Hi everyone!

I've updated the Reclist for Wounded!Lestrade Fics. If you know of any relevant story I've accidentally missed, I'd be grateful if you'd let me know. Thank you!

Title: hands up
Author: willowmeg (seven-stitches / Nagaem_C)
Status: complete
Word count: 3304
Rating: Explicit
Characters: Greg Lestrade, (reader)
Relationships: Greg Lestrade/Reader
Additional Tags: Hand & Finger Kink, Erotica, Flirting, First Date, Vaginal Fingering, Hand Jobs, Casual Sex
Warnings:none
Series: Part 2 of Touch and Go


Summary:
You thought you'd embarrassed yourself, but the sexy DI had given you his card, all the same. What could it hurt, to give him a call--and see how your fantasy measures up to the real thing?


Read: On AO3

Title: hands down
Author: willowmeg (seven-stitches)
Status: complete
Word count: 1374
Rating: Mature
Characters: Greg Lestrade, (reader)
Relationships: Greg Lestrade/Reader
Additional Tags: hand & finger kink, erotica, sexual fantasy, vaginal fingering, flirting

Summary: You work as a saleswoman in a small jewellery shop. On slow weekday mornings, it's often terribly dull...but today, you've got someone quite striking to hold your attention.

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Title: The Breathless
Author: willowmeg (Nagaem_C)
Status: COMPLETE!
Word count: 2981 (of 27928 total)
Rating: Mature (after deliberation I have edged it up due to thematic content.)
Characters: Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade's Wife, Sally Donovan, Molly Hooper, Mycroft Holmes, Original Characters
Relationships: Greg Lestrade & Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade/Greg Lestrade's Wife
Additional Tags: POV Lestrade, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Magical Realism, Lifelong Guardian, Dark Ripples AU, Canon Compliant
Warnings: Later in the story there will be canon-typical violence, drug use, miscarriage, secrecy, attempted rape, marital discord, and at least the implication of various other unhappy things.
Series: Part 1 of Dark Ripples

Unrelated to the Needles and Pins series!


Summary:
Greg Lestrade was just an average kid, living an unremarkable life. It was a pretty good life, all things considered, but nothing all that special.
Then, elsewhere in England, a baby was born...and an unwilling guardian was called to begin a lifelong duty...
Greg's been given a strange and stressful calling: supernatural guardianship over a boy he's never met. As years pass, he searches for balance in love and a rewarding career, all while keeping a powerful secret that does more than take his breath away.


Chapter 13: Keep Close
He's never failed Sherlock, and he never will...so long as he has breath to give.


Read Chapter 13: On AO3

From Chapter 1: On AO3


This one is done, but there's more Dark Ripples to come! Buckets of love to my precious betas, harmony_lover and directedbysherlock and theclaygoddess, who have all been a joy to work with.

Hello - Al from gravesdiggers here. (Hope this post is allowed, mods! Please let me know if not.)

It's Rupert's birthday on June 30th and we're raising money to donate to Wild Futures on his behalf. As part of our fundraising effort we're having a fanworks auction which readers of this comm may find of interest!

There's loads of fic and even a couple of pieces of art up for grabs,and nearly all of the donators are offering works involving Lestrade in some way or other!

You can find all the details on the auction here and on the fundraising in general here. Bidding on items is open until 11:59:00pm BST on Tuesday 23rd - so you've still got a couple of days to get your bids in and there are some real bargains still available!

Thanks very much!

Title: The Breathless
Author: willowmeg (Nagaem_C)
Status: WIP
Word count: 2200 (of 14256 so far)
Rating: Mature (after deliberation I have edged it up due to thematic content.)
Characters: Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade's Wife, Sally Donovan, Molly Hooper, Mycroft Holmes, Original Characters
Relationships: Greg Lestrade & Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade/Greg Lestrade's Wife
Additional Tags: POV Lestrade, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Magical Realism, Lifelong Guardian, Dark Ripples AU, Canon Compliant
Warnings: Later in the story there will be canon-typical violence, drug use, miscarriage, secrecy, attempted rape, marital discord, and at least the implication of various other unhappy things.
Series: Part 1 of Dark Ripples

Unrelated to the Needles and Pins series!


Summary:
Greg Lestrade was just an average kid, living an unremarkable life. It was a pretty good life, all things considered, but nothing all that special.
Then, elsewhere in England, a baby was born...and an unwilling guardian was called to begin a lifelong duty...
Greg's been given a strange and stressful calling: supernatural guardianship over a boy he's never met. As years pass, he searches for balance in love and a rewarding career, all while keeping a powerful secret that does more than take his breath away.


