The secrets we keep

[skyeblux.livejournal.com]

Hey all!
Looking for any BBC Sherlock fic where either John or Sherlock (but preferably Sherlock) isn't quite well...human and reveals this secret to his flatmate. So vampire/faerie/changeling whatever but not au meeting-what I mean is they are still Sherlock and John living in Baker Street but one of them is not quite what they seem, the other is clueless and Bam! truth/reaction type fic! If that makes sense?
Thanks and virtual hugs!

Comments

[swissmarg]

This is pretty close:

The Semantics of Crop Circle Formation: a case study by Sherlock Holmes [unpublished] (41710 words) by canolacrush
Rating: Mature
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Summary: "Look at these photographs," I said, gesturing to the wall of crop circles. "What do you observe?" "Crop circles," John replied. "Obvious. What else?" "Are...are those intestines surrounding them?" "Yes. The majority are bovine and ovine in origin. The farmers who have acquired these crop circles in their fields have also had a tenth of their livestock murdered and arranged thus." "Why?" John said, presumably in a rhetorical fashion. I detest rhetorical questions. "That is what I must find out, John."

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This one too:

Skeletons (57711 words) by flawedamythyst
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Summary: Sherlock's refusal to talk about his past hides far more skeletons than John could ever have guessed at. Halloween-esque AU. Now complete. Actually a fusion with another (well-known) fandom, but I feel that knowing which in advance spoils some of the story, so I have put it behind a spoiler-cut in the End Note. I don't feel it's necessary to have knowledge of that fandom to read this fic.

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And I haven't read this in a while but I think it's a match too:

The Autumn Moon is Bright (23935 words) by barrowjane
Rating: Mature
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Summary: John has two secrets he keeps from Sherlock - he manages this, he thinks, only because Sherlock would find the idea that John is attracted to him just as unlikely as the idea of John being a werewolf. He's not sure what it says about his life, that love and lycanthropy are considered equally impossible events.


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In this one, Sherlock has a special ability that John only finds out about later:

Afterswarm (10591 words) by whitedatura
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Summary: John has seen Sherlock do a lot of odd things over the years, but Sherlock having a genuine conversation with a bee might be the oddest. (Or: the one where Sherlock communicates with bees, John questions his sanity, and Mrs Hudson gets a new computer.)

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And in this one, John has a special ability that Sherlock finds out about:

Copy That (18554 words) by maybemalapert
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Summary: Afghanistan changes a man, some more than others. In which John develops the ability to transform into any animate being he sees.

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This is also a John-is-special one:

Title: Lovers in Captivity
Author: _wristcutshow_
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 11,500
Warnings: None
Spoilers: Through season 1 and 2
Summary: John is well aware he is a medical impossibility. Sherlock knows something is not-quite-right and he’s physically incapable of leaving secrets tucked away in their boxes (he was a horror on Christmas).

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In this one, neither one of them know... at first:

What Experiment? (32654 words) by Andersaur
Rating: Mature
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sebastian Moran/Jim Moriarty
Summary: John's a werewolf. It seems that everybody knows except him.

[skyeblux.livejournal.com]

Oh thanks so much. Have read some of these but others were on my reading list and I'd completely forgotten about them! Will have to rectify that immediately!

[isha-chan.livejournal.com]

I have some to share, too :-)

Title: I Used to Live Alone Before I Knew You (http://etothepii.livejournal.com/7536.html)
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 11,100 words
Summary: Where Mycroft is an angel, Sherlock is a demon, and John is still John.

Titles: Inexplicable (http://prettybirdy979.livejournal.com/4118.html)
Theme/Table: Table #12, Theme of Witch
Setting: BBC! Sherlock
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: John, Sherlock
Genre/Warnings: Angst, Drama, Supernatural
Summary: John's got a secret... For the Secondary challenge at sherlockfest

Title: Faerie-Touched (http://blind-author.livejournal.com/18832.html)
Rating: Maybe M? For mention of and musing on sex? Or is that PG-13?
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters, and am making no profit from their use.
Pairing: Slash, Sherlock/John
Summary: AU. In a world of sorcerers and magic, Sherlock is a Faerie-born and John, lacking any kind of magical talent, often seems a bit out of place. But he has a gift all his own...


These are the ones that I remembered instantly because I really enjoyed reading them :-)

[skyeblux.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly! Am loving these new discoveries!

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

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.

And if you don't mind a self-rec:
A Study in John (http://archiveofourown.org/works/628426) (6712 words) by keerawa (http://archiveofourown.org/users/keerawa)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV) (http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sherlock%20(TV))
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Henry Knight
Additional Tags: Episode: s02e02 The Hounds of Baskerville, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Case Fic, Secrets, Mystery, Magic Realism
Summary:

Sherlock would have pursued John’s secret to places far more wild and remote than Dartmoor.

[skyeblux.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much and self-recs are definitely encouraged! Think this could be a new favourite trope! The trust of sharing a huge secret, the acceptance and loyalty! Will have to make a rec list so if anyone thinks of anymore please do keep them coming!

[chanel-5.livejournal.com]

Bleed Me Out (http://archiveofourown.org/works/696571) (87987 words) by antietamfalls (http://archiveofourown.org/users/antietamfalls)
Chapters: 14/14
Fandom: Sherlock (TV) (http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sherlock%20(TV)), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms (http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sherlock%20Holmes%20*a*%20Related%20Fandoms)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Greg Lestrade
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Vampire, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Magical Realism, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Vampire Sherlock, Soul Bond, Bonding, Vampires, Angst, John Whump
Summary:

John isn’t exactly surprised to discover that Sherlock isn't human. His vampirism doesn't pose a problem, even when their relationship gradually grows into something more. That is, until a deadly revelation about John’s blood sends their lives spinning dangerously out of control.

[obsessionality.livejournal.com]

you might want this series where it's a Sherlock BBC/Addams Family AU? So John is supernatural, not Sherlock, but it's actually Fantastic. It's by etothepii (http://archiveofourown.org/series/8180).

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Second that rec and adding the comment that almost all etothepii fic is "someone is other than human" crossovers.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

No love for Complexity on this thread? Sweet, slightly silly tentacle porn is the best:

http://archiveofourown.org/works/234564