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The Conflict of the Mind by softlock
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
29 Jun 2025
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"The John in his mind palace was infinitely kinder than the real John. So why does he keep longing after him? Why couldn’t he let go and let him live his life?"
Sherlock comes back from the dead and realizes not only is his relationship to John damaged but his psyche is also damaged. Is the damage beyond repair? Will Sherlock and John come together to heal? -
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John and Sherlock act as a fake couple to investigate a case at the Nobel prize banquet.
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“When I said I was okay to pretend to be in a relationship with you, I meant sharing food at dinner and possibly holding hands, not sharing a bed with my flatmate!”
“Don’t be an idiot! That was rather the point, you know! We need to sleep in the same room in order to catch the killer!”John and Sherlock enter a fake relationship for a case. Will these idiots realize they don't need to act anymore?
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But I kept running for a soft place to fall by softlock
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
02 Jul 2020
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"The guilt was eating up at his insides like he was a particularly gruesome corpse.
But John knew he was all both Sherlock and Rosie had. And all he had was them. It was them against the rest of the world. How ironic."
Set after the Culverton case, nothing is well, John and Sherlock are a mess. They slowly pick up the shambles and start anew.
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On Thin Ice by EdosianOrchids901 for flowing_river
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
07 Aug 2024
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After being assaulted while protecting Watson, Holmes struggles to return to work. Watson is worried about him, and his worries only worsen over time. Will he finally be able to convince Holmes to respect his own limits?
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- Part 2 of Under This Cloud
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31 Jan 2026
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The world has finally caught up to what John has always known - Sherlock Holmes is extraordinary. A hero. Admirers flock to him, strangers sing his praises, and John knows it’s only a matter of time before Sherlock realizes he belongs to something bigger than the life they’ve built together.
Sherlock doesn’t see it that way. He doesn’t trust public adoration, doesn’t believe the world’s sudden love for him will last. The only opinion that matters to him is John’s. And when John finally understands that - really understands it - he realizes he doesn’t have to lose Sherlock at all.
He just has to be brave enough to keep him.
(Or: The world falls in love with Sherlock Holmes, but Sherlock Holmes was in love with John Watson all along.)
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- Part 1 of OLTAB fluffy fics
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31 Jan 2026
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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25 Jan 2026
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Story diverges at Empty Hearse. Silver’s prompt for FTH asked for a story where Sherlock tells John what he did when he was “away” dismantling Moriarty's network. As per Silver's suggestions, Sherlock brutally tells him, not just in “ellipses and generalities” but the terrible truth. This begins as a confrontation that leads to “conversation and allows for healing that didn't happen.” Along the way they solve a case and acknowledge their hearts.
Written for Silvergirl for Fandom Trumps Hate 2025. Thank you for the wonderful prompt.
Beta by AnvergersReader (giveme sherbert on Tumblr). Thanks so much for the incredible job.
Also inspired by 26 pieces by Lanning
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05 Jan 2026
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i could be your perfect disaster (you could be my ever after) by 0r1g1np01nt
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Jan 2026
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"mikes gonna hear good luck babe in 40 years and lose his mind" "mikes gonna hear conan gray in 40 years and go crazy" mike is gonna watch dead poets society like a week after will leaves hawkins and in a fit of insanity is going to fly to new york and show up at his door unannounced like the messy gay disaster that he is
aka i wrote a fic based off of my own tumblr post bc it's not like i have anything Else to be doing (sarcasm)
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05 Jan 2026