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Rec 3 Fanworks You Did Not Create

Well, I went trawling through my bookmarks looking for something good.

My first rec is

out_there 's fic The Habits of a Lifetime. I really got into Mystrade in 2018 and this fic is probably my favorite Mystrade fic. I guess the whole reason I got into Mystrade post S4 is that I really wanted to see someone comfort Mycroft after he got put through the wringer in TFP. And this fic delivers on that. We see Greg gradually earning Mycroft's trust as Mycroft recovers from the trauma of Sherrinford. I re-read this fic before writing this review and my one small critique is that it's a 50K fic formatted in one chapter, so it sort of demands to be read in one sitting which is hard for a fic of this length. So carve out a big chunk of time to plow through it.

My second rec is nothing to declare by

saraht . This is another post S4 Mycroft-centric fic. Mycroft goes to NY after Sherrinford to lick his wounds, angry that Sherlock is seeing Eurus. He works for the CIA by day and drinks alone at night, and it isn't pretty. It's a melancholy fic overall, but with a hopeful ending. Really nice, understated Holmes Brothers story.

Final rec is After the Season of Storms by Mice. I guess the theme to these is Mycroft POV post Sherrinford fics. I just want him to be happy! This one was a little bit of a self-indulgence. Everything I ever wanted for Mycroft, Greg is, in this fic. I really needed it after TFP.