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   To Stand Before the Storm by ArwaMachine

   Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   18 Jul 2021

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
   • Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
   • Sherlock Holmes
   • John Watson
   • Mary Morstan (past) - Character
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Animal Character(s)
   • travel fic
   • Case Fic
   • Sharing a Bed
   • There Was Only One Bed
   • Okay there was more than one bed but things happen
   • The Great Blasket Island
   • Ireland
   • Angst
   • Smut
   • A sprinkle of fluff
   • Kissing
   • Hand Jobs
   • Blow Jobs
   • Anal Sex
   • Questionable blowjob etiquette
   • the sex in this fic tends more to the rowdy side than soft or romantic
   • toplock but please take my word for it that everyone involved has a perfectly nice time
   • Bad Irish Accents
   • adorable animal companions
   • sheep mutilations
   • I am very sorry about the sheep mutilations
   • if it helps all of the sheep mutiliations happen "off screen"
   • Violence
   • and now for some reader suggested tags:
   • idiots to lovers
   • if there are no trees on this island why do I see two idiots pining?
   • the silencing of the lamb killer
   • John Watson vs. boats
   • READ THE NEXT TAGS THEY'RE IMPORTANT:
   • this fic has a single instance of heavy dubcon
   • that chapter has a warning before it and you can skip if needed

   Summary

   Somebody has been killing sheep on an uninhabited island just off the western coast of Ireland, and Sherlock—of course—can’t resist the call to investigate. As a soon-to-be-divorced John and a recently-not-dead Sherlock unravel the mystery of the murdered sheep, they find that they may be forced to confront unspoken sentiments that have lingered between the two them for some time—that is, if they don’t fall victim to the dangers of the island first.

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