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Grilled Cheese

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:08:43 -0700

Martin stared down at the sandwich in front of him.

He couldn’t comprehend how something so familiar could suddenly seem so foreign.

Grilled cheese sandwiches had been a staple at Parkside Terrace but they’d never looked—or smelled, for that matter—like the one sitting on the white plate in front of him: bright, colorful, and not sitting in a puddle of its own grease. Both sides of the sandwich had been brought to a lovely crisp, a feat Martin hadn’t known was possible without the bread taking on the color of the pan it’d been cooked in. The tomatoes and hints of tarragon, while new and interesting, made Martin feel slightly intimidated coming from a world where ‘grilled cheese’ simply meant grilled cheese.

“Don’t wait for me,” Douglas said, encouraging Martin with a wave of his hand. “They’re best when the cheese is still warm.”

Martin nodded in what he hoped was an agreeable fashion and looked down at the sandwich again. He gingerly picked up half of the sandwich, pausing only to glance back at Douglas preparing his own lunch, and took his first cautious bite.

Martin’s eyes widened as he chewed in disbelief; it was the best grilled cheese sandwich he’d ever had.

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oh martin!

nattie-k: The Taming of the Shrew Kate – Frances...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:27:48 -0700

nattie-k:

The Taming of the Shrew

Kate – Frances Barber

Petruchio – Roger Allam

© The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare, 1996

The very intelligent, refined and fruity Petruchio. Dynamics of his velvet voice and this unbelievable sense of rhythm are fantastic… Kate has no chances to resist him, hasn’t she ;)

Bedtime (773 words) by tartanfics [AO3]

Tue, 07 May 2013 01:15:48 -0700

Bedtime (773 words) by tartanfics [AO3]:

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Domestic
Summary:

Domestic relationshippy John and Sherlock going to bed and going to sleep (without having sex first).

[cozy lil domestic/est rel fic]

fractionallyfoxtrot: mxdp: Cabin Pressure - Martin and Douglas...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:39:27 -0700

fractionallyfoxtrot:

mxdp:

Cabin Pressure - Martin and Douglas kissing in the hallway of a grotty hotel (Carolyn outdid herself this time)

bigger size

Martin couldn’t just see the anger emanating from Douglas as they moved down the hall after dinner.

He could feel it.

Dinner in the grotty hotel’s grotty restaurant had been a risky endeavour but with nothing else in a reasonable distance open at this hour they’d had no other choice. Douglas had been unusually quiet during the meal, as he’d been during the whole flight, while Arthur kept them both entertained by calling out every cockroach he saw skitter across the wall, the ceiling, or the table.

Fortunately, they all came away from the meal without any ill after effects. Unfortunately, Douglas’ anger only seemed to grow as they sat at the dirty little table.

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sherlockbbcficrecs: The Unexpected Father by wiz-chic Summary: Parent!Lock. Sherlock and John have...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:17:41 -0700

sherlockbbcficrecs:

The Unexpected Father by wiz-chic

Summary: Parent!Lock. Sherlock and John have to take care of a temporarily parentless baby. John seems to be handing it well but Sherlock, rather than the child, is the one that has to do the growing up. Plenty of fluff, a little angst, a lot of love, and a touch of heartbreak. One-Shot.

Pairing: None

Rating: Teen

Warnings: None

Word Count: 3,334

Submitted by: wiz-chic

What I thought: i-knew-him-he-was-nice: This was cute and a little sad, and I liked it. The scenes with the baby were adorable - the innocence of the baby juxtaposed with Sherlock’s confusion was well-written, and I liked seeing Sherlock and the baby through Sherlock’s POV, because we understood his helplessness as the baby began to cry. I also liked the final moment at the end when Sherlock and the baby are asleep, and the fact that Sherlock’s violin played a role in the story as well. All in all, a short, quick, cute read. Recommended.

For the person who wanted genfic, or noromo, or S and J as friends. This is a good, non-schmoopy kidfic.

Fic: Contagion of Trust

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:50:35 -0700

linguini17:

Title: Contagion of Trust

Rating: G

Summary: Douglas gets the chicken pox. He’s less than excellent at taking care of himself.

Notes: This fic took nearly four months to write and owes a lot of the Usual Suspects. You know who you are.

