 Jun 2023
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Follows on from The Case of the Oblivious Doctor.
Sherlock and John have moved to the countryside and are getting used to the new freedoms they have now they live in a cottage of their own with a private garden and a housekeeper who is comfortable with their relationship.
Trouble is, Holmes is getting bored and needs a case. So, when their housekeeper’s husband vanishes without a word, Holmes promises to find out what happened to him. He finds a lot more, besides.I stood out of sight of the door. Sherlock knocked, then went inside when the door swung open at a push. I followed a couple of minutes after he had vanished into the dark, striking a match to see my way. The stench of urine and of decay was stronger here. Something ran over my foot - a rat I supposed - and I dropped the match. It extinguished and left me in darkness. I reached a hand out and felt along the damp plaster for the place the wall curved into the stairwell, and slowly ascended.
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- Part 2 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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An Exchange of Friendly Affection by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV), Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
30 Dec 2023
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Sometimes, when a case is going badly, what Holmes needs to jolt his brain into gear is a little, illicit moment of Watson.
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- Part 3 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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The Horseman of Baker Street by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV), Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
05 Jul 2023
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Watson loses his money betting on the horses and can’t make rent. He’s offered an opportunity to earn just enough to avoid him having to confess to Holmes that he’s unreliable. He almost gets away with it, too. But when Holmes works out what happened that day, it leads to a consequence that both hoped for but neither thought would happen.
“What on Earth do you want with me?” I asked, meeting the proprietor’s open smile with more than a little suspicion.
“Let me show you,” the man said, indicating a door at the back of the showroom. This is it, I thought, imagining some of the ways a few of my old comrades in arms had earned a few extra shillings. This is where you die of shame.
But when he opened the door, what lay beyond it was the strangest piece of furniture I have ever seen.Series
- Part 4 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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Forbidden Fire by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)
15 Sep 2023
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It’s 1870, September, and John Watson has earned a scholarship place at a boarding school just outside of London. He has just a few months to get his education up to the standard he needs to pass the matriculation exams for medical school. As luck would have it, he’s paired with a boy called Holmes who is just as lonely as he is.
Together, they negotiate a harsh school life, solve a spate of petty thefts and, in so doing, uncover a much bigger crime involving extortion, embezzlement and blackmail.
And all this whilst falling in love.Series
- Part 5 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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Shooting Gallery by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
14 Aug 2023
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After a period of extensive drug abuse, Holmes recognises that Watson is right - he needs to stop before his habit kills him. But it takes him a little longer to realise he can’t do it alone.
Here are a few snapshots of Holmes’s rocky recovery, and the developing relationship between Holmes and Watson as they navigate the path from flatmates to friends to lovers.Series
- Part 6 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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Hansom Fellows by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)
25 Aug 2023
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Watson comes home early after proposing to Mary. Holmes makes the obvious deduction, and sets out to cheer his friend up. When Watson tells him why Mary turned him down, Holmes realises he might be in with a chance after all.
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- Part 7 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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Stranded! by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)
27 Aug 2023
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Watson is preparing to write up a case for Holmes, but there is a page missing from Holmes’s notes. When Watson searches Holmes’s room for the missing page, he finds a whole lot more. But is he prying, or did Holmes deliberately provide Watson with a reason to go looking?
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- Part 8 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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Fan Mail by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)
03 Sep 2023
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Followup to “Stranded!”
Holmes treats his fan letters with such disdain that he gets Watson to sort his mail for him and burn any potentially compromising letters from young ladies. To his surprise, Watson starts getting fan mail too. So what happens when Watson’s fan mail gets a little… lewd?
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- Part 9 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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I’m not in love by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
30 Oct 2023
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“What do you mean you have never fallen in love?
He looked at me surprised. “I mean exactly what I said,” he replied. “I have never fallen in love and never will. The entire concept is ridiculous to me.”
“Oh,” I said quietly. “Excuse me.”
