#whitechapel fanfic

[itsmemateinnit]

AO3 2023 statistics

Just a little look at the numbers of the fandom's fics* from last year.

Amount of fics posted: 40

Total words between those 40 fics: 221552

Longest fic of the year: 17118 words

Shortest fic of the year: 780 words

Average fic length: 5538

I think that's pretty neat for such a small fandom :)

*I haven't counted fics that were originally posted in another year or crossovers

[victorluvsalice]

Valicer Polyship Week, Day Four: Soulmates (Soulmate AU)

Day Four of Valicer Polyship Week, courtesy of @polyshipweek, and we’re up to the “Soulmates” prompt -- which, of course, inspired me to bust out my Soulmate AU idea! The idea behind this world is that it’s one where you can have a) platonic as well as romantic soulmates and b) multiple soulmates, and Victor, Alice, and Smiler are all each other’s soulmates. Victor and Smiler met first, fell in love, discovered they had a THIRD soulmate when they realized neither of them tried to slit their wrists before they met (extreme emotions and injuries can be transferred between soulmates even before meeting -- meaning Alice’s attempt to gouge herself with the spoon in Rutledge got them too), and ended up running away to London together when Victor’s parents tried to force him into an arranged marriage he didn’t want and Smiler’s father tried to send them away to rural Lithuania to keep them away from Victor. We pick up here with Victor at the Whitechapel Market, about to meet his other soulmate in a very Victorish way. . .

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All right – just a few things to pick up, and then I can finally go home and tell Smiler all about how boring my day was. Let’s see. . .carrots. . .potatoes. . .do I want some apples? Do I want these apples specifically. . .hmm. Maybe I’ll wait and come back on a, um, fresher day. . .but oh, I should definitely get some – “Oh!”

Victor jolted as he turned toward the butcher, only to collide with someone coming the other way. He stumbled backward a handful of steps as his unfortunate victim – a young, dark-haired lady in black-and-white, almost but not quite as colorless as all the people he’d left behind in Burtonsville – hit the cobbles. “I-I-I am so s-sorry,” Victor babbled, reaching automatically for his tie before recalling his manners and instead using his free hand to offer a lift up to the woman. “I w-wasn’t looking where I-I was going, and – I’m – I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine,” the woman said, shaking her head slightly. “I wasn’t really looking where I was going either, if I’m honest.” She reached back for him, accepting the hand up. “I’m glad you at least have the manners to apologize–”

Said Alice.

Victor gasped softly as, just for a moment, the world was suffused in a golden glow. Oh my God – it’s her! It’s her, she’s the one, she’s – she’s Alice Pleasance Liddell, born May 4th, 1855 – the same age as Smiler and me! That makes things easier. . .and she loves cats and rabbits, and her favorite food is strawberry cake, though she’ll eat any cake that’s presented to her – ha, same – but she doesn’t actually like candy all that much, and she likes to draw but she’s currently not very good – currently? – and she’s got a whole fictional realm called Wonderland that she made up when she was seven, and –

And she lost her entire family to a house fire about ten years ago, and she spent the latter half of her childhood in Rutledge Asylum. . .which would explain –

And that was when Alice, who’d been gawking at him with the prettiest green eyes he’d seen since meeting Smiler, yanked her hand out of his and bolted down the street.

“Wha – wait!” Victor took a step after her, arm raised, but she ignored him, instead darting down a side alley. He watched her disappear from sight, emotions all aswirl. Alice Liddell – the only survivor of the Liddell fire! That’s who we’re – who would have guessed that I would have just literally run into her in this part of London! Shouldn’t she be in Oxford? Then again, she can’t have been expecting to meet me here. . .what did she get from me, I wonder? What made her react like that? Did – did she not like what she saw? No, that can’t be it, she hasn’t rejected the bond, she’s just. . .she’s scared, that’s what it is, she’s scared to actually face me, to know I’m real. . .

A wave of puzzled concern washed over him then, as if from an invisible bucket – though, frankly, Victor was surprised it had taken Smiler this long to notice the chaos within him. He sent back a complicated mix of feelings that he hoped indicated “I’ll be home in a moment,” threw some money at the potato lady, then shot down the street, back to the two-up he shared with his beloved. Smiler met him at the door, steering him inside with a hand on his shoulder. “What happened?” they asked, no preamble, worry clear in their gaze.

