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Sapiens by patternofdefiance, 8 k,
explicit. Magical AU. Sherlock is amazed when he realizes his flatmate is not
quite human. John’s hidden tentacles are fascinating, and something worthy of
study. John, who left the water years ago, is worried where things are going.
Merfolk sexy times is a big thumbs up!
The
Merman and the Soldier by thefilipinozombie,
5 k, teen. John had heard all the
stories about the creatures of the Lake. Maybe he’s going mad, but is it
possible they’re true?
Drowning Is Boring by
GoldenUsagi, 4 k, teen. The one where Sherlock is a merman John meets while on
holiday at the seaside.
Out in the Waterby MojoFlower, 3 k, explicit. Shameless merman/pirate
porn, y’all. John is a merman.
Scales and Skinby TheMadKatter13, 15 explicit. Potterlock,
Omegaverse. John never thought he’d present at all. The few times he’d put
thought to it, he’d never thought he’d present omega. And if he’d put any more
thought into it past that, he wouldn’t have imagined sharing his first heat
with a mermaid. Er, merman.
Salt
in the Woundsby janto321 (FaceofMer), 21
k, mature. Selkies, fairytale, Magical Realism. John Watson is home from the
Great War, but he’s never fit in to this tiny fishing village. One day his life
changes forever when he meets a selkie named Sherlock. From then on his life is
never what he thought it would be.
Ocean Treasure by consultingsmartass (consulting_smartass), 3 k,
explicit. OctoJohn has been trying everything he can think of to attract
Merlock’s attention.
The
Curse of the Cool Coatby LadyGrey, 4 k, teen.
Magical Realism. Sherlock’s coat is his heart. Whoever holds it holds his
heart. John, infuriatingly, refuses to take it once Sherlock confesses its
power.
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If you liked Gilded Cage …
Dilaudid by Lintilla, 62 k, explicit. Alpha!Sherlock and
Omega!John. Only males are A and O, and omegas are treated like glass and bound
as soon as possible to an alpha. John manages to live his life passing as a
beta on hormone suppressants that his pharmacist father developed. So many plot
twists, and rocky stops and starts between John and Sherlock, and such clever
reworking of canon throughout the story.
Dustfall by AmandaDBone, 19 k, explicit. Classic omegaverse
fic. Maroon space dust falls from the sky and creates the new genders later
termed alpha and omega. Wonderfully done story as everyone struggles to understand
this new phase for humanity. Sherlock is now an omega, and John an alpha, and
they dance around each other until they can’t anymore.
The Illusion of Control
series by starrysummernights, 19 works,
explicit. It’s not easy growing up as an Omega. John Watson knows about that
firsthand. (Locked to AO3.)
Omega’s Lament by
tunteeton, 7 part series. John is an alpha, Sherlock is an omega with a past.
John can’t let Sherlock suffer when he finds out Sherlock was bonded as a
teenager, then abandoned to ride his increasingly dangerous heats alone.
With Mycroft’s help, they struggle to release Sherlock’s old bond so that
he and John might be truly united.
A house in the country by PlainJane, 20 k, explicit. With new
“real rape” laws in place, every unbonded omega is at risk, including
Sherlock Holmes. Mycroft meddles hiring an alpha, John Watson, to watch over
his baby brother. Lots of sentimental moments, super hot alpha/omega sex, and a
nice sprinkling of canon with Jim and the pool.
Siegeby PlainJane, 55 k, explicit. In 1415, English archer John of
Kenilworth is sent by Lord Mycroft Holmes from the field of victory at
Agincourt to protect a remote French castle. Cherinfourde is under some dark
cloud and John means to get to the bottom of it, in his lord’s name. If only he
could stop thinking about the most unusual omega he has ever met.
A Fold in the Universe by darkest_bird, 152 k, explicit.
Omegaverse. This is an amazing plotty, parallel universe, action-packed
tour-de-force fic. With a premise to rival any top SF movie, this story has
John Watson switching worlds between a prime universe, and Wacky World – an
omegaverse universe that turns things upside for him.