Link: Here at AO3

A Little Help From My Friends (15133 words) by Kalimyre [AO3]

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:45:13 -0700

A Little Help From My Friends (15133 words) by Kalimyre [AO3]:

Chapters: 7/7
Fandom: Cabin Pressure
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Martin Crieff/Arthur Shappey, Martin Crieff/Original Male Character
Characters: Martin Crieff, Douglas Richardson, Arthur Shappey, Carolyn Knapp-Shappey
Additional Tags: Loss of Virginity, First Time, Never make a bet with Douglas Richardson
Series: Part 1 of Little Help
Summary:

Douglas cleverly discovers that Martin is a virgin. He makes a bet that gives Martin a deadline to de-virginise. Running out of time, Martin turns to Arthur for help. Fortunately Arthur loves helping.

aura218: gingerplatypussy replied to your photo: Source: aura218.tumblr.com. Do not remove...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:54:49 -0700

aura218:

gingerplatypussy replied to your photo: Source: aura218.tumblr.com. Do not remove this…

legs

yes i has dem?

lol thank you.

Gosling (10810 words) by fractionallyfoxtrot [AO3]

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 03:38:45 -0700

Gosling (10810 words) by fractionallyfoxtrot [AO3]:

Chapters: 15/?
Fandom: Cabin Pressure
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Martin Crieff, Douglas Richardson, Carolyn Knapp-Shappey, Arthur Shappey, Dirk the groundsman, Original Characters, Mallory Crieff, Layla Crieff
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, In which Martin has a daughter while at MJN, Father-Daughter Relationship, Airdot-Child Relationship
Summary:

It takes an airdot to raise a child.

A collection of ficlets, and the occasional 100 word drabble, featuring the life and times of Martin’s daughter, Mallory Crieff.

Updated tag search page

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:24:50 -0700

sherlockbbcficrecs:

i-knew-him-he-was-nice: Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you all know that I went through and updated our tag search page to cover a wide range of topics that are commonly asked about. The list now covers all of the following:

Alternate universe fics (also look under AU)

Asexuality (any character)

BAMF!John, John in the military

Brotherly relationship (Sherlock and Mycroft)

Canon-compliant slash

Casefic, case!fic

Epistolary/texting!fic

Established relationship

Fandom classics, Part I and Part II

Fanvid recs

Genderswap

Ghost!fic, Sherlock/John are gho sts

Hurt/Comfort

Jealous!John and Jealous!Sherlock

Magical realism

Mpreg masterpost and mpreg tag

Novel-length fics

Post-Reichenbach

Pretend to be a couple for a case

PWP masterpost and PWP tag

Retirement!fic

Serial killer AUs

Slice of life/domesticity

Soulmate!AUs

Supernatural powers

Top!John

Top!Sherlock

University/school AUs

Vampire and werewolf AUs (also look under vampire au)

Virgin!Sherlock

Wingfic (also look under wing!fic)

Younger!John or Younger!Sherlock

More importantly, I’ve added a section to the top of the page to show you how to find out if we’ve already done posts on the topics you’re looking for. Please check our tag search page and make sure to see if we’ve already addressed your topic before sending us an ask - that way, you’ll be saving us all a ton of time!

If you look through the list and still don’t think we’ve addressed what you’re looking for, we’re more than happy to do a fic search for you.

Hope this helps! Happy reading.

A Symphony of Chemical Reactions (2351 words) by what_alchemy [AO3]

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:05:02 -0700

A Symphony of Chemical Reactions (2351 words) by what_alchemy [AO3]:

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Additional Tags: Community: holmestice
Summary:

Cooking’s just chemistry and time management.

Heat Wave

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 03:47:24 -0700

Heat Wave:

sherlock/john pwp hot petulant!sherlock service!top john

Just A Bit (5551 words) by Kalimyre [AO3]

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:53:09 -0700

Just A Bit (5551 words) by Kalimyre [AO3]:

Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Cabin Pressure
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Martin Crieff/Arthur Shappey
Characters: Martin Crieff, Arthur Shappey, Douglas Richardson, Carolyn Knapp-Shappey
Additional Tags: Cuddling & Snuggling, Hurt/Comfort
Summary:

Kinkmeme asked for Martin/Arthur cuddling; one can never have enough. Or—a series of conveniently shared hotel rooms, and excuses to cuddle.

