When Sherlock revealed that he wasn't dead, John was hurt, having spent the last two years mourning his friend. But little did he know, Sherlock too was haunted by the two years away, and what happened to him during that time. Spoilers for The Empty Hearse. Possible trigger warnings. PTSD!Sherlock.

Lestrade may have only "known" Sherlock for five years when the serial suicide murders started (Study in Pink), but he met him for the first time years before, when Sherlock was only sixteen. This is the story of their journey, both before, during and after. NEW story: A Pocketful of Rye

When Sherlock begins a rapid downward spiral, John is scared and uncertain. Fortunately, he receives help from an unexpected source. Prompt fill.

Three years after The Fall, a body is found in an alleyway, overdosed on heroin, and who should find it, but a passing Mycroft Holmes? Much to his-and everyone else's- surprise, the body is that of a not-so-very-much-alive Sherlock Holmes.

Before Watson, there was Lestrade. Vignettes about Lestrade and Sherlock, pre-John, in no particular order, chronological or otherwise. Rated T for language, graphic injuries, drug use. Friendship, h/c, humour, adventure. Companion piece to LastSaskatchewanSpacePirate's "What You Don't Know About Greg Lestrade". See A/N in first chapter. NOW COMPLETE!

Captain John Watson is a soldier in Afghanistan. Sherlock Holmes has just been admitted to a drug rehab facility, assigned to write a letter to an unknown soldier. He doesn't expect to get a letter back from someone as interesting as John. John doesn't expect to get letter from a recovering drug addict. Together they form an unlikely friendship through letters. Johnlock. Part 1.

Sherlock came back from the dead twice for John. Apparently three times is too much to ask. Written for a prompt- what if Sherlock never called the ambulance to the flat. The two people there with him were medical professionals. Surely they would have noticed? But perhaps not until it was too late. Feels abound. 12 chapters. Rated for language. NOT CANON COMPLIANT.

Greg's got enough on his plate without a drug-crazed adolescent whose not exactly enjoying small portions himself. With a failing marriage and a faltering career, a questionable relationship and stalker is really the last thing he needs. Sherlock/Lestrade. M in later chapters.

Sherlock turned to drugs in order to entertain his unchallenged mind. Or so he always said. With a track record of three accidental overdoses, Lestrade had always had his suspicions this wasn't quite the case.

In which 221B is a sentient being, and she really thinks Sherlock and John should just get together already. So she gives them a little push in the right direction. Written for a prompt.

Sherlock, once again, goes after a killer without backup and without telling anyone. However, things don't go quite as planned, and now Sherlock has to make a choice that could either save or kill him.

John and Sherlock decide that it's time to provide little Hamish with a sibling.

Sherlock receives an unexpected visit from John and Mary's daughter, who is wrestling with an addiction. Can Sherlock help her without waking up his own demon? Rated T for self-harm and drugs.

When Sherlock gets injured, and drugged while chasing a criminal, John rushes to the hospital to find that Sherlock is barely coherent.

AU: Established Johnlock. Shortly after Sherlock starts helping at the Yard, an accident traps him and Anderson together and Sherlock's badly concussed, meaning Anderson has to keep him talking. He finds out that the freak is human after all, and that the man who saved him will do so yet again. Implied past non-con, drug use, suicide attempt, nothing explicit. Oneshot.

There's a reason why Sherlock turned to drugs. The same reason he locked away his emotions. There's a room in his mind he never enters because a dark abyss lies beyond the door. One that he barely crawled out of, but when he meets a woman who reminds him of the one he lost, the other one, he's forced to deal with the memories and maybe by helping her he just might save himself.

John will always come for Sherlock. It's as simple as that. Always, if he gets the chance to. And this time, he prays with all his heart that it is not too late already. /Two parts.

Moriarty's men were just as heartless as the man had been. While doing his best to take out his friend's potential killers, Sherlock gets the unfortunate luck of getting captured. With everyone believing him dead, he's alone in their custody while he's beaten and tortured for the fun of it. Until John figures out everything and goes after his friend in a daring rescue. [ONE-SHOT]

Sherlock Holmes is a manic depressive, a junkie, a consulting detective, a recovering addict, and a killer. He is also a friend, a protector, and a lover. And, always, a violinist. Or, Five times Sherlock played the violin and the one time he didn't need to. Johnlock. Explicit Drug Use.

AU Sherlock&John meeting. When soldier John Watson returns from the war he finds that he and the life he left behind are not the same and he does not know how to return to it. When John goes to end his life on a certain roof he finds that a strange someone is already there ahead of him with the same idea and neither of them want to find a different roof. No slash. Epic Friendship

Before Sherlock deletes personal information, he writes it down in his "Personal Backup Drive," just in case he needs it back someday. Some things, however, won't delete. Like Victor Trevor, for example. And John. Johnlock, oneshot.

Written for the H/C bingo prompt: explosion. Sherlock and John are buried and Lestrade must rescue them. Can he do enough? Originally a one shot, now being continued.

Sherlock and John are sent to go under cover on a gay cruise line to solve and bust a drug trading ring, prepare for awkward, hilarious and embarrassing moments. Sherlock/John or John/Sherlock, Slash, Johnlock

When Greg Lestrade was a little boy, his father used to take him out to look at the stars. The story of Lestrade, and of Sherlock. T for safety & drug use. Angst, love, and h/c. No slash: father-son relationship.

The Demon still houses itself inside John. And Sherlock is still at its mercy. In every possible way because the thing didn't just want to have John, but it wanted to tear apart Sherlock, metaphorically and literally. Part Two to the Original Drabble !

"It's a persistent pounding on your front door that wakes you at two in the morning." My version of how Greg met Sherlock. Includes Greg's daughter as an OC. No slash. Rated for drug use/withdrawal.

What happens when John and Sherlock attempt to make pizza. Established-relationship, shameless, cotton-candy fluff. Cowritten with another user.

Lestrade got Sherlock clean, but for what? For him to just throw it all away? One shot... Rating T because I'm toolazy to read whether swearing falls under K or not...

In which a homeless child follows Sherlock home one day, and he isn't as heartless as one might think. Established S/J

What if John and Sherlock had met before, only neither remembered it? A discussion of Sherlock's troubled past stirs memories in John. Rated M for drug use and implied sexiness, but nothing explicit. S/J, established relationship, one-shot.

Lestrade has been asked to write about his late friends Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Set 25 or so years in the future. Rated "T" for subject matter.

Lestrade had known for a long time that Sherlock dabbled in recreational drugs. Rated T for drug use. No slash. Pre-series.

"Lestrade didn't know about high-functioning sociopath, but a high-functioning drug addict Sherlock certainly was." An exploration of Sherlock on drugs and Lestrade fulfilling the role of somebody who cares. Angsty. Will be a two-shot.