Chapter 8: A Matter of Timing
He wonders how everything in his life has become so complicated. It hasn't been simple in a long, long time.


Read Chapter 8: On AO3

From Chapter 1: On AO3

Title: The Breathless
Author: willowmeg (Nagaem_C)
Status: WIP
Word count: 2809 (of 12056 so far)
Rating: Mature (after deliberation, I've edged it up due to thematic content.)
Characters: Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade's Wife, Sally Donovan, Molly Hooper, Mycroft Holmes, Original Characters
Relationships: Greg Lestrade & Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade/Greg Lestrade's Wife
Additional Tags: POV Lestrade, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Magical Realism, Lifelong Guardian, Dark Ripples AU, Canon Compliant
Warnings: Later in the story there will be canon-typical violence, drug use, miscarriage, secrecy, attempted rape, marital discord, and at least the implication of various other unhappy things.
Series: Part 1 of Dark Ripples

Unrelated to the Needles and Pins series!


Summary:
Greg Lestrade was just an average kid, living an unremarkable life. It was a pretty good life, all things considered, but nothing all that special.
Then, elsewhere in England, a baby was born...and an unwilling guardian was called to begin a lifelong duty...
Greg's been given a strange and stressful calling: supernatural guardianship over a boy he's never met. As years pass, he searches for balance in love and a rewarding career, all while keeping a powerful secret that does more than take his breath away.


Chapter 7: Addiction
He wants to blame Fate. It's tempting to blame Sherlock. In the end, he keeps the blame for himself.


Read Chapter 7: On AO3

From Chapter 1: On AO3

Title: The Breathless
Author: willowmeg (Nagaem_C)
Status: WIP
Word count: 1420 (of 9247 so far)
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade's Wife, Sally Donovan, Molly Hooper, Mycroft Holmes, Original Characters
Relationships: Greg Lestrade & Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade/Greg Lestrade's Wife
Additional Tags: POV Lestrade, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Magical Realism, Lifelong Guardian, Dark Ripples AU, Canon Compliant
Warnings: Later in the story there will be canon-typical violence, drug use, miscarriage, secrecy, attempted rape, marital discord, and at least the implication of various other unhappy things.
Series: Part 1 of Dark Ripples

Unrelated to the Needles and Pins series!


Summary:
Greg Lestrade was just an average kid, living an unremarkable life. It was a pretty good life, all things considered, but nothing all that special.
Then, elsewhere in England, a baby was born...and an unwilling guardian was called to begin a lifelong duty...
Greg's been given a strange and stressful calling: supernatural guardianship over a boy he's never met. As years pass, he searches for balance in love and a rewarding career, all while keeping a powerful secret that does more than take his breath away.


Chapter 6: Family Ties
He's meant to be happy, and so he is. Even when he sometimes really, really isn't.


Read Chapter 6: On AO3

From Chapter 1: On AO3

Title: The Breathless
Author: willowmeg (Nagaem_C)
Status: WIP
Word count: 1547 (of 7827 so far)
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade's Wife, Sally Donovan, Molly Hooper, Mycroft Holmes, Original Characters
Relationships: Greg Lestrade & Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade/Greg Lestrade's Wife
Additional Tags: POV Lestrade, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Magical Realism, Lifelong Guardian, Dark Ripples AU, Canon Compliant
Warnings: Later in the story there will be canon-typical violence, drug use, miscarriage, secrecy, attempted rape, marital discord, and at least the implication of various other unhappy things.
Series: Part 1 of Dark Ripples

Unrelated to the Needles and Pins series!


Summary:
Greg Lestrade was just an average kid, living an unremarkable life. It was a pretty good life, all things considered, but nothing all that special.
Then, elsewhere in England, a baby was born...and an unwilling guardian was called to begin a lifelong duty...
Greg's been given a strange and stressful calling: supernatural guardianship over a boy he's never met. As years pass, he searches for balance in love and a rewarding career, all while keeping a powerful secret that does more than take his breath away.


Chapter 5: Holding Back
A little common sense shouldn't be too much to expect from someone so intelligent, should it?


