Winter 2025 Master List!
Dec. 22nd, 2025 02:55 pmSorted by category and fandom, all the amazing fanworks created by this round's participants, for your perusal and entertainment and with names attached! Now comments can be answered and works reposted all over the web, and pimping shall commence far and wide! If you haven't added your fanwork to the AO3 collection, and you want to, you can add it here: Holmestice Exchange - Winter2025. If your work has been on AO3 all along and is in a fast-moving tag ("Sherlock (TV)" or "Sherlock Holmes/John Watson", for example), you might choose to update its publication date to today, so that your work has its turn at the top of the tag.
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And now, without further ado, the Grand Reveal!
( Art )
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( Podfic, Original Music, Fanmixes, and Vids )
Please come back and join us for our spring/summer round! Sign-ups will open in March. You can follow us at
And now, without further ado, the Grand Reveal!
( Art )
( Fiction )
( Podfic, Original Music, Fanmixes, and Vids )
Treat for Ghostbees: The Uses of Solitude
Dec. 21st, 2025 11:53 pmTitle: The Uses of Solitude
Recipient: ghostbees
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada TV Show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: M (for humorous discussion of packers)
Warnings: N/A
Summary: Although Holmes always prefers to be hard at work, there are a few benefits to taking a holiday with Watson. For one thing, it’s a chance to work on certain unusual artistic endeavors which make him feel more himself.
Read on AO3: The Uses of Solitude
Recipient: ghostbees
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada TV Show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: M (for humorous discussion of packers)
Warnings: N/A
Summary: Although Holmes always prefers to be hard at work, there are a few benefits to taking a holiday with Watson. For one thing, it’s a chance to work on certain unusual artistic endeavors which make him feel more himself.
Read on AO3: The Uses of Solitude
Treat for paradiseandcola: Tried and True
Dec. 21st, 2025 09:49 pmTitle: Tried and True
Recipient: paradiseandcola
Author:
Verse: Granada TV Show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: N/A
Summary: After straining his bad leg during a case, it’s a bit harder for Watson to get going in the morning. Holmes is quite determined to make sure he has everything he needs.
Read On AO3: Tried and True
Recipient: paradiseandcola
Author:
Verse: Granada TV Show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: N/A
Summary: After straining his bad leg during a case, it’s a bit harder for Watson to get going in the morning. Holmes is quite determined to make sure he has everything he needs.
Read On AO3: Tried and True
Treat for Ghostbees: The Morning After the Concert
Dec. 21st, 2025 04:09 pmTitle: The Morning After The Concert
Recipient: ghostbees
Artist/Vidder: REDACTED
Verse: ACD Canon
Characters/Pairings: Holmes/Watson/Mary Morstan, Trans Sherlock Holmes
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Three people sharing a bathroom in the morning is no joke, but it's even worse when one happens to be the world's greatest detective...
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Recipient: ghostbees
Artist/Vidder: REDACTED
Verse: ACD Canon
Characters/Pairings: Holmes/Watson/Mary Morstan, Trans Sherlock Holmes
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Three people sharing a bathroom in the morning is no joke, but it's even worse when one happens to be the world's greatest detective...
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Treat for BendingtheWillow: In the Thick of Question and Reply
Dec. 21st, 2025 01:05 amTitle: In the Thick of Question and Reply
Recipient: BendingTheWillow
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada TV Show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: N/A
Summary: While recovering from an injury, Holmes finds that he might need a bit more help than usual. Watson is glad to assist in any way that he can.
Read on AO3: In the Thick of Question and Reply
Recipient: BendingTheWillow
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada TV Show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: N/A
Summary: While recovering from an injury, Holmes finds that he might need a bit more help than usual. Watson is glad to assist in any way that he can.
Read on AO3: In the Thick of Question and Reply
Treat for B2BMilde: The Moustache
Dec. 20th, 2025 06:25 pmTitle: The Moustache
Recipient: B2BMilde
Artist: REDACTED
Verse: Rathbone & Bruce films
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: On a case that calls for disguises...
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Recipient: B2BMilde
Artist: REDACTED
Verse: Rathbone & Bruce films
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: On a case that calls for disguises...
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Treat for happyeverafter72: Contributing Factors
Dec. 20th, 2025 01:06 pmTitle: Contributing Factors
Recipient: happyeverafter72
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada TV Show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: N/A
Summary: Returning home from a case to find chilly winter weather, Holmes contemplates recent changes to his life, as well as their effects.
Read on AO3: Contributing Factors
Recipient: happyeverafter72
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada TV Show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: N/A
Summary: Returning home from a case to find chilly winter weather, Holmes contemplates recent changes to his life, as well as their effects.
