John Watson thought this was it for him after he returned from Afghanistan - runny noses and the tedium of working a job at a private practice. Aimless and bitter, he never thought he would find his purpose again. Enter Sherlock, a little boy desperately needing rescue from the wreckage of his life, and John gets more than he ever thought possible...a family. Kid!lock.

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

Au. Spoilers for Reichenbach and The Empty Hearse Mycroft managed to rescue Sherlock's body, but what about his mind? "His mental state was harder to gauge. Sherlock still interacted with his friends and family, but not the real them. He reacted to his figments of them. "

Sherlock is arrested as a suspect for murder once a serial killer if found dead. In the end, his innocence is found too late. In his cell, something happens to the detective that traumatizes him to the max. Will he ever be the same again? Or will he be forever the empty shell of a once great man? Definite Triggers in Later Chapters. *CURRENTLY BEING REWRITTEN*

Sherlock's bad enough when he's healthy...who knows what can happen when he's sick? Of course, John's the only one who can help the ailing consulting detective. [Multi-chapter sick!fic]

After three years spent with dismantling Moriarty's web, Sherlock finally returns to London - and to John. John, however, after three years of thinking his best friend dead, does not react as expected and is not ready to forgive him, but sends Sherlock, alone and in need of his friend, away. When John finally comes to his senses, it might be too late./Prompt fill. Angsty.

John Watson just wanted a normal year at school, but as soon as he met his roommate he had the feeling that wasn't going to happen. With a sexual predator loose at Baker Academy, John is finding himself caught up in the crime solving whirlwind that is Sherlock Holmes. Trigger warning: rape/non-con, abuse of under aged students. Teenlock.

Someone made an offer to several of the best hit men in the World: Kill Sherlock Holmes. Whoever made the kill would get the money. Keeping Sherlock safe was going to be difficult enough, John knew. Then someone the consulting detective had met during the three years he never talked about showed up and everything got even more complicated. Post-Reunion, season 3 disregarded. AU.

Sherlock is bored! John has gone to see his sister Harriet and there are no new cases. So he decides to go for a little walk, and ends up down a ally way with a man trying to sell him drugs... dodgy drugs! What happens to Sherlock when he is left battling for his life? Does he survive or does the consulting detective die?