"Sherlock..."
"Quiet, John."
"It's just that...the hat is quite difficult to see around."
"The hat is paramount, John."
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"Sherlock..."
"Quiet, John."
"It's just that...the hat is quite difficult to see around."
"The hat is paramount, John."
PiaLR has been a favorite of mine for years. I've been in the fandom for five years and it's still something I reread a couple of times a year. I was wondering, what are John and Sherlock up to know? They've been married a handful of years and wondered if they're still insanely happy.
They are! They drive each other nuts but they’re happy. They’re starting to consider some projects together now that the novelty has worn off. John’s series of action-movie-hero films has really upped his profile. They’re considering a script where they’d be playing archenemies.
favorite marauder era fics????
BROOOO I just read The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun and I - - - aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAA
It reminded me of Red, White and Royal Blue in the best way possible!!!
It has:
Also, for the fans of….. tropes 👀 it has:
Long story short, pLEASE READ IT!
Posting today because I won’t be around tomorrow:
A hearty congrats and gratitude to @rainbowrowell for giving us this world to play in for a while. It has changed me immeasurably, and I can’t wait to read the last installment.
Sherlock 1x3
It’s hard to have a sulk if nobody is watching.
I feel you
Captain John H. Watson ready to serve
I love this too much.
Fic summary: After recent events in New York, Seven-Four-Alpha are set to return back to London. They’ve captured their primary target, but by no means settled their case. They’ve still got rogue Dementors at Azkaban, prying investigators from Luxembourg, and a far larger Death Eater threat to manage, not to mention pressure from their own higher ups. Draco is reeling from his loss, and Harry is trying to be the best boyfriend he can, which may mean not being Draco’s guv any longer. Harry’s uncertain what his team’ll find as they press deeper in the investigation, but he knows they will all be tested, perhaps more than they can bear. But they haven’t a choice, have they? It’s the bloody Death Eaters, after all, and the political integrity of Wizarding Britain and their magical allies hangs in the balance.
Rating: Very. Very. VERY NC-17. You’ve been warned.
Pairings: Drarry, Blaise Zabini/Jake Durant
(Prequel is here, ~15K; Book One is here, ~258K; Book Two is here, ~358K)
Okay, you guys, Chapter Seventeen of Dare To Think has just been posted, which means the entire book is now complete. (So any of you waiting to read it until it was done can start here at the beginning!)
It’s been eight months writing this book. Eight months that have been filled with a lot of ups and downs. I especially want to say thank you to those of you who were so patient with this chapter being late. @noeeon and I have gone through an enormous life change recently which will be good in the end but which has been ridiculously stressful and frustrating. Thank you so much for accepting my flakiness. It means the world to me that you guys have been so kind and supportive and understanding. So much love to you all. Seriously.
With the end of Dare To Think, the Tales from the Special Branch series has now reached 1,018,224 words since the first story went up in February 2017. I am stunned by this, and thrilled, and to all of you who’ve come along for this wild and bumpy ride–you are the best readers I could ever ask for. Thank you, thank you, thank you; while I started writing this series for my own enjoyment, I keep writing it because of the love and excitement all of you have for these wonderful, amazing, infuriating characters. I hope you’ll join me as we start the final descent in this story–it’s going to be so much fun to write.
The last book in the Tales from the Special Branch series will be called Set Me Free, and I’ll post the first chapter of it on Sunday, May 13. (You can follow me here on Tumblr for updates or subscribe to the series on AO3.) I’m going to take a few weeks off to regroup, to give @noeeon and @sassy-cissa a chance to rest, and to let myself have an opportunity to reread the series from the beginning so I don’t fuck up my own canon as I start to weave threads together. In the meantime, if you’re bored, I recommend looking over @daysundercover‘s Special Branch Murder Board–there are some definite plot points on there that may be in the process of being addressed. :D :D :D
Again, so much love to all of you–you really are the best. And to @noeeon and @sassy-cissa, you both know you mean the world to me. This story would not be anywhere near what it is without all of your help and love and support. I love you both so damn much, I can’t even tell you. Thank you for always being there when I’m freaking out, and for always telling me to shut up and get back to writing. You are the most amazing team; I couldn’t do this without you. With great affection, Femme
Previous stories in the Tales from the Special Branch series:
Lost In Your Arms (258K)
These Secrets In Me (358K)
Loooove this universe.
Little bumble in slow motion.
Benedict Cumberbatch arrives at the “The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug” at TCL Chinese Theatre on December 2, 2013 in Hollywood, California [x]
@drarryspecificrecs asked me if i had a masterlist of my rec lists and i did not and figured i should make one. And then like a month passed. So I’m doing it now.
This list has EVERY SINGLE LIST IVE MADE (of 3 or more fics) starting at december 2017. I scrolled down to 2017. Because im terrible at tagging my posts.
This was a very very hard list to make because I read so many good fics this year. I excluded all Erised fics, which made it a little bit easier to narrow things down to 10 out of the hundreds that I must have read.