Read on AO3: Contributing Factors
Treat for randomquadballpun: And Bid the Day Begin
Dec. 19th, 2025 10:38 pmTitle: And Bid the Day Begin
Recipient: RandomQ / Randomquadballpun
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada TV Show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: N/A
Summary: After a long, taxing case involving sabotage to London’s weather, Holmes and Watson return home to enjoy a well-deserved rest and a little medical care.
Read on AO3: And Bid the Day Begin
Recipient: RandomQ / Randomquadballpun
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada TV Show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: N/A
Summary: After a long, taxing case involving sabotage to London’s weather, Holmes and Watson return home to enjoy a well-deserved rest and a little medical care.
Read on AO3: And Bid the Day Begin
Treat for estelraca: Into the Setting Sun
Dec. 19th, 2025 04:42 pmTitle: Into the Setting Sun
Recipient: EstelRaca
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada TV show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson & Mycroft
Rating: T
Warnings: None
Summary: When Holmes fails to arrive at Baker Street for a scheduled dinner, Mycroft and Watson go searching for him.
Read on AO3: Into the Setting Sun
Recipient: EstelRaca
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada TV show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson & Mycroft
Rating: T
Warnings: None
Summary: When Holmes fails to arrive at Baker Street for a scheduled dinner, Mycroft and Watson go searching for him.
Read on AO3: Into the Setting Sun
Treat for Jabbage: Peace and Literature
Dec. 19th, 2025 01:41 amTitle: Peace and Literature
Recipient: Jabbage
Artist: REDACTED
Verse: ACD Canon
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes
Rating: G
Warnings: No Warnings
Summary: Sherlock and Mycroft spend some quiet time together as children.
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Recipient: Jabbage
Artist: REDACTED
Verse: ACD Canon
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes
Rating: G
Warnings: No Warnings
Summary: Sherlock and Mycroft spend some quiet time together as children.
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Treat for beaglesbites: To Implore Your Light
Dec. 18th, 2025 08:42 pmTitle: To Implore Your Light
Recipient: beaglesbites
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada TV Show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: N/A
Summary: Now that Holmes had returned to London, alive and well, Watson had thought the nightmares would stop. He had the most marvelous proof that the worst had not happened, that Holmes was not lost, his body not left to be battered by the torrent of the Reichenbach Falls forever. Still, the nightmares continued.
Read on AO3: To Implore Your Light
Recipient: beaglesbites
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada TV Show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: N/A
Summary: Now that Holmes had returned to London, alive and well, Watson had thought the nightmares would stop. He had the most marvelous proof that the worst had not happened, that Holmes was not lost, his body not left to be battered by the torrent of the Reichenbach Falls forever. Still, the nightmares continued.
Read on AO3: To Implore Your Light
Treat for armchair_elvis: You May Keep It
Dec. 17th, 2025 07:42 pmTitle: You May Keep It
Recipient: armchair_elvis
Artist: REDACTED
Verse: The Case of the Silk Stocking
Characters: Holmes & Watson & Jenny
Rating: PG (?)
Warnings: None
Summary: Holmes gets a few more books from Jenny
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Recipient: armchair_elvis
Artist: REDACTED
Verse: The Case of the Silk Stocking
Characters: Holmes & Watson & Jenny
Rating: PG (?)
Warnings: None
Summary: Holmes gets a few more books from Jenny
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Treat for flowing_river: Counterpoint
Dec. 17th, 2025 05:28 pmTitle: Counterpoint
Recipient: flowing_river
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada TV Show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: N/A
Summary: “Hiding anything from Holmes was difficult, but in their present circumstances, he was no doubt distracted by the gunmen and the case in general. So long as Watson kept quiet, Holmes need not find out about this injury until later.”
Read on AO3: Counterpoint
Recipient: flowing_river
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada TV Show
Characters/Pairings: Holmes & Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: N/A
Summary: “Hiding anything from Holmes was difficult, but in their present circumstances, he was no doubt distracted by the gunmen and the case in general. So long as Watson kept quiet, Holmes need not find out about this injury until later.”
Read on AO3: Counterpoint
Treat for Mom2boys: "When you finish those I promise I'll find more"
Dec. 16th, 2025 08:55 pmTitle: “When you finish those I promise I’ll find more”
Recipient: Mom2boys
Artist/Vidder: REDACTED
Verse: Sherlock & Co
Characters/Pairings: Young Sherlock
Rating: Gen
Warnings:Train Obsession!
Summary:Sherlock Holmes has always loved libraries
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Recipient: Mom2boys
Artist/Vidder: REDACTED
Verse: Sherlock & Co
Characters/Pairings: Young Sherlock
Rating: Gen
Warnings:Train Obsession!
Summary:Sherlock Holmes has always loved libraries
( Read more... )