15 Works by Ishmael
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1: Sherlock is forced to look for evidence in a ball pit. “You can’t be serious.”
2: Apocalypse fic. "Sally dies first."
3: Dark Sherlock/John. "the feel of your wet fingers in mine the tackybrownslick the way it clings to us both the shared stain not mine not yours but ours ours ours"
4: MTF Sally and Sherlock. "She hated leaving her secret to a man like that, and hated him even more for keeping it."
5: John is in love with Death. "John first sees him at age six." -
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John is an extreme sportsman and youtube cooking sensation but is tragically injured in the shoulder at the Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling. Sherlock, food critic and part time consulting detective, is investigating the death of one of the contestants. They meet and it's all downhill from there.
(Yes, it is as ridiculous as it sounds. A connected series of one-shots.)
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1: FShep and Garrus go on a second date. On Tuchanka. Everybody butts in. “Wrex didn’t make me an honorary krogan for nothing.”
2: Garrus/FShep culture clash. “Don’t hold back. I’m not about to get hurt feelings over a little interspecies awkwardness.”
3: Zaeed bakes a cake. Gardner does not approve.
4: FShep's renegade interrupts turn into headbutts. Violence is always the answer.
5: Garrus/FShep post-ending fix-it. "Garrus, we get to be scar buddies.” -
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1: FShep and Garrus discuss Wrex. “I never thought I’d say this, but I miss Wrex.”
2: Wrex and Garrus discuss FShep. "Word of advice: next time don’t block with your face.”
3: Jack and Garrus discuss FShep post-ME2. “Don’t look so gloomy. At least you got to bang her before she left.” -
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Soo Lin talks with Sally after the attack at the museum.
“I did not expect to still be alive,” she admits. “I was ready for it, ready for the fear to be over."
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You kiss him, steal the words on his tongue and swallow them down so your body will know what your mind is still not ready to hear.
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- Part 3 of Bodies
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He meets your eyes in the mirror, caught.
The you he knows, touching him. The you he doesn’t, hidden but undeniable against his back.
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- Part 2 of Bodies
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3 Witches, a Wizard and a Squib: 5 Conversations that Shaped Sherlock by Ishmael
Sherlock (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
8 Apr 2012
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John Watson is the boy who lived. Sherlock Holmes is the boy who stood beside him. A series of conversations Sherlock had through the years, from his early days at Hogwarts to the final confrontation with Voldemort. (Spoilers for both series.)
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He names the cat “Stupid.” He’s briefly tempted to name it after the last insufferable, arrogant dick he lived with but—
There are enough people thinking he’s daft as it is.
John Watson is not a cat person. That doesn’t seem to matter to this particular cat.
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John knows he should find the Beast frightening.
He doesn’t.
(If you would prefer details on the nature of the bestiality and cannibalism warnings before reading, see the endnote.)
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For a prompt requesting Polefessional Sherlock. John meets Sherlock at Clara's hen night in a strip club.
“This is the part where you proposition me for sex.”
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John's nightmares get worse and he starts self-medicating with alcohol. Sherlock notices.
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You were born Sheridan Olivia Holmes. Your family called you Sheryl.
You didn’t like those names but it didn’t occur to you to switch to anything else. Not yet.
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- Part 1 of Bodies
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John is not a good man. That doesn’t stop him from trying to be one. (Dark!John AU, mostly canon-compliant.)
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In Which Sherlock and John Dodge Several Romantic Tropes Only to Fall Victim to One Anyway by Ishmael
Sherlock (TV)
1 Jun 2011
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In retrospect, he really shouldn’t be surprised that they see each other naked long before they kiss. Everything with Sherlock is backwards or topsy-turvy, never following the set patterns.