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Sherlock (BBC) Fan-fiction (School AU)
Pairings: Sherlock/John & Mycroft/Greg
Words: 139494 complete - free download
Sherlock Holmes, schoolboy. Yeah, that basically sums it up.
Pairings: Sherlock/John & Mycroft/Greg
Words: 139494 complete - free download
Sherlock Holmes, schoolboy. Yeah, that basically sums it up.
349 pages, ebook
First published September 17, 2012
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January 25, 2023
RAGAZZI MIEI MI SONO LETTA 350 PAGINE IN UN GIORNO CAUSA TEENAGERINI VITE MIE E I MYSTRADE E SHERLOCK E MYCROFT FRATELLINI DISFUNZIONALI E VABBE
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May 5, 2018In general, one of my favorite aspects of Johnlock is that John and Sherlock are mature individuals. I like the battle-weariness, checkered pasts, and each's damage they bring to the the table. So I didn't race to read this even though I enjoy the author's writing and Johnlock. But, I'm pleasantly surprised. Through a couple leaps and some artistic liberties, we get the some of those qualities even though they're still teenagers.
I really loved Mycroft and Sherlock's evolving relationship in this one.
I really loved Mycroft and Sherlock's evolving relationship in this one.
August 30, 2015
I just finished reading this story for the second time and I loved it even more this time around. If you haven't read this, then you are missing out on one of the best fanfictions I have ever read.
It is so sweet and heart wrenching, while also be wonderfully funny. It might be a little out of character in some areas, but that can be looked over because of the setting being in a schoolboy AU. Everything works with Sherlock's age and his personalty is perfect. Mycroft is the best Version of himself as well.
Get ready for the best romance fanfiction you ever read, while also keeping in touch with the Sherlock type of mysteries.
It is so sweet and heart wrenching, while also be wonderfully funny. It might be a little out of character in some areas, but that can be looked over because of the setting being in a schoolboy AU. Everything works with Sherlock's age and his personalty is perfect. Mycroft is the best Version of himself as well.
Get ready for the best romance fanfiction you ever read, while also keeping in touch with the Sherlock type of mysteries.
March 29, 2020
For a fanfiction, it is very interesting.
Read it if you ever thought about Sherlock and John sagging each other. Personally, I enjoyed it a lot.
While reading it, my mind kept on going to the Sherlock series but could be due to their age difference (this happens when they are teenagers) I could not really connect them as the same.
Read it if you ever thought about Sherlock and John sagging each other. Personally, I enjoyed it a lot.
While reading it, my mind kept on going to the Sherlock series but could be due to their age difference (this happens when they are teenagers) I could not really connect them as the same.
January 25, 2023
There are no accurate words to describe how much this one resides in my heart. I’m so happy I remembered it existed again despite the pain of it being over.
February 17, 2022
Well, that was bloody brilliant.
But it was genuinely brilliant. I don't say that about fanfiction ever. But this was phenomenal.
Now, here is a very long breakdown of everything I liked about it to help me process the fact that it's over:
•INCLUSION OF ACTUAL CLEVER, MYSTERY RELATED PLOTS: FAULTLESS.
•INTEGRATION OF MOMENTS AND IDEAS FROM DIFFERENT EPISODES: APPLAUDABLE.
•EXPLANATION AND CREATION OF ORIGIN STORIES THAT TIED UP LOOSE ENDS WHERE THE SHOW DID NOT: GENIUS.
•INTRODUCTION OF FUCKING MORIARTY THROUGH A SERIES OF CASES THAT HAVE BEEN INTERWOVEN THROUGHOUT THE PLOT THE ENTIRE TIME, CREATING A PLOT TWIST THAT I DID NOT SEE COMING: FUCKING PHENOMENAL.
•General accuracy and credibility throughout, including good knowledge of British vernacular esp considering it was written by an American, so kudos.
•Ability to create a story that did involve some forms of relationships, without taking away from a clever and intricate plot.
•A glorious and somewhat philosophical description of love that did not dismiss platonic love, rather displayed its importance, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
•Very correctly addressing the idea that Sherlock is not in fact a sociopath, and should not be treated as such.
•Brilliance in creating comedy and familiarity through interactions between characters.
•Making me believe it was just your average Sherlock fanfiction, only to be very pleasantly surprised.
For that list, along with possibly many other things that I can't quite think of, I hold a high respect for you, author, whoever you may be.
Have a nice life, I suppose.
But it was genuinely brilliant. I don't say that about fanfiction ever. But this was phenomenal.
Now, here is a very long breakdown of everything I liked about it to help me process the fact that it's over:
•INCLUSION OF ACTUAL CLEVER, MYSTERY RELATED PLOTS: FAULTLESS.
•INTEGRATION OF MOMENTS AND IDEAS FROM DIFFERENT EPISODES: APPLAUDABLE.
•EXPLANATION AND CREATION OF ORIGIN STORIES THAT TIED UP LOOSE ENDS WHERE THE SHOW DID NOT: GENIUS.
•INTRODUCTION OF FUCKING MORIARTY THROUGH A SERIES OF CASES THAT HAVE BEEN INTERWOVEN THROUGHOUT THE PLOT THE ENTIRE TIME, CREATING A PLOT TWIST THAT I DID NOT SEE COMING: FUCKING PHENOMENAL.
•General accuracy and credibility throughout, including good knowledge of British vernacular esp considering it was written by an American, so kudos.
•Ability to create a story that did involve some forms of relationships, without taking away from a clever and intricate plot.
•A glorious and somewhat philosophical description of love that did not dismiss platonic love, rather displayed its importance, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
•Very correctly addressing the idea that Sherlock is not in fact a sociopath, and should not be treated as such.
•Brilliance in creating comedy and familiarity through interactions between characters.
•Making me believe it was just your average Sherlock fanfiction, only to be very pleasantly surprised.
For that list, along with possibly many other things that I can't quite think of, I hold a high respect for you, author, whoever you may be.
Have a nice life, I suppose.
October 22, 2017
this fic in my head is like a mashup of bbc sherlock and chris columbus' young sherlock holmes. in other words, yeahhhhhh buddy
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June 14, 2020DNF
March 23, 2017
It's just amazing. Go and read it. Couldn't ask for more in a fanfic.
It's perfection.
It's perfection.
October 17, 2025
“Thank you for not ringing the headmaster and telling him I’d gone mad.”
Mycroft huffed out an amused noise. “I would never. Anyone who spends any time at all with Sherlock goes slightly mad. It’s like being exposed to mercury over and over. We all turn into hatters eventually.”
Greg laughed because he couldn’t help it.
August 14, 2024
2019: 5 stars
2024: 5 stars
Such a good take on a Johnlock School AU.
2024: 5 stars
Such a good take on a Johnlock School AU.
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