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- Part 10 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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Preventative Measures by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV), Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
05 Nov 2023
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Holmes is suffering from intermittent attacks of neurasthenia. Watson thinks he has a suitable remedy in his hands.
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- Part 11 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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A Problem in Print by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
12 Nov 2023
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Lestrade brings Holmes and Watson a very particular case. Some pamphlets have come into his possession containing a series of pornographic stories that are recognisable parodies of Holmes, Watson and himself.
As they attempt to solve the case, Holmes and Watson tentatively develop their relationship.Series
- Part 12 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
- Part 2 of Le Caché
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The Somnambulist by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)
04 Dec 2023
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Holmes and Watson have just moved into 221B Baker Street when Holmes is confronted by the sight of Watson in his nightshirt, fast asleep but upright, walking and trying to leave their rooms to attend to injured soldiers.
Watson suggests having a lock fitted to his bedroom to keep him safely inside, but Holmes has a better solution: Watson can’t leave if he has to clamber over Holmes to get out of bed.Series
- Part 13 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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The Mystery of the Missing Metallurgist by rudbeckia for Dryad
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV), Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
05 Nov 2023
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A young wife engages Holmes to find her missing husband. Lestrade thinks the man has absconded to America, but Holmes rises to the challenge of Proving Lestrade Wrong. The case turns out to be far more complex and dangerous than they first thought, and Holmes sends Watson to secure Lestrade’s help in bringing a criminal gang to justice.
When Holmes gets injured, Watson realises where his heart lies and a little lighthearted banter leads to a tentative confession.Series
- Part 14 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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Unfinished Business by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)
28 Dec 2023
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In which Holmes is invited to the most fashionable New Year’s Eve ball in London, and Mycroft has at least one ulterior motive for making Sherlock take Watson as his guest.
“There’s my good, patriotic brother!” Mycroft shifted in his seat, leaning a little forward and smiling, cat-like. “For the sake of Her Majesty’s government, go and have fun. The invitation includes a room for the night for you and your guest.” His smile slipped into a knowing smirk. “Can you think of someone in your life who would appreciate a little taste of luxury as a reward for putting up with your caprices?”
Holmes stared openly at his brother. “Take Watson?”Series
- Part 15 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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Imperfect Signs by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)
30 Dec 2023
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Watson has not seen Holmes for a decade. During this time, he thought all his unrequited love would have died.
He was wrong about two things.Series
- Part 16 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
- Part 1 of FFF
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Pulling Through by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
05 Jan 2024
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Watson has to deal with the aftermath of Holmes’s drug abuse. There’s only one question he desperately wants answered: was this an accident?
Whatever the reply, he has a solution that will remove Holmes from London for as long as it takes for him to recover.Series
- Part 2 of FFF
- Part 17 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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Come If Convenient by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)
12 Mar 2024
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Watson, finally pushed away by Holmes’s lack of regard for his feelings, has left 221B Baker Street and moved into his practice. Holmes is confused—he did nothing wrong! But when Holmes realises (because everyone who gives him advice tells him so) that he is to blame, he knows he has to do something meaningful to win Watson back.
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- Part 18 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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Bands of Gold by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
27 Mar 2024
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It is 1919. Peacefully retired to a little farm on the Sussex South Downs, Holmes has gifted Watson a new notebook and suggested he start to chronicle his own life instead of Holmes’s. Here we have some of Watson’s private (and somewhat scatterbrained) reflections on how their lives have changed over the decades since Watson’s marriage to Mary, Holmes’s disappearance, and the strain put on their relationship by the demands of patriotism in 1914.
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- Part 1 of Rumination and Reminiscence
- Part 19 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson
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Behind Her Back by rudbeckia
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
31 Mar 2024
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In which Watson writes down his rambling reminiscences of how he and Holmes became lovers. With thanks to Petrarch for supplying words Holmes might never find by himself.
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- Part 2 of Rumination and Reminiscence
- Part 20 of Victorian (mostly) Holmes & Watson