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Ghosts & Johnlock
Apr. 17th, 2019 09:57 pmThe Haunting of 221B Baker Street by earlgreytea68, 10 k, mature. In which Sherlock is a ghost. (Major character death of course.) Sherlock is dead, but haunting John. He can’t let go. Post Reichenbach fic – with angst, feels, and even some spectral sexytimes. An interesting combo. Thumbs up!
Most Ghosts Are Idiots by GoldenUsagi , 18 k, teen. The one where Sherlock is already dead but hits it off with John anyway. John returns from Afghanistan later than he did in canon and rents a long vacant flat in Baker Street. But it has a few problems, he discovers, namely the ghost of Sherlock Holmes! (Major character death.)
Final Hours by bendingsignpost, 7 k, teen. (Ghost story, major character death.) Sherlock Holmes has waited on the other side for quite awhile for John to join him. Finally, that day has come. Angsty and more bro’s than romance, but still touching and sweet
The Afterlife of Doctor John H. Watson by flawedamythyst 31 k, gen. This is an ACD Holmes and Watson fic. (Major character death.) After John is suddenly struck down by a stroke, his ghost is unable to let go, lingering to haunt Sherlock Holmes. This was super sad as Watson spends years observing Holmes without being able to contact him before he catches the knack of it. Well written with lots of ACD canon explored, but Oh my heart, the angst was high!
The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes by MapleleafCameo - 25 k, explicit, John is a ghost haunting Sherlock’s holiday home. Sherlock is determined to discover who and what John is. Ghost/not ghost, ancient prophesy, witches, and spells. Very interesting … Check it out.
the shape of the shadows that detach from the walls by wendlaa, 13 k, explicit. John and Sherlock never met so Sherlock ends up as one of the serial suicide victims. This is not the end however as Sherlock becomes a ghost who meets John later. Eventually a relationship develops. Lots of feelings and angst, but a happy ending.
A Spirit In 221B by bbcatemysoul, 19 k, teen. Paranormal AU. John rents a flat, only to find that it's already occupied by the ghost of a previous tenant.
Blue Pajamas by lookupkate, 17 k, explicit. It never occurred to John's parents that the boy their son talked about was more than a school friend. It never occurred to John that Sherlock was anything but a boy. That's how John ended up, at the age of ten, with what was for all deeds and purposes an imaginary friend. Only he wasn’t imaginary. He was a ghost.
The Light in the Heart by cassyl, 6 k, teen. On holiday in a Scottish castle hotel, John witnesses a murder and meets a very unusual detective. (Major Character Death – but with no sads in it.)
Fourteen Black Pennies by peevee, 7 k, explicit. Two Englishmen, one evil Scottish poltergeist, fourteen corpses and a lot of whisky.
Hist Whist by cassyl, 3 k, mature, In which John adjusts to being a ghost.
All the Voices in Your Head by Atisenia, 19 k, teen. During a case that may or may not involve an angry ghost, John finds himself in a place he never thought he’d have a chance to visit.
A Spirited Companion by TardisIsTheOnlyWayToTravel, 3k, teen. In which John is a ghost haunting the skull on Sherlock's mantlepiece.
How to Leave a Haunted House by May_Shepard, 1 k, gen. Unilock. John and Sherlock meet in a haunted house attraction.
On Sleeping with Sherlock Holmes by gaytectives, 7 k ,gen. “If I freeze to death in the middle of the night, I’ll haunt you,” John mutters. “Glad to know you’ll stick around,” Sherlock jokes.
A Beautifully Frightening Revelation by 221b_careful_what_you_wish_for, 6 k, mature. John and Sherlock are investigating an isolated country manor haunted by a mischievous ghost. A series of spooky incidents brings them together in a candlelit bedroom, the night ripe for revelations and facing fears.
Four Funerals (And A Wedding) by Saucery, 1.8 k, mature. Meet John Watson, the world's first consulting psychic detective. And meet Sherlock, his ghost.
Grave Wax by CatieBrie, 6 k, teen. John, John, John. John is here. John is safe. John is going to take away all the pain. Then the world goes black and Sherlock dies. Or, Sherlock solves his own murder.
The Ghost and Doctor Watson by I Ship an Armada, WIP, explicit. John Watson, recently widowed and financially devastated, insists on moving to the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff-by-the-Sea to get out from under the smothering attentions of his mother and sister. The house he chooses is Gull Cottage, which is haunted by an arrogant, brilliant, but very dead consulting detective who won’t get out of John’s head, and has unfinished business in the world of the living. (Locked to AO3.)
Upon Whom Shall You Call? by may-shepard, 26 k, explicit, (A TAB-verse AU with Victorian Lady Ghostbusters). In the two years since the loss of his friend Sherlock Holmes at Reichenbach Falls, John Watson has tried his best to move on. When his maid, Jane, reports hearing noises in the attic of John’s house, he suspects contact from the spirit world and consults four lady scientists, who promise to assist with their groundbreaking technologies.
I Think I've Come A Long Long Way To Sit Before You Here Today by ArwenKenobi, 18 k, teen. One year after John is killed Sherlock starts to wonder whether John has actually gone anywhere.
Keep on Changing by philalethia, 9 k, teen. “Why would Mary be haunting you?” John didn’t even have to think about it. “Because she’s angry.”
Give It Welcome by Glenmore, 13 k, teen. Rosie Watson is commissioned to write a story about memories of her favourite gifts. Sherlock and John take on a case involving a ghost and a missing girl.
The Master of Latham Hall by Kryptaria, 47 k, teen. Ten years after meeting Sherlock Holmes, John Watson has successfully kept only one secret from the world's only consulting detective: the most important secret he's ever had. Now, drawn into an impossible web of murders at Latham Hall, John learns the terrible price a man must pay for keeping certain things secret.
De profundis by darcylindbergh, 32 k, mature. Sherlock Holmes sees dead people. Which, although not necessarily ideal, has mostly turned out to be fine. Or, it was, until one day he looks up, and sees John Watson.
Congratulations, Mr. Holmes, it's a Ghost! by EventHorizon, Mystrade. 169 k, mature. A punishing storm strands Mycroft in a remote inn where the residents are friendly, helpful, but not necessarily among the living. The one specifically not among the living takes a special interest in their guest and isn't shy about making that fact known...
Touch The Fleeting Chill Of Air by nightmare_kisser, 49 k, teen. Sherlock likes to visit the cemetery. But one day when Mycroft takes him, the ten-year-old boy finds a man sitting on a tombstone he claims is his own marker. And that he died during The Great War. Needless to say, Sherlock makes a friend.
He's Coming To Us Dead by Vulgarweed, 13 k, explicit. (Bone Fiddle series, 70’s AU.) The war is ending and the troops are returning. They do not always mean well. Their loved ones are not always glad to see them. A case straight out of an old folktale has deep repercussions for Sherlock and John.
Where The Ghosts Have Voices by HappyJuicyfruit, 37 k, mature. John has lived his whole life as an outcast. It is only when he meets Sherlock, that be realizes being a freak might not be such a bad thing, and that the curse he has lived with his whole life may be a gift after all.
No Such Thing as Ghosts by thatawkwardfriend, 12 k, teen. Sherlock and John spend three nights in a mansion their client claims is haunted. But they're in no real danger, Sherlock reassures him. Obviously there's no such thing as ghosts . . . although some spooky events might prove otherwise.