Summary:
“I didn’t mean to imply that I wouldn’t risk it for you.”
“I see. Because you would? Risk it for me, I mean?”
Harry’s reply comes out a growl, his arms tightening around Malfoy. “I’d risk everything for you and you bloody well know it.”
This holiday season, Harry decides to claim the gift he wants more than anything else.
Summary:
Phoenix Repair Services — We’ll bring it back to life as if it was new! Draco hires a suspiciously private wizarding handyman to fix his kitchen when he returns home to find it destroyed. He expects a middle-aged wizard with greying hair and a pudgy gut to show up. Instead, he gets Harry Potter—with a utility belt and a charming smile—who is more attractive than he has any right to be.
Summary:
“We’re trapped. We’re fucking trapped!” Malfoy exclaimed, throwing his hands above his head and turning away in disbelief. “I’m trapped in a fucking love-cabin with Harry Potter!”
Harry and Draco end up trapped in a twisted, perverted, and royally fucked up house in the middle of the Forbidden Forest, also known as a Love-Cabin. Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like.
Summary:
Draco Malfoy, Head of Veela Affairs at the Department of Magical Beings, does not do people favours.
Harry Potter, recently turned werewolf, is not “people” – not to Draco anyway.
Does Draco plan to fall in love with Harry when he decides to help him? No. Does he end up falling in love with him anyway? Pft, what do you think?
Summary:
When Goyle’s bakery opens on Diagon Alley, Draco doesn’t expect it to the place he ends up finding love, but then again things with Potter always had been anything but what Draco expected.
AKA: The One Where Goyle somehow ends up running both a bakery and a match making service.
Harry Potter is a legend in the world of broomstick racing. He’s won almost every cup, trophy, and bowl – except for the historical London-Nome which has been on hiatus for the past several years. Now the London-Nome is starting again, and Harry will do anything to pull off one last big win.
Draco Malfoy is one of the organizers of the London-Nome. The race is infamous for its accidents, but Draco is adamant that this year nothing will go wrong. However, between bad weather and international problems en route, the biggest trouble is he can’t stop running into Potter.
Summary:
Following his disastrous outing at the Ministry Ball, Harry is determined to learn how to dance. So why do his lessons with Malfoy leave him feeling like he has two left feet?
[excerpt]:
Blaise softened upon seeing Harry’s expression. “If you’re serious, however, I know the best person for the job. The man could teach an Erumpent to pirouette. He also happens to be in town for the next ten days, which may be just enough time to whip you into tolerable shape.”
“I can’t go through another night like tonight. Do whatever you need to make it happen, Blaise.” Harry took a deep breath. “Please.”
Summary:
Draco is the best Unspeakable the Ministry have; his skill in magical control makes him the perfect person to help a struggling Harry Potter learn to contain his wild magic.
Or, Harry needs to learn control, and Draco needs to learn to let go.
Summary:
Harry and Draco are sent on an undercover assignment to catch a Dark wizard — which might not be so bad if it weren’t at a Muggle nudist resort.
Now Draco has to deal with a very interested Harry, temptation he’s long-since learned to ignore, and threats around every corner — including the one to his heart.
Summary:
When Draco gets fired, he reluctantly agrees to break up a girl’s relationship for her disapproving mother. Through word of mouth, the one-time gig turns him into a professional Matchbreaker, however he winds up falling for one of his clients and must somehow balance his secret job and love life. [excerpt]:
“So who is it? The Curse-breaker and the Veela? The head of the Department of Magical Transportation?” Draco’s eyes lit up. “The Dragon-tamer?” Now that particular Weasley could be fun.
“No. It’s Harry,” Hermione said, the name exploding out of her in a rush.
Draco blinked, stunned into silence.
“Harry,” he said, after he recovered his faculties. “You want me to break up Harry and the Weaselette?!“
//Edit
It has been brought to my attention that Ligabus Filium was originally published in 2015 and reuploaded in 2017, so it’s been made into a bonus rec and another fic, Better To Burn Than To Fade Away has been added to my top 10. Thank you @snowgall for pointing it out to me!
Bonus:
Summary:
It should be careful, deliberate, but it isn’t. Like every other part of their relationship, it happens gradually and then all at once, before they even realize it. And when the little blue threads bind them together, there’s no going back.
The three Garridebs aftermath.
After Watson got injured, the great detective tries his best to take care of his Boswell.
The flowers came slowly this time, one purple bud emerging from the tip of his wand followed by a green vine, and then another bud, this one blue. These moved towards Harry; he flinched when they first curled around his wrist, but stayed very still as they moved up his sleeve. When they came to a stop the vine broke with Harry’s wand and the buds unfurled all at once, bursting open and turning towards the weak rays of sun that made their way through the ceiling. “Morning Glory,” Draco said.
From the fantastic fic Any Instrument by @dictacontrion
A 221B Christmas