Johnlock in the great outdoors
Stories where our heroes spend a considerable time in nature, whether that be voluntarily, accidentally, or when being forced to do so. Feel free to suggest more stories to be added; the only rules are that main characters must remain humans in AUs, and owner reserves judgement to reject any other suggested works as well.
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Gimme Shelter by SinceWhenDoYouCallMe_John
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
12 Oct 2017
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All John Watson wants is the feeling of a freshly waxed surfboard under his feet and the hot California sun baking down onto his back. To finally go pro in the newly formed world of professional surfing and leave the dark memories of his past behind him as he rips across the face of a towering blue barrel. To lounge beside the beach bonfire every evening with an ice cold beer tucked into the cool sand beside him and listen to Pink Floyd and the Doors while the saltwater dries in his sun bleached hair.
That's all he wants, that is, until the hot young phenom taking Oahu and the Hawaiian shores by storm steps up next to him in the sand in the second round of the 1976 International Surf Competition.
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The Bone Fiddle by htebazytook, Vulgarweed
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
18 Dec 2012
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Appalachian AU! In November 1973, Vietnam vet John Watson returns to his family's old home in Arthel County, West Virginia, deep in coal country. His low expectations include recuperation and boredom. Instead he finds a ruined landscape, a series of grisly murders, and one of the world's weirdest neighbors.
Warnings/content: Some violence. Explicit sex. Tobacco-chewing. (Not all at the same time.)
Huge thanks to beta reader bethbethbeth
Best Original AU Winner of the 2014 Holmsies!
The Bone Fiddle Fanmix! Music is the heart and the spine of this story, so here is over two hours of it. Traditional Appalachian music, period-appropriate rock, and atmospheric alt-country. All the murder ballads mentioned in the story are here.
Beautiful cover art by songofthecuckoo.
Beautiful cover art by bluebellofbakerstreet
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- Part 1 of The Bone Fiddle
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The Best Seats in The House by J_Baillier
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
29 Mar 2022
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Nature photographer John Watson is trying to do the same as the locals: getting the hell of the way when the killer queen of Indonesian's volcanoes starts a drumbeat towards eruption. Little does he know that soon, he'll be headed straight into the danger zone.
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John "Five Oceans" Watson — technical dive instructor, dive accident analyst and weapon of mass seduction — meets recluse professor of maritime archaeology Holmes. As they head out to a remote archipelago off the coast of Guatemala to study and film its shipwrecks for a documentary, will sparks fly or fizzle out?
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- Part 1 of Thermocline
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Whiteout by SinceWhenDoYouCallMe_John
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), The Horn (2016 Docu-series)
07 Aug 2018
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A documentary crew follows the Matterhorn aerial rescue team from Air Zermatt, profiling the mechanics, pilots, and paramedics as they save patients on the infamous mountain.
Their camera may catch more than they're looking for, however, when it comes to a certain paramedic named John Watson. . .
Random bookmarks
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Lift Up Mine Eyes To The Hills by AJHall for Kalypso
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Withnail & I (1986)
28 Jan 2011
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In the aftermath of an intensely stressful case, John takes a depressed and exhausted Sherlock to the Lakes to recuperate. However, ghosts from Sherlock's family history intrude upon his recovery, confronting him with a mystery which has an unequivocally personal dimension.
Bookmarked by SarahTheCoat
20 Jan 2013
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d/l case fic; crossover
intro to poet Francis Thompson; Lake District; Withnail xo. Look for more from this author. This is one of my favorites ever, the friendship is so strong, and the romance at the end is sweet. -
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"How's a woman supposed to prove her husband's a murderer, dammit?"
On the eve of a planned voyage to Brittany, Marjorie Jameson starts her day with no problems more pressing than forcing a boatyard to do an emergency repair to the family yacht. A chance encounter at the Cowes hi-speed ferry terminal begins to unravel a web of conspiracy and murder, with her charming, untrustworthy husband Julian right at the centre and Marjorie as the next intended victim.
But no-one's going to trust the word of an aging housewife whose complaints of abuse the police have previously dismissed as delusions.
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Bookmarked by SarahTheCoat
14 Mar 2013
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top shelf case fic. Also sailboats, S as a masseuse, and driving a land rover. I wish someone really good would podfic this so i could listen to it while sewing/knitting. -
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Bookmarked by SarahTheCoat
08 Apr 2017
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d/l all 5 so far