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Title: Give Me Fire
Author: saki101
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John
Rating: NC-17 due to the epilogue
Genre: Slash
Word Count: ~3K
Disclaimer: Sherlock is not mine and no money is being made.
Summary: Sherlock finds a way to communicate with John during the Hiatus or maybe John finds a way to communicate with Sherlock.

An AU where the events following "Many Happy Returns" go very differently.
A/N: Written for Come at Once: Round 6. 1electricpirate's evocative prompt, 'give me fire', took my brain on an unexpected journey.

( Give Me Fire )

Title: Lepidoptera
Author: saki101
Characters/Pairings: John Watson/Sherlock Holmes, Mrs Hudson, Mycroft Holmes, Mike Stamford, Mummy Holmes, Father Holmes, Puck, Ella Thompson
Rating: NC-17
Genre: slash
Word Count: ~17.5K
Disclaimer: Sherlock is not mine and no money is being made.
Summary: Mike introduces John to Mrs Hudson, but Sherlock finds John nevertheless.
A/N: A stand-alone AU of the Sherlock universe crossed with A Midsummer Night's Dream written for the Spook-Me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon 2015 in response to the prompt: dark faerie(s).

Posted in two sections on LJ due to word limits. Link to conclusion at the bottom of text.
Also, on AO3.

Excerpt: “Nothing ever happens to me,” John said, meeting Ella’s detached gaze. He could look someone straight in the eye and not give away a thing. The skill had been as valuable in his career as when he played poker. His therapist glanced down to scratch at her notebook. She had perfected the same technique.

John looked beyond her. Outside the firmly closed windows, bare tree branches scratched at the pale grey page of the sky.

"Anymore," he added silently.

( Lepidoptera )

Title: Magnetic Midnight (The Rosebay Affair - Part 4.5)
Author: saki101
Genre: Slash
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairing: Illya/Napoleon
Warnings: A few characters have wandered in from another DMC film called Around the World Under the Sea. (A video clip which introduces the characters in the film may be viewed here.) They did that in another of my stories, too. It isn’t necessary to read that one first, but having a look at the clip will help, and will also demonstrate that Dr Philip Volker is just as pretty as Illya.
Disclaimer: Don't own any of these characters or their universes and no money is being made!
A/N: At the beginning of The Rosebay Affair: Part IV, Kittridge was going off to Greenland to join a mission headed by a non-UNCLE scientist named Philip Volker. ride_4ever’s prompts included aurora borealis and dogsleds, so following up on the Greenland mission came to mind immediately.

(Also posted on AO3.)

A beautiful picture has been created for the story by open_channel_d. It may be viewed here.

Excerpt: The plane droned above clouds tinted pink by the rising sun.

“Straight on ‘til morning,” Napoleon murmured, unbuckling his safety harness and stretching.

Illya eyes swept over the instrument panel and then over his partner. “A bit more northerly than that,” he replied.

( Magnetic Midnight )

Title: Salisbury Plain
Author: saki101
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John, Molly, Mike, Mycroft, Mrs Hudson, Wiggins, OCs
Rating: PG
Genre: AU, Slash
Word Count: ~7.5K
Disclaimer: Sherlock is not mine and no money is being made.
Summary: When the hanging stones had only stood on the plain for a few centuries and the thriving community around them was a crossroads for knowledge and goods, there was a learned man who saw what others didn’t and a well-travelled soldier who had seen wonders and wanted to see more. (Or: first meeting in a very different place and time.)
A/N: Written for what_alchemy whose generous prompts for the December 2014 Holmestice Exchange included "AUs with a unique twist, magical or otherwise" which lit a strange, blue spark in my head!
Excerpt: “…a rising sun lit a ribbon of river, pale rays glinted off helms and swords dotting a dark, muddy road.”

(Also posted on AO3.)

( Salisbury Plain )

Title: Evolution (The Rosebay Affair - Part V)
Author: saki101
Artist: mayamaia
Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing: Illya/Napoleon
Word count: ~10K
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: MFU is not mine and no money is being made.
Summary: Under the skies of Manhattan, the little plant develops.
Notes: A further continuation of a story started years ago because of a flowery screencap (see icon) and continued from time to time as an Easter Egg over at MFUWSS.
Dedication: Thank you to all the wonderful mods and their talented helpers for making the MFU50 MiniBang possible and to mayamaia for her lovely illustration.


“Immediately,” Napoleon affirmed and hung up the receiver.