Read Chapter 5: On AO3

From Chapter 1: On AO3

Title: The Breathless
Author: willowmeg (Nagaem_C)
Status: WIP
Word count: 1872 (of 6280 so far)
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade's Wife, Sally Donovan, Molly Hooper, Mycroft Holmes, Original Characters
Relationships: Greg Lestrade & Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade/Greg Lestrade's Wife
Additional Tags: POV Lestrade, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Magical Realism, Lifelong Guardian, Dark Ripples AU, Canon Compliant
Warnings: Later in the story there will be canon-typical violence, drug use, miscarriage, secrecy, attempted rape, marital discord, and at least the implication of various other unhappy things.
Series: Part 1 of Dark Ripples

Unrelated to the Needles and Pins series!


Summary:
Greg Lestrade was just an average kid, living an unremarkable life. It was a pretty good life, all things considered, but nothing all that special.
Then, elsewhere in England, a baby was born...and an unwilling guardian was called to begin a lifelong duty...
Greg's been given a strange and stressful calling: supernatural guardianship over a boy he's never met. As years pass, he searches for balance in love and a rewarding career, all while keeping a powerful secret that does more than take his breath away.


Chapter 4: Step by Step
It's wonderful, truly; Greg smiles, and laughs...and desperately craves a cigarette.


Read Chapter 4: On AO3

From Chapter 1: On AO3

Title: The Breathless
Author: willowmeg (Nagaem_C)
Status: WIP
Word count: 1734 (of 4394 so far)
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade's Wife, Sally Donovan, Molly Hooper, Mycroft Holmes, Original Characters
Relationships: Greg Lestrade & Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade/Greg Lestrade's Wife
Additional Tags: POV Lestrade, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Magical Realism, Lifelong Guardian, Dark Ripples AU, Canon Compliant
Warnings: Later in the story there will be canon-typical violence, drug use, miscarriage, secrecy, attempted rape, marital discord, and at least the implication of various other unhappy things.
Series: Part 1 of Dark Ripples

Unrelated to the Needles and Pins series!


Summary:
Greg Lestrade was just an average kid, living an unremarkable life. It was a pretty good life, all things considered, but nothing all that special.
Then, elsewhere in England, a baby was born...and an unwilling guardian was called to begin a lifelong duty...
Greg's been given a strange and stressful calling: supernatural guardianship over a boy he's never met. As years pass, he searches for balance in love and a rewarding career, all while keeping a powerful secret that does more than take his breath away.


Chapter 3: Transition
It's as if some invisible puzzle piece has just slid into its proper place, at last.


Read Chapter 3: On AO3

From Chapter 1: On AO3

Title: The Breathless
Author: willowmeg (Nagaem_C)
Status: WIP
Word count: 1313 (of 2660 so far)
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade's Wife, Sally Donovan, Molly Hooper, Mycroft Holmes, Original Characters
Relationships: Greg Lestrade & Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade/Greg Lestrade's Wife
Additional Tags: POV Lestrade, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Magical Realism, Lifelong Guardian, Dark Ripples AU, Canon Compliant
Warnings: Later in the story there will be canon-typical violence, drug use, miscarriage, secrecy, attempted rape, marital discord, and at least the implication of various other unhappy things.
Series: Part 1 of Dark Ripples

Unrelated to the Needles and Pins series!


Summary:
Greg Lestrade was just an average kid, living an unremarkable life. It was a pretty good life, all things considered, but nothing all that special.
Then, elsewhere in England, a baby was born...and an unwilling guardian was called to begin a lifelong duty...

Chapter 2: Vigilant
It wouldn't do for Greg to find out for sure he's really crazy, now would it?


Read Chapter 2: On AO3

From Chapter 1: On AO3

Title: The Breathless
Author: willowmeg (Nagaem_C)
Status: WIP
Word count: 1347 so far
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade's Wife, Sally Donovan, Original Characters
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & Greg Lestrade, Greg Lestrade/Greg Lestrade's Wife
Additional Tags: POV Lestrade, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Magical Realism, Lifelong Guardian, Dark Ripples AU, Canon Compliant
Warnings: Later in the story there will be canon-typical violence, drug use, miscarriage, secrecy, attempted rape, marital discord, and at least the implication of various other unhappy things.
Series: Part 1 of Dark Ripples

Unrelated to the Needles and Pins series!

Summary:
Greg Lestrade was just an average kid, living an unremarkable life. It was a pretty good life, all things considered, but nothing all that special.
Then, elsewhere in England, a baby was born...and an unwilling guardian was called to begin a lifelong duty...

Chapter 1: Strange Days
Living alone means no witnesses, and he's certainly better off that way.

