Searching for a bookverse fic

[clarify.livejournal.com]

Hi all!

I'm hoping that you guys may be able to help me find a bookverse fic.

I have this gut feeling that it's set in HOUN. My only somewhat fuzzy memory of the fic is that Holmes has a stack of Watson's letters that get blown away in the wind. Holmes is desperate to grab them all, and Watson gets a hold of one that appears to be read over very carefully. Holmes admits that he read that one over and over again because he noticed that Watson paused at one point (and the ink had pooled there or something) and desperately wanted to know what Watson had really wanted to say. I think after that Watson confesses.

If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it! If not, I could always use bookverse Holmes/Watson recs. :) I'm particularly interested in alternate meeting fics, but will always take anything good. (And not especially well-known.)

Thank you for your help!

Slave Holmes and Protective Watson

[applea.livejournal.com]

Hello all! I remember this wip, and I was wondering if it sounded familiar to anyone else.

Watson was at the ring, and Holmes' had won a round. Turns out he wasn't supposed to since he was a slave and his master had tried to rig the game and had bet against him. Watson immediately bought Holmes when his current master started to abuse him, but Holmes begged his master not to sell him because he deduced Watson was a doctor and thought he was going to experiment on him. Watson takes him back to Bakerstreet and fixes him up, and when he notices Holmes is falling asleep on the ground before the fire he has him stay in the guest room. Holmes thinks Watson is going to have sex with him right there, but Watson tells him he's going to go to his room. Holmes fearfully asks whose room he's in then, and Watson responds "Yours". Holmes looks on in amazement.
And that's as far as I read, I know it was a wip and I'm curious to see if it was updated.