“I found her,” Victor replied, dropping the bag of groceries on their little kitchen table.

“Her?”

“You know – her.” Victor pulled back his right sleeve, revealing the faint scar across his wrist. The scar mirrored on Smiler’s left – and which neither of them had cut into their skin. “Our third. Our – our other soulmate.”

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[magicalunicornromero]

Rereading this absolute work of art! I can’t even express just how much I adore this fic!

[imorginatt]

I am retwatching Whitechapel atm for a long fanfic I won't prb even write. And i mean, i kinda forgot how devastating this show was. My god i am putting myself out for my first ao3 fic here :') saccrifices people, saccrifices

[stitch-me-not]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Whitechapel (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Characters: Emerson Kent, Joseph Chandler, Ray Miles, Finley Mansell, Meg Riley, Edward Buchan, Caroline Llewellyn, Erica Kent, Original Characters Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Serial Killers, Canon-Typical Violence, Stalking, Obsessive Behavior, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Murder, Murder Family, Cannibalism, Unrequited Love, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Masturbation, Getting Together, Other Additional Tags to Be Added Summary:

The team didn’t know it yet but there was a body waiting for them somewhere around London. Well, Kent couldn’t be certain but he was at least 80% sure. Some new lost soul that was just in the wrong place at the right time.

Kent has a secret, a life that he had left behind the night he met Chandler. Yet now it seems that someone besides his sister has found out and is trying to get his attention. The chase is on but just who is hunting who?

-Tags will update as story progresses

[kitkatpadywaks]

New Story:

Aliens Of The Earth.

A Whitechapel/Doctor Who Crossover. And an instalment of my eventual series ‘The Quinn Chronicles’.

Formatted to read as ‘case files’ (I’m having a lot of fun with it, and coming up with my own aliens).

Synopsis:

Mission: Aliens Of The Earth

Status: Ongoing

Proceed with caution.

Mission Introduction:

Statement Provided By: Ms Quinn Darnell- Specialist:

When I was younger, I had a lot of ideas of where my life would go. However, I never thought I would be helping the Whitechapel police, or any police, solve crimes with possible alien involvement. I, especially, didn't ever think I would fall for another human- not with my inevitable immortality hanging over my head.

Mission Introduction: Statement Provided By: DI Joseph Chandler, Whitechapel Police:

I never allowed myself to give much thought to the possibility that aliens had come to London- my life was chaotic enough, I didn't need to think about the universe, but when Quinn Darnell- a woman who still technically doesn't exist, came storming into my life convinced our, at the time, latest murder had alien involvement- a specific sector of the British government backing her, my eyes were quickly opened. And my life was never the same.

Read on my Wattpad(Up now) and AO3(Coming soon)-

Aliens Of The Earth - Ryn - Wattpad

[winterchimez]

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Set in the year 1911 in the streets of Whitechapel, London, a place infamous for its notorious Jack The Ripper murders that haunted the nation for the past decades. 

Except for the fact that the killer after seemingly disappearing for a while at least, decides to strike again. It is up to you as a rookie detective, the handsome yet charming profiler Lee Hyunjae, and your group of friends to finally put the killer behind bars once and for all. 

pairing: profiler Hyunjae x detective f!reader 

genre & warnings: jack the ripper au, angst, violence, thriller, crime, mentions of prostitution, graphic description of death, major characters death, alcohol, some fluff 

release: 26/04/2023

finished: 30/06/2023 

status: completed

a/n: this is my very first writing for tbz, or i should say my very first fanfic ever! i’m really excited and nervous at the same time but i really do wanna push myself to try doing so as i have had this in my drafts for the longest time ever (ps. thanks to all of the amazing writers out there who inspire me to do so!!) just to mention that english isn’t my first language so i do hope i’m able to do this fic justice lmao xD anyways i do hope you’ll come along this journey with me <3 

update: this is now part of my OT11 series! here is my Old Tales, New Beginnings masterlist!! 

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prologue 

chapter 1 

chapter 2 

chapter 3 

chapter 4 

chapter 5

chapter 6

chapter 7

chapter 8

chapter 9

chapter 10 

epilogue 

[revampedtheseries]

Hello Whitechapel,

Welcome to Revamped, a My Babysitter’s a Vampire fan-project led by a group of three young adults. You can call us Evellow! This account is dedicated to the revival project for the beloved childhood Canadian classic, and we would love to have you join us in the development and release of the series.

