Mary-friendly return fics?

[quarryquest.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone ...

Need some stuff to read, and as we're nearly up to the new series of BBC Sherlock, I know I am going to have to get used to a new character. There seems to be a lot of Mary-bashing around at the moment, so I'd like to see some post-haitus stories where she fits into Sherlock and John's world well and is written sympathetically. Help anyone?

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[swissmarg]

I just read this, it should fit your bill.

A House Divided Against Itself (17109 words) by destinationtoast
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mary Morstan/John Watson, Mary Morstan/Original Character
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mary Morstan, Mrs. Hudson
Additional Tags: Polyamory, Polyamory Negotiations, Angst, Accidental Voyeurism, Anal Sex, Oral Sex, John/Mary onscreen, Sherlock/John onscreen, Dirty Talk, of a sort, also a lot more conversation than the rest of the tags make it sound like
Series: Part 2 of Againstverse
Summary: Sherlock tries to get John and Mary to move in with him. What can possibly go wrong?

This one is also good, although the part with Mary isn't very long:

The Fisher King (25680 words) by pandoras_chaos
Chapters: 9/9
Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes & John Watson, Mary Morstan/John Watson, Anthea/Mycroft Holmes
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Harry Watson, Anthea (Sherlock), Mummy (Sherlock), John Watson's Mother, Sebastian Moran, Mary Morstan
Additional Tags: Character Study, Coming of Age, Minor Character Death, Drug Use, Drug Addiction, Overdosing, Violence, (chapter four only), Reichenbach Feels, Angst, Unrequited Love, Marriage, Canonical Character Death, Mentions of Cancer, Explicit Sexual Content, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering
Summary: A series of firsts, as measured by time and understanding.

This one is painful, but good:

We will meet back on this road (40720 words) by Sunnyrea
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Mary Morstan/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mary Morstan, Greg Lestrade, Molly Hooper
Additional Tags: Original Character(s)
Series: Part 3 of Five Years Ago and Three Thousand Miles Away
Summary: John and Mary are married, Sherlock and John's relationship is almost back to the way it used to be but everything will change when Mary falls ill. Will John come through it again and how will it once again change his relationship with Sherlock?

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

Here's a very different fic that might suit your needs. It's a magical realism AU, and John doesn't even meet Mary until after Sherlock returns, but she brings them together, all three of them, ina very sane and joyful way.

Infinitely Stranger (http://archiveofourown.org/works/691226) (51980 words) by zundaerazylym (http://archiveofourown.org/users/zundaerazylym)
Chapters: 10/10
Fandom: Sherlock (TV) (http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sherlock%20(TV))
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes & John Watson, Mary Morstan & John Watson, Sherlock Holmes & Mary Morstan, Mycroft Holmes & Greg Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes/Mary Morstan/John Watson
Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Sebastian Moran, Mycroft Holmes, Mary Morstan, Charles Augustus Milverton, Greg Lestrade
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Canon-Typical Violence, Mythical Beings & Creatures
Series: Part 1 of Infinitely Stranger 'verse (http://archiveofourown.org/series/63139)
Summary:

"Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent." - A. C. Doyle

In which Sherlock Holmes learns that reality is, in fact, far more wondrous than fiction.