Read Chapter 1: On AO3

Title: Slow Burn
Writer: kim_j_8472, aka notluvulongtime
Status of work: Complete
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade, John Watson, OMC
Pairing: Sherlock/Lestrade
Rating: main story, Teen and up; epilogue, Explicit
Length: 12,651
Additional tags: angst, angst & humor, Lestrade-centric, Lestrade whump, hurt/comfort
Warnings: none apply
Author's note: written from a tumblr prompt given by thelittledarkcat

Summary: A Lestrade-centric rewrite of The Empty Hearse. After finding out about the altercation at John and Sherlock's reunion, Lestrade goes to great lengths to make sure that it never happens again.

Title: The Right Tool
Author: willowmeg (Nagaem_C)
Status: COMPLETE in two parts
Word count: 5708 (of 10562 total)
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Greg Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes, Anthea ("Alanna"), Sherlock Holmes
Relationships: Greg Lestrade & Anthea-"Alanna", Sherlock Holmes & Greg Lestrade
Additional Tags: POV Greg Lestrade, Early Days, Rescue, Friendship, Drugs, Undercover, Danger, Guns, BAMF Lestrade
Warnings: non-consensual drug use, imprisonment, minor violence, implied off-screen violence, mild marital discord
Series: Part 9 of The Sewing Box: Needles and Pins One-Shots; fits in chronologically as the new part 3 of Needles and Pins In Order


Summary:

It's a run-of-the-mill workday for Detective Sergeant Lestrade, until he suddenly finds himself tasked with a mission he never expected, one which he can't possibly refuse. The consequences for failure? Disastrous, to say nothing of the crushing guilt...but Greg hardly suspects that success, likewise, may alter the trajectory of his life forever.

Takes place eight years before Stitching Up the Tears; may stand alone

This story can be read on its own, but it ties in with everything in the Needles and Pins AU.


Read: On AO3

On AO3 - Needles and Pins In Order series link

On AO3 - The Sewing Box series link

At the beginning of each month, I'll be posting a desktop wallpaper - one of a series of 12 - that I made to compensate for the lack of our Greg in this year's Sherlock printed wall calendar. This is for any LJ member of the community to download and use. Happy New Year!

Title: By Invitation Only
Author: willowmeg (Nagaem_C)
Status: Complete one-shot
Word count: 8524
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Greg Lestrade, John Watson, Mrs Hudson, Molly Hooper
Relationships: Greg Lestrade & John Watson
Additional Tags: POV Alternating, Friendship, Grief/Mourning, Post-Reichenbach, Pre-Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Warnings: Allusions to thoughts of self-harm, nightmares, lots of alcohol consumption, unemployment, divorce, stress, presumed major character death
Series: Part 8 of The Sewing Box: Needles and Pins One-Shots; fits in chronologically as part 3 of Needles and Pins In Order

Summary:

Sherlock Holmes is dead, and he's left a mess behind. His best friend and his Detective Inspector are each finding that their lives are coming apart at the seams; they can't help but be drawn together in the vacuum of his absence.

John and Greg build a friendship in the wake of the Fall...and through an accidental ritual, they support each other in turns as they begin to find their balance.


(Takes place beginning nine days after Reichenbach, three years before Stitching Up the Tears; may stand alone)

This story can be read on its own, but it ties in with everything in the Needles and Pins AU.


Read: On AO3

On AO3 - Needles and Pins In Order series link

On AO3 - The Sewing Box series link


Thanks, again, to my incredible betas harmony_lover and solrosan. Crossposted, so apologies for that. ;)

Title: Waiting For Johanna
Author: willowmeg (Nagaem_C)
Word count: 7303
Rating: M for discussion of sex and drug use (though it is all offscreen)
Characters: Greg Lestrade, various original characters
Relationships: Greg Lestrade/OC
Additional Tags: First Love, Growing Up, Drug Use, Drug Addiction, Minor Character Death
Warnings: offscreen drug use, discussion of drug use/drug addiction, unhealthy relationship, OC death. This piece has its fair share of sweetness, cuteness, and humor - but be aware: this is not a happy story!

Summary:

Eleven years in the life of the young Greg Lestrade: family, friends, first love, and first loss...
It's the story of the tumultuous, confusing relationship that heavily influenced Greg's life through early adulthood, and that would affect his outlook on love, responsibility, and addiction for many years to come.
AKA: why does Greg keep that odd little ceramic bowl on his curio shelves, anyway?

(Takes place seventeen years before A Bag Of Peas; may stand alone)

This story stands all on its own, but ties into everything in the Needles and Pins AU, as a window onto the years that shaped this version of Greg Lestrade into the man he's become.

Read: On AO3

On AO3 - Needles and Pins: In Order - series link