Link to Fic on AO3: Evolution (The Rosebay Affair - Part V)

Link to Art on AO3: Art

Title: Surveillance (Chapter 2 of Seat Assignment: Open)
Author: saki101
Characters/Pairings: Gregory Lestrade/Mycroft Holmes
Rating: R-ish
Genre: Slash, romance, AU
Word Count: ~1.5K
Disclaimer: Sherlock is not mine and no money is being made.
Summary: Starlight. Conversation. Surveillance tapes.
A/N: Not Series 3 compliant. A continuation of the fic written for Let's Write Sherlock Challenge 13-Vacation Getaway. Although these two chapters may be read alone, they may also be read as part of the Mystrade set of stories which, more or less, began with an earlier holiday in We Are Sorry For Any Inconvenience.

Excerpt: The room at the top of the stairs was dominated by a skylight, a huge oval of star-scattered heavens. By the faint light from the landing, Greg saw a few outlines of furniture and more sky out a series of arched windows making up one wall. It didn’t seem very secure, not at all suited to Mycroft. There was a click and the light disappeared, the stars coming into sharper focus.

Also, on AO3.

( Surveillance )

Title: Moats
Author: saki101
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, OCs
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Slash
Word Count: ~2.7K
Disclaimer: Sherlock is not mine and no money is being made.
Summary: A fairly straightforward stolen property case yields information about Sherlock's childhood and John's imagination.
Notes: A small, stand-alone case fic inspired by photos. Not Series 3 compliant.
Moats may also be read as part of the Other Experiments Series; it would fit in after Leaf Fall.

Excerpt: "Old moats are full of surprises," Sherlock said. There was a gleam in his eye; the corner of a lip turning up.

It always put them at risk, Sherlock's glee at the prospect of a surprise.

On AO3



( Moats )

Title: Safer
Author: saki101
Characters/Pairings: Gregory Lestrade/Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock/John, Molly, OCs
Rating: R
Genre: Slash
Word Count: ~10K
Disclaimer: Sherlock is not mine and no money is being made.
Summary: During the Hiatus, one of the Met’s cases and one of Mycroft’s investigations intersect and Greg’s and Mycroft’s interest in one another develops beyond the professional. Sherlock finds much of it inconvenient.
A/N: Written for mmc12 whose generous prompts for the December 2013 Holmestice Exchange included "Johnlock, Mystrade and Anything!" which spurred me to write a sequel to Necropolis. The two may be read as a pair or as part of the Other Experiments Series where they would fit in after We Are Sorry For Any Inconvenience and before Leaf Fall.

Excerpt: “Lestrade’s managed to find the Cheapside Hoard of homicide when I can’t do anything about it."

Also, on AO3.

( Safer )

Author: Saki101
Fandom: Skyfall
Pairing: Q/Bond
Genre: AU (not exactly university!AU, sort of graduate fellowship!AU)
Rating: R-ish
Word Count: ~5100
Disclaimer: The usual, because neither Skyfall nor any of the other films of Ben Whishaw are mine and no money is being made.
Summary: Story within a story: James narrates a fairy tale by the lake. (The one he began writing in the last scene of Part III.)
A/N: Influences from BW's performances in The Tempest, Richard II, Hamlet and The Hour have made their way into the story.
(Also posted on AO3.)

Part I may be found here, Part II here and Part III here.




Excerpt: James finally looked down, didn’t meet the keen gaze there, focussed on the curve of Q’s throat, raised his hand to it. “Don’t close your eyes. It’s too much like death,” he explained. His voice became quieter. “And my duty is to guard your life.”

“The king never sleeps?” Q asked.

James’s fingers brushed along Q’s neck, lingered over the pulse. “No, of course you must sleep, but where you’re safe,” James answered matter-of-factly. “Where I know you’re safe,” he finished, almost as an aside.


( In This Fragile Cage of Bone (Part IV) )

Author: Saki101
Fandom: Skyfall
Pairing: Q/Bond
Genre: AU (not exactly university!AU, sort of graduate fellowship!AU)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~4900
Disclaimer: The usual, because neither Skyfall nor any of the other films of Ben Whishaw are mine and no money is being made.
A/N: Influences from BW's performances in The Tempest, Richard II, Hamlet and The Hour have made their way into the story.
(Also posted on AO3.)

Part I may be found here and Part II here.




( In This Fragile Cage of Bone (Part III) )