How is the series going to be formatted though? Well, after some deliberation between whether or not it should be uploaded via AO3 in classic fan-fiction format, or written in screen-write format to truly emulate the feeling of it being a show, we’ve gone with screen-write style. It is not, however, an actual multi-media or web series.

We currently aim to upload each episode script on here in google doc PDF form, though we are open to other platform options if requested and given time to think through.

This is a completely non-profit project, and we are unaffiliated with any professional individuals involved in the making of My Babysitter’s a Vampire. This is nothing more than something fun for us to do, similar to that of a fanfiction.

While you will of course recognize all the familiar ‘faces’—or rather names, of the well-adored main characters and some similar plot lines, we look forward to you hopefully welcoming a select few new characters and plot developments in this queer-friendly, amp-up-the-horror retelling of the show.

As we work towards the release of the pilot script, keep an eye out for fun creations from our team such as photo edits, “cast” releases, short stories, fanfics (inception?), and more.

Fangs out!

[agaypanic]

My Fanfic Writing Wrapped 2023

Tumblr didn't do personal 2023 year in reviews, so I did it myself. Not sure if this is completely accurate bc I'm only human, but I tried lol

In 2023, I posted 119 fanfictions! 25 posts were headcanons, while the other 94 were fully written fics. I posted the most in November, with 20 fics and 5 headcanons.

My third most requested character was Malcolm Wilkerson (Malcolm in the Middle), with 10 fanfics and 2 headcanons. Second place is Benny Weir (My Babysitter's a Vampire), with 21 fanfics and 9 headcanons. First place (not surprised at all lol) is Reese Wilkerson (Malcolm in the Middle), with a whopping 24 fanfics and 8 headcanons!

My Top 5 Fanfictions of 2023

5. Summer Love (Benny Weir X Reader)

Summary: Benny’s friends don’t believe him when he tells them he has a girlfriend.

289 likes, 11 reblogs, 2 comments

4. Give You My Shoulder (Mike Schmidt X Reader)

Summary: It’s not uncommon for Mike to have a nightmare, mainly from reliving the trauma of his brother being taken. Luckily, he doesn’t sleep alone anymore.

296 likes, 7 reblogs

3. A Nudge (Benny Weir X Cupid!Reader)

Summary: As a descendant of Cupid, Y/n moved to Whitechapel to help people find and connect with their soulmates. The supernatural gang gets suspicious of the new girl. What happens when they catch her about to shoot a love arrow and Benny gets hit?

317 likes, 19 reblogs, 1 comment

2. Girl of My Dreams (Rory Keaner X Reader)

Summary: Rory Keaner was already heavily infatuated with Whitechapel’s pride and joy, Y/n L/n. But when he finds out she’s a nerd, he falls even harder for her.

379 likes, 17 reblogs, 2 comments

1. My Babysitter's a Vampire Simp Headcanons

Summary: Individual headcanons and scenarios of Benny Weir, Rory Keaner, and Ethan Morgan being a simp for you

439 likes, 11 reblogs, 2 comments

I hope that in 2024 I write more things (both fanfiction and original works) and I'm so grateful to all of you have been along for the ride! I love writing, no matter how bad the writer's block gets, and it means a lot that there are people out there who support what I do. And although it was a bit time consuming, this was really fun to make lol maybe I'll do it again next year :)

[edwinspaynes]

What is ur personal favourite, hands down recommended reading order? The way you like most, the way that's the most optimal way of reading it? According to you of course (and maybe including extra chapters) ? :))

Key:

Cassie Clare Canon -> If a short story is listed by name, it means I recommend you read it there rather than where I list the rest of the story collection. Or, you know, you could reread the story and have fun ;)

My fanfic

NOT PUBLISHED YET. Indicates a WIP that I am actively working on. I did not list WIPs that I am not actively working on.

My fanfic, but NSFW

@vwritesaus fanfic because I accept all her works as canon and also we share almost every headcanon so they fit in with all the other stuff on this list.

W/T -> Wessa

M -> Matthew

EIR -> Expert in Romantics Series

T/A -> Thomastair

TWLTB -> Together We'll Learn to Breathe Series

J/C -> Herondaisy

Note: I have only included fanfics that are fully canon compliant. I have others as does V, and you should read those too :P But these are just canon and bonus chapters.

