Looking for Mystrade recs

[chaos-walking.livejournal.com]

I'm on break from classes and have found myself with quite a bit more free time than I expected to have and a sudden desire for mystrade.

I need your help please! Anything and everything mystrade. Come on you guys, where's the good stuff?

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[ars-longa.livejournal.com]

Look by the tags - there was a very similar post recently, with quite a lot of recs.

[chaos-walking.livejournal.com]

Was just about to do that actually. Thanks! :)

[bluebrocade.livejournal.com]

I'm not a big Mystrade reader, but there is this one that I loved: The Long Way Home (http://mia6363.livejournal.com/50177.html).

[chaos-walking.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I've not read this one yet, and it looks just heartrendingly beautiful.

[endeni]

When first we practise to deceive by anonymous - Lestrade thinks Mycroft is only occupying /a minor position in the british goverment/.
He knows him only as a kind, well-mannered, understanding man as opposite to his younger brothrer.
Mycroft tries his best to hide the fact that he's /the british goverment/.

[chaos-walking.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! This is another one I haven't read.

[jademac2442.livejournal.com]

At Least There's Football (http://archiveofourown.org/series/9540/). This is the Mystrade by which I judge all others.

[chaos-walking.livejournal.com]

Thanks!! This is so long! Just perfect.

[jademac2442.livejournal.com]

It's my favorite Mystrade EVER. I drop EVERYTHING when it updates. I just love it. Let me know how you like it.

I tend to like Mystrade a lot. Is there anything specific you are looking for in a fiction?

[chaos-walking.livejournal.com]

I'm loving it! This is like the end-all of mystrade. I can't believe I haven't read this before. It's incredible.

As for specific things... I don't really have anything in mind, though I like long intense fics like this one best.

Again, thank you sooo much for reccing it. It's unbelievable.

[idri-fic.livejournal.com]

This might be a bit left-field but here's the thing. I NEVER read het slash. Except for this one fic. I'm just reading it again for maybe the fourth time - it's a happy place.

The Least of All Possible Mistakes (http://archiveofourown.org/works/330685?view_full_work=true) by rageprufrock.

It's genderswap!Lestrade with Mycroft as we know him and begins with the line, "The first time George meets Mycroft Holmes, she tases him."

Genuinely never thought I would read let alone love a genderswap het fic. But it's fabulous.

And thanks for posting this - always on the lookout for good long Mystrade myself!

[chaos-walking.livejournal.com]

Just sat down and started reading your rec and I want to say that
it.
is.
fabulous.

I never read genderswap fics. Not ever. But this is so amazing and well written, I can't help but love it.

thanks so much for reccing this!

[idri-fic.livejournal.com]

Yay! I really am genuinely thrilled you're giving it a try, and not only that but enjoying it! Exactly as you say - I never read this sort of fic (now I wonder what else I've missed out on), and I think I only read it in desperation for Mystrade at first... so glad I did.

I just love how the characters ring so true to BBC!Sherlock but with the slight twist of Lestrade being a feisty, plausible late 30s woman.

I hope you go on loving it :D