Taction (16340 words) by Kalimyre [AO3]

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:32:45 -0700

Taction (16340 words) by Kalimyre [AO3]:

Chapters: 7/7
Fandom: Cabin Pressure
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Martin Crieff/Arthur Shappey
Characters: Martin Crieff, Arthur Shappey, Douglas Richardson, Carolyn Knapp-Shappey
Additional Tags: Hugs, Touching, Touch-Starved, First Time, Arthur gives the best hugs, Emotional Hurt/Comfort
Summary:

Arthur discovers that Martin doesn’t like being touched, because he’s not used to it. He decides to help by touching Martin a little at a time until he’s comfortable with it. And then a little more.

Fic: Mind Reading - General rating.

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:22:50 -0700

fyeahmalcola:

Fic: Mind Reading

General rated (some swearing because…Malcolm)

Notes: Nicola can read minds. I set this during Season 3 because that’s easier :)

Word Count: 534

——

It was a Monday afternoon when Nicola honestly began to think she was finally going nuts.

Started off simple, odd snatches of words or phrases in her head – similar to the way you would get a song stuck in your mind for a day or so – things she could shake off as just being stress or imagination.

She’d got a new plant in her office, a tall yucca-like thing given by some anonymous benefactor (and screened for bugs and nasty explosives; this was government after all) and she’d been bent over watering it when she heard very clearly Ollie’s voice:

That is not a bad arse for a woman her age, I’d still do it.

“Ollie!” she screamed and whirled around, “Keep your perverted thoughts to yourself please!”

He looked confused as hell and stammered “Err…I didn’t say anything…you sure that’s just lemon in your drink?”

And that had been the start.

——

Hours later ..

She couldn’t take it. She’d even been Googling to see if you can get an addiction to Rescue Remedy, something, anything to explain this sudden ability she had to read minds in close proximity.

So far she’d found out that Ollie was pretty much horny ALL the time and the rumours were right as well – he did go both ways. Glenn’s major crush on Robyn seemed to involve a lot of wishing he could brush her hair..and crap knows what that was about, and as for Terri….Nicola shuddered as a totally unwanted mental picture of Peter Mannion sprang to mind.

Add to that the number of men (and a few women) in the building who pictured doing obscene things to her every time she ventured out of her office and she’d decided to effectively barricade herself in until this, whatever it was, stopped happening.

She’d though she’d got away with it too, until she heard a familiar Scottish voice bellowing in the other room. Christ, not him, not now.

“Nic’la! Thought ye’d be in here hiding from the real business of actually doing ye fucking job, mind if I come in? Actually I don’t fucking care if you do” and true to word he simply strode in and glared at her.

During the ensuing bollocking, Nicola actually found herself relaxing. She couldn’t pick up anything from Malcolm’s head apart from the stuff he was actually saying. After a day of increasingly disturbing pornography it was quite a relief in a way.

Finished with his ritual blood-letting, Malcolm changed tack abruptly and nodded toward her new office acquisition.

“Oh, by the way - havin’ fun with the wee plant yeah?”

“The..plant?”

“Aye, was in my fuckin’ office last week. Fun isn’t it? ‘course I had tae dump it onto some other fucker eventually otherwise you go rubber-wallpaper nuts with all those voices in ye head”

Her skin went cold as she realised what that meant. He smiled and leaned over her desk, dropping his voice to a breathy purr:

“And those were some very interesting thoughts you were having last time ye were in my office….” Nearly fucked you across my fucking desk she caught from his mind before he stood back, waved goodbye and stalked out the door.

Fuck.

A Night to Remember

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:22:55 -0800

mystradedoodles:

madlori:

“John, there is no Orangina,” Sherlock called from the kitchen.

“Why would there be?”

“I always drink Orangina when I watch award shows!”

John paused, a handful of popcorn halfway to his mouth, brow furrowed as his brain refused to parse that sentence. Sherlock came stomping back in, carrying two bottles of beer and wearing a disgruntled expression. “This will do, I suppose.” He handed one to John and sat down.

“You always drink Orangina when you watch award shows? This is new information.”

Sherlock harrumphed. “It’s possible that I just remembered.”

John elbowed him. “Come on, it’s starting. You remember the rules, right?”

“I never agreed to this ludicrous exercise.”

“You take a drink whenever anybody thanks the Academy.”

Sherlock snorted. “Is this a game, or suicide by alcohol poisoning?”

“You drink whenever anybody gets played off.”

“Starting to suspect you’re trying to hasten your inheritance of all my worldly goods.”

“Or, just drink whenever you feel like it.”

