sherlockbbc_fic | Filling Fest!

The Filling Fest Is Over. Thanks for everyone who participated!

Thanks to everyone who voted and shared their input. It really helped us figure out how things will go.

The fest will focus on prompts from Parts VI-VII (for those who want to fill prompts from the earlier days of the meme), and Parts XXIV-XXV (for those who want to revisit prompts from right after series two was aired. If you want to use the Filled Prompt Posts to browse through prompts, Part VI starts here, and Part XXIV starts here.

1. For the next three days, you can browse through those four parts and nominate prompts you’d like to see filled. Please include the full prompt and the link to the original prompt in your nomination. Those three days are for nominations only; don’t start posting your fills until this period is over.

2. After those three days, the nomination period will end and the filling period will begin. If you’re inspired by a nominated prompt, that’s great. If you prefer to look through those four parts and fill something that catches your eye, that’s great too. The filling period will last for two weeks.

3. All kinds of fills are welcome, as are multiple fills.

4. Anon posting is allowed, but not required.

5. Nominations without the link to the original prompt will be deleted. Same for nominations from parts other than VI, VII, XXIV and XXV.

6. Only post new fills that you haven’t posted anywhere before. If you have a WIP from one of those parts that’s gathering dust on your hard drive, it’s fine to post it, but only if you never started posting it.

7. Post your fill in this thread, but link to your fill in the original post (or in the Overflow post if the original post is full).

8. Please consider warning for triggery prompts (and also for fills, because some people read in flat view) and phrasing prompts in a manner that strives to be respectful. Things which you might want to consider warning for include: Rape/Non-Con, Death, Suicidal Thoughts, Self-Harm, Underage Relationships, among others.

9. If you have questions, please ask in the appropriate thread in this post.

One last thing: have fun!

The filling period will end on Saturday May 19th around 20:00 GMT.
Post your fill as a direct reply to THIS THREAD and please include the original prompt (or a summary of the prompt).

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(16:33)
You were not.
SH

(16:34)
Are you trying to make me
feel better?

(16:34)
Is it working?
SH

(16:35)
A bit, yeah, thanks.

(16:36)
Maybe now you can forget
what you think you should
want and concentrate on
what you need.
SH

(16:39)
And apparently, what I need
are more of your cases. Do
you have the time to take my
mind off my relationship
failure by telling me what’s
the stupid case you solved?

(16:41)
This pawnbroker came to see
me. A few weeks earlier, his
assistant had urged him to
answer an add from The
Red-Headed League offering
work to red-headed applicants
only. He applied and he got
the job because apparently he
was the only one with genuine
red hair.
SH

(16:43)
The pawnbroker (Liam) was
offered over £330 a week to go
to an office a few hours every
night to copy some old
encyclopedias onto the computer.
One day, he arrived at the
office and found a sign on the
door saying The Red-Headed
League had been dissolved.
SH

(16:45)
Liam was angry to lose such
an easy income, so he found
the office’s landlord and went
to see him. The landlord had
never heard of The Red-
Headed League, but he did
have a red-headed tenant.
He gave Liam the number of
the joint implant business
where he worked.
SH

(16:46)
When Liam went there to
confront him, the tenant
pretended he had never seen
him. Then, Liam came to see
me.
SH

(16:48)
Intriguing. It doesn’t sound
that idiotic for now.

(16:48)
I’m not done.
SH

(16:50)
I went to the implant shop,
found the red-headed man
who had hired Liam, and
noticed he had unusually
dirty knees. I managed to
distract him, scrubbed off
some of that dirt, and
analysed it in Barts’ lab.
SH

(16:52)
The dirt came from the same
area as Liam’s shop, so that’s
where my investigation took
me next. I tapped the
pavement in front of the shop,
and that’s how I solved the
case.
SH

(16:55)
That can’t be it. What didn’t
you tell me?

(16:56)
Can’t you solve it from all the
clues I gave you?
SH

(16:58)
You know I can’t.

(17:00)
Fine. From the dirt on his
knees, I knew he had knelt
somewhere close to Liam’s
shop. There, I discovered
that the shop is right next
to a bank, which pretty
much told me everything I
needed to know.
SH

(17:02)
Tapping the pavement only
confirmed what I knew: The
Red-Headed League was an
excuse to keep Liam out of
his shop while his assistant
and the red-headed man
tried to dig in the basement
to get into the bank’s vault.
SH

(17:03)
Nope, I don’t believe you.

(17:04)
If I had decided to make up
a case to cheer you up. I
would have thought of
something much cleverer.
SH

(17:06)
Christ! I’m actually crying
here. Digging into a vault?!
What were they using,
spoons?

(17:07)
No, they had explosives.
That’s why they had to keep
Liam out of his shop.
SH

(17:09)
But he was still in his shop for
most of the day, right? Why
didn’t he notice the hole being
dug in his basement?

(17:10)
The basement was full of boxes,
so it was easy to cover that
whole area.
SH

(17:12)
What happened when you told
Liam?

(17:13)
He turned as red as his hair
and stormed out. I believe he
fired his assistant.
SH

(17:16)
At least he got some money
out of it. I still can’t believe
it, it’s hilarious and kind of
amazing. They deserve a
few points for originality!

(17:18)
The case was easy to solve, but
at least it amused me. I can’t
say the same for all criminals.
SH

(17:19)
Glad you were amused! I
wish I had been there to see
you work it out.

(17:24)
Hey, I have to go. My
sister just called and she’s
taking me out to dinner,
which never happens, so
she must have something
important to tell me.

(17:24)
I’ll talk to you later,
alright?

(17:25)
Have a nice dinner.
SH

(17:26)
If I meet a thief or a
murderer, I’ll give them
your phone number.
SH

(17:28)
Hahaha, ta!

Love it! Please keep going looonnngggg after the fest finshes because this is amazing.

Don't worry, my plan is to keep going even if the fest is over.

I cannot believe I missed these updates!

Just because the fest is over doesn't mean you have to stop -- keeping going! This is fantastic!

I'm glad you want to be continue, because that's what I intend to do!

I love that they're starting to talk about personal stuff, and Sherlock's roundabout admissions that he likes talking to John. Looking forward to more :D

Thank you, I'm happy you're enjoying this!

I imagine John would find it easier to talk about personal stuff with someone who's not a therapist, who's not someone he knew before the war, and doing it while not face to face would probably help, too.

As for Sherlock, well, he prefers to text...

Still loving this! More, more! <3

Seriously, I think I'm more invested in their relationship than I have been in a fic for quite a while. I can't wait for them to meet!

More is currently being written, so hopefully the next part will be posted this week.

You're so nice, thank you, I'm a bit glad you're so involved in their relationship :-) I can't wait for them to meet, too, but it could take a while.

I'm horrified to hear that you were even thinking of stopping.
Please, please continue.

Stopping? Me? Never!!!

(Well, eventually, but I still have a lot of canon material to cover, and I can't stop where season 2 stopped, because that would break my heart)

Yeah, I plan to go on for a while ;-)

oh man I love this so freaking much. It's such a great twist on their normal relationship dynamic. Absolutely fabulous!

That was funny and touching. Looking forward to it continuing.

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