TID

When Our Eyes Meet, Darling, I Fancy You

Have I Known You Twenty Seconds or Twenty Years? W/T

Leaves, Cider Donuts, and William Herondale W/T

Happy Birthday, My Tess W/T

Tale as Old as Time W/T

The Howling Wind W/T

My Hips and Thighs and Whispered Sighs (Oh Lord) W/T

The Whitechapel Fiend

A Tale of a Great Behemoth W/T

Nothing But Shadows

Cast Long Shadows

Come Feel This Magic I've Been Feeling Since I Met You T/A

Every Exquisite Thing

A Combination of Shock and Awe M

The Midnight Heir

The Penultimate Hours

Chain of Gold

Empty Bottles, Heavy Hearts, the Memories of Broken Dreams T & Lily

The Letter Game

Part-Time Soulmate, Full-Time Problem T/A

Chain of Iron

Chain of Thorns

Daisy, My Daisy... J/C

breathe T/A

Enouement J/C

Chrysalism T/A

Can We Dance Through an Avalanche? T/A

Serindipity Ari/Anna NOT PUBLISHED YET.

Adronitis NOT PUBLISHED YET.

A Therapeutic Chain of Events T/A TWLTB

The Closet Game A & C

The Golden Age of Something Good and Right and Real T/A

Butterflies J/C

Prices & Vices (I End Up in Crisis) M & A

Your Flower's Filled With Vitriol M & A

In the Gutter, Looking at the Stars M & A

The Name We Give Our Mistakes M

Summer Went Away (Still the Yearning Stays) M

Love Thorns All Over This Rose J/C

You Drew Scars Around My Stars T/A TWLTB

Passed Down Like Folk Songs (The Love Lasts So Long) T/A

Taffy Stuck and Tongue Tied A & Grace

It's a Love Story (Baby Just Say Yes) J/C

Soul to the Universe (Wings to the Mind) J/C, T/A, M

I Can See You (Up Against a Wall With Me) J/C

Across our Great Divide There Is a Glorious Sunrise M

Fourty-Eight M

Dreamscapes on the Wall T/A

I'm a Fire and I'll Keep Your Brittle Heart Warm T/A

The Diaries of Sir Thomas Lightwood, Age 14 T/A

what's in a kiss (by any other touch would feel just as sweet) T/A

A Troublesome Tale of Truffles & Trifles T/A

Religion in Your Lips (the Altar Is My Hips) T/A

A Dazzling Haze, A Mysterious Way About You T/A

Seeking Lapsang Souchang J/C

The Crown You Never Take Off T/A

Closets of Backlogged Dreams T/A

dear christopher T/A

Life Is Not Complex (We Are Complex) M EIR Eugenia/OC

The Cheap Severity of Abstract Ethics M & T/A

Walk, Walk, Fashion Baby M & T

Got Me Right Where You Want Me, Baby (Could I Be More Obvious?) T/A

More Than Anything: A Thomas and Alastair Drabble Collection T/A

The Besotted Couple's Guide to Half-Baked Mistakes J/C

Privacy Sign on the Whole World J/C

Until the Stars Burn Out: A James and Cordelia Drabble Collection J/C

Flying in a Dream, Stars By the Pocketful T/A

Twenty Minutes T/A

hygge T/A

Like a Candle You Burnt Out T/A

Christmas on the Balcony W/T

The Surprise T/A & C

i'm only me when i'm with you J/C

Every Tear's a Rain Parade From Hell T/A TWLTB

A Dwindling Mercurial High T/A TWLTB

Bloodsucker, Famefucker T/A TWLTB

Baby You Got Lucky Cause You're Rockin With the Best T/A

Is This the End of All the Endings? (My Broken Bones Are Mending) T/A

Dinner in the Dark T/A

For One Moment, Our Lives Met (Our Souls Touched) M EIR Ragnor/Catarina

Fashion Is Ephemeral (Art Is Eternal) Matthew EIR T/A

A Little Sincerity (A Dangerous Thing) M EIR Risa/OC

The Moon in Her Chariot of Pearl M EIR T/A

Days Future: Paris 1912 T/A

A Ribbon of Dream T/A

Kaleidoscope of Loud Heartbeats Under Coats T/A

Moonlight Sonata and I T/A

Connecting the Tide to the Sand That Was Dry T/A

Love on Ice T/A

portrait of a dissipated parisian T/A

Time, Mystical Time M

TMI 1-4

The Red Scrolls of Magic

TMI 5-6

Tales From the Shadowhunter Academy

The Bane Chronicles

TDA, if you absolutely must, but I usually recommend people don't waste their time.

