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Title: waltz across naïve wood floors
Author: paperclipbitch
Characters: Holmes & Joan Watson, Gen
Length: 4100 words
Rating: Teen
Verse: Elementary
Author's summary: "You're wearing my underwear again, aren't you," Joan says.
Reccer's comments:

Elementary screams for domestic fic; begs for it. The setting itself is intriguing: the building shell, the wood floors under bare feet, the laundry, the unpaired furniture, the stacked books and random dishes and highly specific kitchen equipment, the rooftop bees and that great Brooklyn view-- like the relationship, it's a work in progress, boxes in boxes, a home being built within a house.

This fic from Holmes's pov is a contemplation of Joan against their shared circumstances, overlaid with memories of the murdered Irene (mostly segmented as hips, legs, spine), still painfully omnipresent in Holmes's mind. It's Joan at the heart here, though he also contemplates and interacts with others--sadly, not Gregson!--including Clyde the tortoise, his bees, Alfredo, Detective Bell, and even the Lynch twins. His wearing of Joan's clothes gives a hint to reasons behind his haphazard wardrobe, its lack of iconicity. There are several references to Holmes's sexual proclivities and use of prostitutes, also true to this character.

The writing is satisfying, believable, sophisticated. It suits the characters very well. There are wonderful conversations, spoken and physical, between the two of them. I enjoyed reading it very much and I think you would, too.