This is an AU 'verse that armydoctor and I started up with the premise that Holmes and Watson shacked up shortly after becoming friends, which means no marriage to Mary, etc. etc. It starts out with the boxing match that changes everything~ and quickly grows to epic, canon-rewriting proportions.

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( 'verse directory )

( And mingle all the world with thee )

( Holmes can't shake the feeling that this is his greatest triumph. )

( He doesn’t start to kill himself-what Moran can’t do, won’t do-until almost two years into it. )

( He watches Watson's retreating back and wonders if he'll see it again )

It's been four days since the criminal responsible for the theft of a lady's necklace -- by means of disguise, distraction, and a stuffed dodo bird -- and Holmes hasn't moved from his chair except to obtain more tobacco (and then he moved his Persian slipper nearer to him, and he wouldn't have gotten up at all except it was four in the morning and ( Read more... )

It's a little alarming to Holmes that he enjoyed their evening. He and Watson spent most of the day with Lestrade and Mary, and he enjoyed himself, even in their silly romantic company. What this means for him, he couldn't possibly say. Is Watson softening his character to the point where he has friends, in a normal way, and he enjoys it ( Read more... )

Warning: Adult times of an NC17 nature.

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( LONG LOG OF DOOM 2.0 )

Warning: Adult times of an NC17 nature.

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( LONG OVERDUE AND ALSO JUST LONG EMAIL LOG OF DOOM )

Continued from here.

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