Ghosts of the Shadow Market

The Lost Book of the White

Sentimental Boy Is My Nom de Plume W/T

This Beautiful Beast M T/A and Kit H

TWP

[wangmiao]

Shipper Tag Game

thanks so much to @godotismissingx for tagging me again!

1. What ship were you completely obsessed with when you were a teenager, but now you don't care anymore?

i'll be honest LOL i was oblivious in stuff like this when i was a teenager. yes, i'd drool over celebrities and characters, but i never knew shipping was a thing.

2. Which ship would you consider your first one?

i got into the fandom culture very late, so my first ship was joseph chandler x emerson kent from whitechapel

3. Your first fanfic belonged to which couple?

i honestly don't remember. i got into fanfic pretty late too. maybe whitechapel as well?

4. Do you remember the first couple you saw a fanart over?

nope

5. Did you ever get into ship discourse?

i don't really do discourse most of the time.

6. Did you used to have any no-otp or have it currently?

i don't know how you define no-otp. like is it just something you don't ship, or you hate? there are ships that i don't like, and i just don't mention them at all on my blog. if you know that i've watched a show or film, but i never mention or reblog a popular ship from the show/film, that's probably my no-otp...

7. Who were the couple in the last fanfic you read?

LOL i'm predictable, shi qiang x wang miao (shiwang) from three-body. i'm especially into reading fanfic recently. one of the first things i check every morning is if there's new shiwang fic.

8. Currently, do you have any OTPs?

shiwang has been living in my mind rent free for an entire year now, and i haven't gotten tired of them yet...probably never will...

recently i'm into cheng bing x pan dahai from the lonely warrior and tang chuan x shi hong from the devotion of suspect x.

and just to name a few other otps: guang hongfeng x zhou xun in day and night, lee joongyeop x cha jaehwan from chimera, lee chang x youngshin in kingdom; cheng fengtai x shangxirui from winter begonia, agron x nasir from spartacus, jack x ianto from torchwood, and my first whitechapel ship is always very important to me.

9. Is there any couple that, to this day, you are extremely mad about not getting together?

i'm used to not having ships be 100% canon. what can you do? sigh!

10. Is there any ship you used to dislike but now you think they are kind of interesting?

can't really think of anything

11. Do you have any ship that, in the past, was considered normal but now you would be cancelled over?

can't think of anything either...

12. What was your favorite crack ship?

i don't really have one...xD...

13. Who is the couple you read more fanfics of?

definitely shiwang...i kinda stopped reading fanfic in early 2019 due to the original sin/原生之罪 drama and a family incident...i might have tried some fanfic occasionally, but i generally wasn't in a mood for fanfic until three-body aired in 2023.

another reason is back then, most chinese fanfic writers don't really use ao3, so lots of fanfic for day and night and original sin was on lofter and weibo instead of ao3. and it's a pain in the ass trying to track fic on those sites. but now, most of the shiwang fic would be on ao3. and because shiwang is very loved in cfandom, new fic never stops coming.

i do read western fandom fanfic too, but definitely not as much as the chinese ones ever since i got back into cdramas in 2017.

14. What most of your ships usually have in common?

give me all of the dilfslove or dld (dilf loves dilf) LOL.

enemies to lover is something i always like. though how you define "enemy" would be very different in different ships. i also tend to ship work partners (detective duos; cop & some kind of consultant; villain duos)

15. What you absolutely hate in a ship?

maybe the lack of chemistry? if i can't feel the chemistry between the actors, no matter how romantic or hot the plot is between them, i probably won't ship them.

tagging @bahoreal @xinxiaojie @yohankang @zhivchik @a-very-fond-farewell @randomingoftherandomness only if you haven't done this and want to do it; also tagging any followers who want to do this.

