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Mary's dead. John is an absolute mess. His relationship with Sherlock is probably completely f... well. It's not the best at the moment, or so he thinks. Especially not after the shit John had pulled during the Culverton Smith case.
And, to top it all off, he has a toddler that he needs to take care of and he's not doing a terribly good job.
What is a poor ex-army doctor to do but to give in to his deepest heart's desire and move back to 221B?
The fact that Sherlock welcomes both him and Rosie into his home with open arms should be enough, right? His unconditional friendship is already more than John deserves.
So why is it now that he's subjected to seeing Sherlock reading bedtime stories to Rosie and explaining his experiments to her and even taking her to the zoo every other week and, oh god, all of the other bits that he couldn't even have imagined in his wildest dreams... why is it that he longs for so much more?Bookmarked by thesignsofserbia
05 Jul 2026
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So We Go Round the Sun by teahigh (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
08 Jun 2013
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If John is the sun, and Mary the moon, then Sherlock is a dark cloud hanging over them both.
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10 May 2026
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John wakes in hospital having lost his memory – how does Sherlock explain their life together?
"...he was tall. OF COURSE he was tall. Why couldn't John have a short boyfriend?! (Or a girlfriend! John thought rebelliously. Why couldn't I wake up with a beautiful woman telling me we were TOGETHER together?!)"
A little bit of everything - hurt John, action John, soft John, wanker John, their first time together, the (hopefully not) last time they were together, the whole love story we all love so much and the truth about Major Sholto.
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- 12/12
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30 Apr 2026
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Sherlock's been falling ever since he stepped off Bart's roof two years ago. Now, he's back home, but as it turns out, he's still not ready to land.
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- Part 3 of I'm coming home, John. -SH
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- English
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- 39,588
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- 4/4
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29 Apr 2026
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Sherlock comes back from the dead, and he's not sorry.
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03 Apr 2026
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and drive such lonely thoughts from your mind by subtext-is-my-division (Quill_A)
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV)
03 Jun 2020
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“So,” John says, sounding breathless. His eyes are dark and his cheeks are pink, and Sherlock thinks he might be a little bit in love. His own body is entirely too warm to be normal. Is he getting a fever? God, he hopes not. This would be the worst possible time. “So,” John says again. “I know you’re married to your work and this isn’t your area. But. I was thinking, maybe you could re-evaluate that.”
“Re-evaluate,” Sherlock repeats, in a strangled sort of voice.
John tilts his head, licks his lips. “If you’re amenable.”
Or: Five times John kissed Sherlock, and one time Sherlock kissed John.
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11 Mar 2026
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Any Road Will Take You There by cmcross
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
04 Jun 2012
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John lets out a puff of laughter. “And how does he look at me?”
“The same way he looks at cocaine and cigarettes."Bookmarked by thesignsofserbia
11 Mar 2026
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Hows For Whys by hitlikehammers for scullyseviltwin
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
09 Jan 2017
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John’s had plenty of opportunities, hell: he’s had opportunities today, just now. He maybe even thought he was taking advantage of one of those opportunities. But John's learned enough from this chair, in this home that he can’t escape, that can’t escape him—John’s learned it doesn’t matter what he thinks, what he hopes, no: facts matter. Evidence matters. What it all adds up to in the end is what matters, and what it all adds up to is this:
John Watson is not the man he wants to be.
Spoilers for 4.02—The Lying Detective
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17 Feb 2026
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As On A Darkling Plain by hitlikehammers
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
01 Nov 2013
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“You and me, and our problem” John pauses, and Sherlock can hear the way he swallows, the connection all too clear: “The final problem.”
Gottle o’ geer...gottle o’ geer...gottle o’ geer. The echoes of the past ricochet indefinite inside Sherlock’s skull, and down as they give way to the present, as he stares up at the rooftop, at John.
Oh. Oh, no.
Sherlock's greatest fear isn't one that he can face.
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- 1/1
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18 Feb 2026
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In between corpses and embezzlement cases and grand thefts, it’s all very comfortable and domestic.
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- Part 1 of Pocketwatch Series
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17 Feb 2026
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The Key by 221b_careful_what_you_wish_for
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
13 Dec 2014
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Six months after the tarmac scene, John gives his key to 221B Baker Street back to Sherlock, deciding he needs a clean start -- but there's too much left unresolved for that to easily happen.
(I wrote this purely for the feels, wondering what would happen if John walked away after all the trauma of S3... You know they can't stay apart, but what might happen in between?)
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- English
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- 13/13
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26 Jan 2026
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Gone to Feed the Roses (Elegant and Curled) by hitlikehammers
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
15 Jun 2012
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John Watson is no one's weeping widow, and he knows that it's not impossible to cheat death.
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- 4/4
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17 Jan 2026
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"I've never begged for mercy in my life," Sherlock lies. He has--exactly once--and has nothing to show for it.
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07 Jan 2026
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After the events of series 4, Major Sholto invites John and Sherlock to lunch one day. It nearly proves to be too much for their tenuous relationship as the past haunts the present, putting the future that Sherlock so desperately wants at risk.
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- 3/3
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31 Dec 2025
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Our Enthusiasms Which Cannot Always Be Explained by withoutawish for Knitbelove
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
23 Dec 2012
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The list that is tacked haphazardly on the refrigerator of 221B reads, ‘Kidney(s), and/or a full cadaver (preferably male, late 30s, under six feet tall), bag of fresh toes, sixteen cow’s eyes (corneas retained), dual exhaust hand –held flame thrower, an unopened first edition copy of Joseph Conrad’s 'Heart of Darkness', and no less than ten abhorrently gruesome murders in the upcoming month.” The one neatly hanging next to it simply reads, “Sex.”
One of these lists is not John Watson’s. If John Watson were to put what he really wanted in list form, to live in a land somewhere beyond ‘almosts' now that Sherlock Holmes has indeed returned to him, he would never be able to look his flatmate in the eye ever again.
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- English
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28 Dec 2025
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Achieving the Together-Coloured Instant by teahigh (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
19 Dec 2012
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John wonders if this is how it’s going to be: A life speaking in code, because they’re both too stupid to figure out how to say, “I love you.”
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28 Dec 2025
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John’s marriage is over and he is finally back home (i.e. at Baker Street, where he belongs).
Sherlock is awfully insecure and John is awfully hesitant, and they're both awkward idiots, of course, but they figure it out. Many First Times happen.- Language:
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- 4/4
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19 Dec 2025
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Nothing to Make a Song About by emmagrant01 for Alecto
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
20 Mar 2013
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When Sherlock returned from his faked death, John could not forgive him for the deception and broke off their friendship. Ten years later, John returns to London in search of yet another new beginning. Sherlock, not surprisingly, is waiting.
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- Words:
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- Chapters:
- 10/10
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- 5
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- 1,776
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19 Dec 2025
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The Sum of Us (Mostly Calculated by Everybody Else) by Linpatootie
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV)
30 Apr 2012
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John decides to come out. More or less. Not that he's gay or anything. He's just bumming his flatmate.
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- Language:
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- Words:
- 9,183
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 569
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18 Dec 2025
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With No Loss of Enthusiasm by haemodye
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
10 Dec 2012
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If memory serves (and really, when has it failed him) there has been a significant increase in touching since Sherlock’s return.
Wherein Sherlock decides to experiment with physical proximity, John gets slightly tipsy, and Sherlock learns to enjoy sitting in/on the back of a vehicle.
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15 Dec 2025