Title: The Case Of The Stolen Doctor
Author: flawedamythyst
Ship: Holmes/Watson
URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/250208
Wordcount: 47,061
Summary: Moriarty kidnaps Watson.
Why this fic is awesome: I think I first read this quite soon after it came out (Big Bang 2011, apparently) and it is an excellent fic all round. Exactly as it says on the tin, Moriarty has kidnapped Watson and plans to use him as leverage/bait to make Holmes do his bidding. He also quite fancies Watson. Lots of exploration of Moriarty’s network being bound together by comprising chiefly of men-who-love-men (and therefore already criminals in the sight of the law). I love Watson in this as he attempts to both conduct himself as an officer and gentleman and conserve his strength despite every capitulation to Moriarty (eating his food, copying out the headline to prove he is alive) feels like both a wise move and yet a submission to Moriarty’s games. Lovely stuff.
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