[itsmemateinnit]

2023 fic summary

This year was a record year for me in terms of the amount of fics I posted, so I thought I'd do like last year and post a summary here :)

2023 Year of the OTP fics:

Title: Whenever I look at you... Summary: Snapshots of Chandler observing Kent through the years Word count: 2409

Title: The Roll of the Sea Summary: Despite merfolk being a folktale, Kent is convinced he saw one, and he becomes fixated on finding it again. Word count: 4928

Title: For Honour Summary: Kent is compelled to defend Chandler from his mean dinner partners. Word count: 3061

Title: A Budding Relationship Summary: Kent thinks he and Chandler have been on a date. Chandler doesn't. Word count: 2501

Title: For Dog's Sake Summary: An unplanned addition to the household puts a strain on Chandler and Kent's relationship. Word count: 5440

Title: April showers bring May flowers Summary: Chandler and Kent get stuck at a bus stop during a heavy downpour. Chandler let's something slip that he shouldn't have. Word count: 5516

Title: In the Middle of Nowhere With You Summary: Their car breaks down leaving Chandler and Kent stranded on an empty road surrounded by fields Word count: 3038

Title: The Time We Never Had Summary: "He hadn’t even left yet, and Kent hungered for more company. He hadn’t realised how starved for human connection he’d been until this very moment where the stories of people trapping someone for company suddenly made sense to him." Word count: 8513

Title: Take Care Summary: Kent takes charge so Chandler doesn't work himself to death. The team helps. Word count: 2445

Title: An Ace Epiphany Summary: Miles can no longer look at Chandler giving Kent hearteyes, but when he confronts him about it, it leads to Chandler discovering something about himself. Word count: 3210

Title: Harmonious Summary: Chandler joins the band as their new manager Word count: 10946

Title: Squire's Quest Summary: Kent goes on a daring quest to rescue sir Chandler from the arch devil Iver Word count: 8202 (A choose your own adventure inspired by the fighting fantasy books)

Other fics I wrote throughout the year:

Title: Here's a Health to the Company Summary: Joe finally gets to meet Emerson's best friends from uni. Word count: 8192

Title: Break Summary: Kent gets abducted and the team has 5 days to find him before it's too late. Word count: 7810 (A remake of my first Whitechapel fic)

Title: Guardian Angels Summary: Kent is captured by the Krays as revenge for Jimmy's "boy" disappearing Word count: 4861 (First fic I've written as part of a gift exchange)

[bertytravelsfar]

Still here... with a WIP!

...still writing when I can, just not finishing much!

So here’s something different for me. I’m going to post a WIP, only here on Tumblr until it’s finished, then pop it on AO3 when it’s done. Reserving the right to go back and change stuff as I need to, I’m hoping that this will ‘encourage’ me to stop editing the bejeepers out of the written bits and get on with writing the rest!

Only Yesterday  - a Johnlock fanfic based on the outline idea of the movie Yesterday.

Chapter One - Nights Like These

On nights like these John walks. 

He leaves work late, finally up to date with all the boring bits he’s been avoiding for weeks. Jacket on, he switches out the lights in his office and says his goodnights to the colleagues he passes on his way out. Outside the hospital he hesitates for a moment, then turns right instead of left - the opposite direction to the tube station that would have taken him back to his flat. He avoids the street that he always avoids and takes the back streets, past St Paul’s and down to the river. Already the sky is dimming through indigo to what passes for darkness in a city this size, and the myriad lights dance merrily on the Thames. Deep, silent and strong, this is not a river to gaze at for too long when feeling fragile so John crosses the Blade of Light quickly and shakes off the memories that crowd him suddenly, trying to drag him down.

Passing the Globe and the Golden Hind, then veers away from the river and through Borough Market. The streets begin to quiet, rush hour long since done. His feet start to ache but it’s easy to ignore that distraction when in his mind he is reliving other times, revisiting the places they’d stood, the restaurants they’d visited, the back alleys and shortcuts and greasy spoon cafes and crime scenes, the details they’d found and the frustrations and successes and the way they had laughed and argued and…

He walks the landmarks only he knows and tries to smooth the edges of memories that still steal his breath away sometimes, even now. He walks to blunt the past , or at least to appease it - to put it back where it belong, back where it keeps bubbling up from. He walks to forget. But he remembers.

Last night he dreamed of a grey sky, a voice choked with bitter tears, a falling bird, and dark hair matted with blood.

