A Difficult Relationship (Mycroft/Sherlock, NC-17) (parts 1-4/?) and fic rec

[daasgrrl]

I started this in October, but never quite got around to making a post about it, probably because I wasn't sure what I was doing. I still don't, but at least I'm making progress :)

Title: A Difficult Relationship
Status: WIP
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters/Pairings:  Mycroft Holmes/Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes/OMC
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 10,100 (parts 1-4)
Warnings/contents: Sibling incest, angst. pining, slash, romance, mentions of underage (not explicit, not main pairing)
Notes: Episodic fic, spanning childhood to canon.

Summary: "We have what you might call... a difficult relationship." The long and winding road to Holmescest, and beyond.

Mycroft wanders on the edge of sleep, the pleasant twilight of the mind when all things seem possible. His room is still and calm; there’s only the low, steady tick of the clock and the occasional shift and snap from the banked fire in its grate. He lies on his left side, one hand under the pillow, the other lightly resting on the crotch of his pyjama bottoms. He thinks of school, his mind’s eye summoning up the invisible threads of friendship, competitiveness and hatred that join his fellow eighth-grade students and himself in a tangled web. A snip here, a twist there, and with a little time and encouragement he hopes he might yet shape the threads according to his will.

Read at: AO3.

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While I'm here, I also want to strongly rec Blood Brothers, a fic written for Holmestice by dioscureantwins an as-yet-unnamed author (who is blatantly identifiable, imo *g*). It's a Crimson Peak/Sherlock Holmescest fusion, which is just EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED IN A FIC, am I right? Or maybe that's just me *g*. Mycroft and Sherlock suffer childhood tragedies that set them on a very dark path, and find that all they can really depend on is each other. Fantastically gothic setting and detailed backstory, and I loved the melding of the two universes into something that becomes quite distinct unto itself, and uses the m/m aspect to give the original story a different twist. Adored it.

Comments

[chasingriver.livejournal.com]

Ooh. That makes me want to see Crimson Peak, which I still haven't got around to seeing. What did you think of it?

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

I loved it... although it was difficult to differentiate how much of that was attributable to Tom Hiddleston *g*. He really was very, very pretty, as was the movie. Jessica Chastain was amazing, too.

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[justjuly4.livejournal.com]

Crimson Peak inspired fic sounds intriguing! It was long since I've read something dark & gothic. Miss the thrill, ha-ha ))) How do you think is it completed? I didn't see the END mark in the end (haven't read it yet just had a look)...

Have a look at your story as well.

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

The Crimson Peak story is complete! It's just a long one-shot, and covers a bit of different territory from the movie, but ends in its own way.

And cool, if you do, hope you enjoy :)

[splix.livejournal.com]

Argh, you rite so gud. :D

Thanks for the rec! I'll dl it to read on the plane tomorrow. Yay for new fic.

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you SO much for the comments (which I will get to properly tomorrow) - it's very kind <3

Hope you enjoy the CP fic, too! Honestly, it was just what I wanted *g*

(Saw Star Wars today! I think it was as good as it could have been - I was still mildly bored at times from not being deeply emotionally invested, but I don't think that's intrisically the fault of the movie, that's just me and Star Wars. For its target market, it's perfect. And I loved Finn *g*)

[splix.livejournal.com]

Goodness, my pleasure! I don't automatically trust many writers, but you I trust.

I'm glad you liked Star Wars, yay! Makes total sense that there'd be some boredom from lack of investment, but good to know that you found it well-executed. Woot! And yes, Finn was great. It was nice to have him employing some moments of lightness that weren't painfully stupid like the last three movies.

[dioscureantwins.livejournal.com]

Hi. Well the reveals have been posted today so I can finally contact you to thank you for the rec. And to tell you again I'm so, so happy this was to your liking.

Will read your fic over Christmas. So glad to see it continued. That's the way long fic works. Just keep writing. *g*

If I don't speak to you before Christmas. Have yourself a Merry one. :D

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

That's the way long fic works. Just keep writing. *g*

LOL, yes, that is actually good advice. But it's haaard. And I feel that you can somehow spin a single event into thousands of enjoyable words, whereas I'm a bit, 'and then this happened'. Which is to say, I'm afraid it won't take you long *facepalm*

Anyway, a Merry Christmas to you as well! :D