When the callouses start to peel, he's in a hotel in Brussels. Well, not quite hotel. Hotels are clean, relatively safe things for the French on their August escape, even the student backpackers' no-frills bunk as they make their obligatory trek across Europe. This is a mere building. And parts of it are barely standing. Prompt: PTSD Sherlock's injured and can't play his violin

"Uh...this is...wrong on so many levels." The waitress spun back around in an instant, quite an accomplishment for someone wearing such cheaply constructed heels. "Everything OK, Sug? Oh, that's right. People from England drink theirs hot. Even in summer." BBC meme prompt: "Sherlock hates tea. John makes a lot of tea and Sherlock understands it means "I love you. Sappy schmoop"

"I'll put the kettle on. You two might want to make use of those booths over there. Warm the body and the soul. Wouldn't want that soul to get too warm, now, though, eh?" He winked. Father Brian is in there right now." kinkmeme prompt: Stuck going to Confession during a case, Sherlock confesses "seducing" an authority figure as a child- believing it to be all his fault.

He hadn't tried to actually explain this in a very long time. Not since Mycroft. Not since the time when he thought everyone had a beloved object and had simply asked his brother which his was. {No, Myc, that's just a toy. I don't mean what's your favorite plaything... I mean...} And his world changed. PROMPT: Sherlock is object-sexual (romantic). Jim steals his beloved object.

"That jump was the happiest day of my life, John. It was a glorious moment. I planned it out so carefully. But it got so much better, John... so much better!" The other "Dying" is crack. This one is h/c and angst. Can be read separately. When I read the prompt (Sherlock confuses happy and sad and wins the lottery) I thought..crack! Then I thought... oh no, what if it was real?

It's Mrs. Hudson's birthday, and Sherlock *will* bake a cake. After all, it's basically chemistry, right? A gift to a Nonnie who tried and tried to make a cake for her mum's birthday. "One of luminol's chief ingredients is Na2CO3, sodium carbonate, better known as baking powder, close in composition to lye, and particularly good for pretzels, and known as jian..."

From bbckinkmeme "Sherlock develops a rare medical condition that causes him to become depressed when good things happen to him. After Sherlock wins the lottery, John has trouble consoling him. Hurt/Comfort." This is pure crack with gratuitous references to The Smiths, David Bowie's "Quicksand" and Wednesday Adams and a not gratuitous references to Adventure of the Dying Detective.

Based on kinkmeme: "All's well until John comes home one day to find a terrified Sherlock sitting on the floor. When asked what's wrong, Sherlock just says 'I think I'm going to start using again.'" I don't normally post a mini-fill, but I'm completely in love with the deleted scene from "The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes"- I was thrilled to find an opportunity to use my version.

From bbckinkmeme prompt: "Sherlock gets a check up by a doctor who got highly touchy, grope-y and creepy. He tries to forget it. John notices signs seen in patients who have experienced sexual assault. Sherlock feels humiliated and embarrassed about what happened and his reaction and doesn't want to press charges." This has happened to a surprising amount of people, including me...

Kink meme prompt:"Mycroft would sometimes use his little brother for experiments. At first,"innocent" but some turned a bit inappropriate and sexual? This might have resulted in Sherlock's aversion to sex and Mycroft has a lot of guilt, hence his overprotection." This is non con holmescest (not the "nice" kind),as well as explorations of asexuality and abuse and how they intersect.

Happy Hanukkah (Chanukah, Chanukkah?)! It has always kinda bugged me, the somewhat anti-semetic bit of canon about how Sherlock gets his Stradivarius, so I decided to update it using bits from Cardboard Box and Mazarin Stone. Please let me know what you think.

For a prompt on bbckinkmeme: After a chance comment from John, Sherlock suddenly realizes all of the tiny little things that brought he and John together and that if any one of those things hadn't happened they might have never met. And he starts overthinking it. [a bunch of What Ifs follow... most of which I incorporated into the fic]

Prompt: Greg receives a text from a blocked number that's basically a shy and tender love declaration. It's signed "MH". He decides to investigate So.. Molly Hooper? Mycroft Holmes? Martha Hudson? Moriarty from Hell? Miss Hestia (Anthea's other pseudo) Or does Sherlock have a middle name he only uses for very private messages? You tell me!

Let'sWriteSherlock 1895 wd chlnge #4: John wants Sherlock's coat. With the help of TentacleMonster!Moran, he captures Sherlock, only to have him rescued by Team Mystrade (who have their own... plans). Sherlock learns the Joy of Tea and Jumpers in this hopefully funny, definitely cracky tale of coat shopping, tea, and revenge. *References to incest and tentacle rape (non realistic)

It's been a week since he last saw him move. John's pretty sure he has, in fact, moved. At least to take a piss, if nothing else, he thinks. But if any human could manage to find a way to achieve a state of hibernation through sheer bloody-mindedness and a determination to override all bodily functions, it would be Sherlock Holmes. [John helps Sherlock's battle with depression]

"Oh, he had had tea before, in the dorms at Uni. In shops, surrounded by strangers, after a late night fueled by cocaine and cigarettes. But it was never like this..." The final story in a 3-part series: "Where It's Always 18.95", "Like An Alley Cat In A Tuba" and "A Little Tea Porn. " Please check individual stories for warnings. This one's not squicky. Clothing kink, tea as sex

A continuation of sorts of "Where It's Always 18.95." Can be read concurrently or independently. Warning: implied Holmescest(dubcon), mentions past tentacle monster non-con. This is crack, a little darker than the previous work ( 18.95). Between the two, I tried to stick in every fandom reference I could think of. If I missed something let me know and I will put it in.

Told I was likely to offend many with my "Forgive Me, Benedict", I set out to write something a tad less offensive-with every squick I could think of in it. It didn't get written. Needless to say, I *did* end up with *this* highly offensive piece, but it's all crack. I wrote funny implied tentacle rape. If you can't handle that, please don't read! Also bad words. Possible sequel.

Written for kinkmeme prompt: I play the violin professionally. I'd love a story where Sherlock is screaming at the telly about how horribly fake the playing is, how they couldn't even match the music to bowings, because I know if Sherlock saw Sherlock "playing" he'd have to comment. [Note From Author: not Benedict's fault, maybe sound editor, but playing was indeed out of synch]

For kinkmeme prompt: Looking for story where John is genuinely, 100% straight. Sherlock is not as asexual as he appears, and falls in love with John. Eventually, the two have an awkward conversation. Demisexual!Sherlock or Asexual!Sherlock, Straight!John [Author's Note: Prompt isn't mine, and may imply asexuals can not fall in love. This is untrue. Asexuals can and do fall in love]

Sherlock accompanies John to a party at St. Barts and contemplates the priority of their friendship, as John continues to date. (Straight!John and Asexual!Sherlock)