And on nights like these, John walks.

&&&

The first weeks are still a blur. He recalls only isolated moments, dissociated snapshots. One particularly perfect flower on the coffin. The diagonal sweep as the daylight moved across the sitting room rug, and still being able to smell his posh hair product every time the cushions on the sofa were disturbed. The chipped teacup in Mrs Hudson’s best china as they drank endless tea for want of anything else to do, trying to make sense of something that plainly didn’t. She’d aged a decade overnight, John recalls and he suspects that he had too. 

He remembers the day the headstone had been placed. The morning he’d passed out because he’d forgotten to eat for days. The sound of the doorbell at 221B ringing every ten minutes for days after he… after. The night he’d been convinced the whole thing was a set up and that he was going to come back, a cocky grin on his face and a new story to tell. He’d stayed up for three nights, having convinced himself that several of the obituaries in the Times were actually a code and that he'd have to be ready when the time came for Sherlock to stalk back in, wink at him and drag him back into the whirlwind that was their life together. 

In desperation he’d gone back to his therapist but had found no answers there. He remembers watching her pen top describe circles and waves as she wrote and wondering that she’d had so much to record when he’d said so little.

After four months John had moved out of Baker Street. He’d found a little flat in Whitechapel which was about as unlike 221B as it could be - all pine furniture, tasteful pale walls and colourful fabrics. Hateful. 

After six months he’d quit the locum work and taken a teaching job back at Barts. Now he teaches the next generation of doctors how to be trauma specialists. He might not be a surgeon himself anymore, but he has skills and experience and knowledge to pass on and it’s absorbing and demanding enough that by the time his working day is done, he’s tired enough to sleep at night. 

He’s been there for fifteen months. Mike Stamford stops by his office quite frequently, as does Molly who now lives with a nice bloke called Rob who works in radiology. They seem happy. Mike and his wife have just celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary and are still like a couple of teenagers in the throes of first love. It’s ridiculous and delightful in equal measure, but what does John know? 

He’s thought about dating once or twice but he feels like he has forgotten how to be that man anymore. He’s vague and evasive if people show too much interest in him, or worse, when they try to set him up with people.

John has learned how to function - ‘live’ would be too optimistic a term.  All he has to do is balance. There is a chasm, or a well beneath him, and it is filled to the brim with grief. It would be all too easy to mis-step and fall into that and allow it to consume him. But it is a familiar threat and is made more comfortable by that familiarity. John can see it, taste it, even touch it whenever he wants to, but as long as he keeps that balance, that perch above the chasm, then he can go on.

It’s not quite a life but it’s better than he was.

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It’s late by the time John starts to think about turning for home. He glances up at a nearby road name and is surprised by how far he has come tonight. He hesitates before he rounds the corner to face the familiar sight. Angelo’s is a rectangle of welcoming, golden light tonight. It’s busy and obviously doing very well to judge by the groups who arrive while he is standing there. John recalls awkward conversation and the smell of oregano, the candle on the table, and then they were running and laughing and feeling guilty because there was a murderer they were out to catch but he’d never felt so alive or hopeful or grateful before.

John buttons his jacket, realising for the first time tonight how cool it has become. His hands fumble for his pockets and he glances up as the first lights go out further along Northumberland Road, casting darkness over a row of smart terraced houses. He thinks it’s coincidence or a glitch at first, but then, one by one the streetlights flicker out and as the wave speeds up and spreads, shop windows, signage and vehicle headlights die away leaving crazy after images on his retinae. People begin to murmur in alarm and John turns to look at Angelo’s, but they too are in darkness. Stepping into the road, John cranes his neck to see if there are lights further on down the street, any light at all but there is none. The voices get louder and someone shouts. There’s the sound of brakes and a car careers out of nowhere and gives him no chance to escape. He doesn’t feel the impact straightaway, only the way he is thrown several metres into the air before he hits the ground, rolls a few times and then joins everything else in the world by slipping abruptly into darkness himself.

His last thought is of him and what he’d think about the irony of the location and manner of his demise.

