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makoyiTitle: At Least There's The Football
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sheffiesharpe
Fandom: Sherlock BBC
Pairing: Greg Lestrade/Mycroft Holmes
Genre: Romance
Length: Very Long (Words: 178,992)
Warnings: Series with individual fics ranging in rating from G to NC-17
Admin Note: rec'd on fancake
Author's Summary:
1. Lestrade arrives at the pool after the explosion (S1E3) and finds someone else is already there.
2. Lestrade gets his lucky shirt and his Spiderman socks back. Follows Aftermath. Part 2 of At Least There's The Football.
3. The first attempt at Thursday is an unmitigated disaster. Second attempt goes much better.
4. In the week after karaoke, Lestrade has two good days, two not-good days, and one evening that's really all right.
5. Several people get to watch some football, Sherlock is apparently rearranging 221B Baker Street, and Lestrade is an overnight guest at Mycroft’s flat.
6. Mycroft and Lestrade finally have a number of important conversations, a photo album is viewed, and everything is backwards, but that’s all right.
7. Mycroft solves problems, Lestrade ruins John’s morning, Sherlock is difficult, and the nieces arrive.
8. The nieces' visit continues, Sherlock and John are unexpected, Lestrade finds London to be too small, and Mycroft's life isn't quite as disrupted as he thought it might be.
9. The nieces' visit comes to an end, and Lestrade discovers one thing he's really wanted to know and one thing he really didn't.
10. John's a good friend, Sherlock can't tell a story, the nieces are diabolical, and Lestrade continues to learn things he didn't know.
11. This is the story of what happened in Santiago, or When Mycroft Met Anthea.
12. The wedding in Barcelona. Not theirs, of course.
13. They arrive in Marseilles. There is a birthday party, and Mycroft gets his hands dirty.
14. The annual Lestrade family football match takes place, Lestrade gets his ice cream fix, and the visit to Marseilles concludes.
Review:
This is a lovely romance fic, but the reason its really great is the characterizations, giving Lestrade and Mycroft complete lives beyond Sherlock and rounding out the cast with development of minor canon characters and OCs. This is a fulfilling story without the occasional appearance from Sherlock and John. I love, love, love punk-rock!Lestrade and Anthea in this story is a complex mix of vulnerable and BAMF that probably shouldn't work but totally does.
At Least There's The Football (on AO3)
Author:
Fandom: Sherlock BBC
Pairing: Greg Lestrade/Mycroft Holmes
Genre: Romance
Length: Very Long (Words: 178,992)
Warnings: Series with individual fics ranging in rating from G to NC-17
Admin Note: rec'd on fancake
Author's Summary:
1. Lestrade arrives at the pool after the explosion (S1E3) and finds someone else is already there.
2. Lestrade gets his lucky shirt and his Spiderman socks back. Follows Aftermath. Part 2 of At Least There's The Football.
3. The first attempt at Thursday is an unmitigated disaster. Second attempt goes much better.
4. In the week after karaoke, Lestrade has two good days, two not-good days, and one evening that's really all right.
5. Several people get to watch some football, Sherlock is apparently rearranging 221B Baker Street, and Lestrade is an overnight guest at Mycroft’s flat.
6. Mycroft and Lestrade finally have a number of important conversations, a photo album is viewed, and everything is backwards, but that’s all right.
7. Mycroft solves problems, Lestrade ruins John’s morning, Sherlock is difficult, and the nieces arrive.
8. The nieces' visit continues, Sherlock and John are unexpected, Lestrade finds London to be too small, and Mycroft's life isn't quite as disrupted as he thought it might be.
9. The nieces' visit comes to an end, and Lestrade discovers one thing he's really wanted to know and one thing he really didn't.
10. John's a good friend, Sherlock can't tell a story, the nieces are diabolical, and Lestrade continues to learn things he didn't know.
11. This is the story of what happened in Santiago, or When Mycroft Met Anthea.
12. The wedding in Barcelona. Not theirs, of course.
13. They arrive in Marseilles. There is a birthday party, and Mycroft gets his hands dirty.
14. The annual Lestrade family football match takes place, Lestrade gets his ice cream fix, and the visit to Marseilles concludes.
Review:
This is a lovely romance fic, but the reason its really great is the characterizations, giving Lestrade and Mycroft complete lives beyond Sherlock and rounding out the cast with development of minor canon characters and OCs. This is a fulfilling story without the occasional appearance from Sherlock and John. I love, love, love punk-rock!Lestrade and Anthea in this story is a complex mix of vulnerable and BAMF that probably shouldn't work but totally does.
At Least There's The Football (on AO3)