John and Lestrade

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I'm looking for stories where John meets Lestrade before he meets Sherlock. Any genre, any rating. For that matter, I'd love to see the same thing in canon or movieverse. Alternately, I'd like to see any stories which give us Lestrade's earliest impressions of John Watson.

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[frenchcinephile.livejournal.com]

Stickstockstone does some very nice AU's where John and Lestrade meet before John meets Sherlock.

Untitled Forensics John Fic by stickstockstone

Written for a prompt, John is the new head of Forsenics and Sherlock harasses Lestrade for John's address and phone number. Very funny.

http://stickstockstone.livejournal.com/2358.html

Untitled Police Force John Fic by stickstockstone

prompt: "John never joined the army. He joined the police force."

http://stickstockstone.livejournal.com/1305.html#cutid1

Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye by stickstockstone

prompt: "John is Lestrade's ex-boyfriend. And up to the moment where Lestrade runs up those stairs in Study in Pink he's not even certain John is still alive."

http://stickstockstone.livejournal.com/1742.html#cutid1

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'll take a look as soon as life gets less complicated!

[thirdbird-fic.livejournal.com]

Match (http://sherlockbbc-fic.livejournal.com/4777.html?thread=14186409#t14186409) (anonymous author) is excellent - I resisted reading it for a long time because it begins with a long and graphic scene of John getting gang-raped by his rugby team at university, but the focus after that is on his meeting up with a young policeman who helps him out and befriends him during the aftermath of the attack. It's really well-done. John & Lestrade friendship, not slash.

*still hopes for a sequel*

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I think I came across that one once before, but I'd lost it. Definitely one to read again though. Thanks!