“Then why bother with rules?” Sherlock reached over and took a handful of popcorn from the bowl on John’s lap. “Oh, good Lord. Halle’s gone back to that stylist with the sequin fetish.”

“I think she looks amazing.”

“You always think everyone looks amazing.”

“Do you know how many people emailed me to ask what your predictions were? I didn’t know you had such a reputation as an prognosticator.”

“They ask because I’m always right. And they asked you instead of me because they know I don’t share. I trust you revealed nothing.”

“I’m not going to help Peter win his Oscar pool, he’ll have to sink or swim on his own.”

Sherlock chuckled. “Not to imply that I care, but why are we at home alone tonight? Surely we received a party invitation or two.”

“We received forty-eight, all of which we declined.”

“In our quest to become hermit-like and shunned for pariahs?”

“I made an executive decision.”

“While I’m immensely grateful not to have to haul out my tux and make small talk with half of Hollywood, I am surprised that you’d be so…like me. You’re the social one. Care to share your reasons?”

“It’s not just this year. I’ve decided that unless one of us is presenting or nominated, we will be spending Oscar night at home together from now on, until we die or the Oscars do.”

Sherlock looked at him. “You have succeeded in surprising me, John.”

John met his eyes. “Sherlock, I will never again be able to watch the Oscars, live or on the telly, without remembering what it was like to stand on that stage with the award in my hand and see you watching me from the audience. I had just won an Oscar and all I could think about was that a few hours before, you’d asked me to marry you. These awards aren’t about our work anymore, not for me. They’re a part of us. That first year of us hit its peak on this night. I don’t want to share it. Unless our presence is required, from now on I’m spending Oscar night alone with my husband.”

Sherlock smiled slowly, a glint coming into his eyes. He leaned forward and kissed John softly. “You, my love, are a sentimentalist.”

“I’ve been called worse.”

“Perhaps you’re influencing me, because I think your plan is smashing.”

“Good.” John settled closer to Sherlock’s side, letting his hand rest on his thigh. “Now, come on. You know your job. Let’s hear it.”

Sherlock chuckled quietly, the vibrations passing through into John’s chest. He shifted and slipped one arm around John’s shoulders and they turned their attention back to the red carpet arrivals. “All right, then. Well, first off, he’s got a new lover. Younger, by the looks of his fingernails. His wife knows, look how she’s holding her purse.”

John grinned and let Sherlock’s stream-of-consciousness commentary wash over him. It was almost enough to make him hope that neither of them were ever nominated again.

Sobbing. oh my god thank you lori. Thank you.

kinkmeme - in which ollie makes a pass and malcolm is a mature adult. seriously

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:59:48 -0800

kinkmeme - in which ollie makes a pass and malcolm is a mature adult. seriously:

aura218:

because they’re grownups and malcolm has been passing gay rights legislation since ollie was trading garbage pail kids cards.

Three times Malcolm Tucker rendered Nicola Murray all-but-speechless, and one time she caused him to be just as lost-for-words.

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:06:43 -0800

Three times Malcolm Tucker rendered Nicola Murray all-but-speechless, and one time she caused him to be just as lost-for-words.:

PG/13, preslash, 5+1, episode-related, friendship, workplace

Big Brother Is Watching You (5595 words) by flawedamythyst [AO3]

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:10:37 -0800

Big Brother Is Watching You (5595 words) by flawedamythyst [AO3]:

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Additional Tags: Crack
Summary:

Sherlock and John enter the Big Brother house.

~~~~~~~~~~~

fucking hilarious.

A Little Trust (1482 words) by thinkatory [AO3]

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:01:02 -0800

A Little Trust (1482 words) by thinkatory [AO3]:

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Thick of It (UK)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Nicola Murray/Malcolm Tucker, Jamie MacDonald/Malcolm Tucker, Nicola Murray/Malcolm Tucker/Jamie MacDonald
Characters: Jamie MacDonald, Malcolm Tucker, Nicola Murray, Sam (Thick of It)
Additional Tags: implied threesome, BDSM, Established Relationship, Plot What Plot, First Piece in a Series Hopefully, Sort of a Plot
Summary:

“So Malcolm’s got the fucking dowdy bitch from DoSAC in his office today, and Jamie is playing bloody Angry Birds because he’s got no one to shout sense into, does he, not for now, not unless he goes to DoSAC and the cotton-headed fuckers there to try to solve the problem at the root.” The beginning of Nicola, Malcolm, and Jamie’s story.