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[thegay--nextdoor]

I wanna hear all of your mbav headcannons, I've been writing ethan/rory fanfic and I wanna hear your headcannons on the show's lore

Oooo, thats so cool! Honestly a lot of my headcanons are Sarah and Erica related bc I'm obsessed with them, but here's some general lore ones I have:

- Whitechapel has loads of different statues around the town. Both big and small, and all of them were made to honor early protectors of the town. These statues have protection magic. They don't completely keep away supernatural beings (obviously), but they do protect the town and its people in small ways still. Especially during the night! This protection magic can be accessed further, but it's not that easy. Most of the magic isn't that strong anymore, but it's there. It will always be there (perhaps even some of it protects people from the truth and makes them forget the supernatural threats so they can live an easier life)

- most of the people living in Whitechapel have some amount of supernatural creature in their blood. If they themselves aren't like vampires or seers or werewolves, they absolutely have great relatives who were and who have passed these abilities down. For most of them, the powers have faded to the point where they're almost non-existent. But sometimes it still pops up, or if mixed with any other supernatural creature, it will affect that person differently. (I feel like that might not make sense, sorry. I mean like if someone with some seer blood becomes a vampire, they're mostly a vampire but they have some seer abilities active now, and their vampirism is slightly different than those without seer blood.)

- kinda similar to the previous point, but there are also so many more supernatural beings in Whitechapel than the gang know of. A lot of their teachers and classmates have supernatural abilities, they just don't use them for evil and don't show them off much. I think the town has a lot more good supernatural beings than evil ones

- Ethan's powers after s2 evolve a lot and he gets the ability to access people's minds and mess with what they think, hear or see. It freaks Ethan out and he doesn't use it often, but he does have this ability (I tried to once write a fic with an evil Ethan concept where his powers work like this. Don't remember how successful it was bc I'm too scared to reread it lmao)

I feel like I have more and maybe I've shared more before on here, but it's been a while since I've rewatched the show or movie and I can't think of any other ones at the top of my head. If I think of any more, I'll be sure to share them!!!

[an-anonymous-friend]

Tagged by @yszarin Thanks ^_^

Rules: Go to your published works on AO3 and list the first fic you ever published there, the last fic you published, any fic that you wrote for a fandom/ship only once, your favorite fic you wrote in the fandom/ship that has the most works, the fic you wish more people read, the fic you agonized over the most, the fic that sprang fully formed from your mind without any effort, and a work you are proud of—for whatever reason.

First fic published on Ao3: My first fic was The Whitechapel Game which was a prompt from someone wanting a copycat plot of The Great Game episode of BBC Sherlock. It's recently been 10 years since I posted it, so in honour of that I made a sort of remake of it called Break, abandoning the BBC Sherlock stuff and ramping up the angst :)

Last fic published: The Time We Never Had - a bittersweet story where Kent is a ghost and Chandler helps him move on

Fandom/ship I only wrote once: Whitechapel is the only one I've written for on ao3. I did write some other fanfics wayy back on quizilla, but I'm happy to say that they've been lost to the sands of time. I do have a half written Titansgrave fanfic on my computer that I might finish and publish at some point if I do a rewatch.

Favorite fic in most popular fandom/ship: Most of my stories are Chandler/Kent which is also the most popular ship, so I'll pick one that really focuses on their relationship: Under His Skin,  where Kent is a tattoo artist flirting with Chandler.

Fic I wish more people read:  Without a doubt: Shadow of the Moon, a medieval fantasy with Chandler as a werewolf hunter and Kent as a werewolf. I get that it's a departure from the vibe of the show, but I used to only write fantasy stories and it was so nice to return to, plus I put a lot of effort into it.

Fic I agonized over: Between Friendship and Duty. It was my second fic and was back when I still just wrote in a stream-of-consciousness manner, which meant I had no idea where I wanted the story to go and ended up writing myself into a corner. Eventually settled on a meh ending just to get it out of the way. At least it taught me to make a skeleton structure of my stories before I begin writing and my writing's become better for it!

Fic that popped out fully-formed:  Kinda related to my werewolf fic above. The next story I wrote was Yes Sir!, a short little accidental love confession story, which got much more attention straight away, and from idea to posting, I'd only spent an afternoon making it so it was the exact opposite.

Fic I'm proud of:  I used to live alone before I knew you, a story I put off for years because I wanted to make it a proper case fic but didn't know how, and I'm really proud that I finally finished it and of how it came together :) 

Tagging @tutselutse and @oddwriter if you want to do this

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1, 11, 32, 40, 56 and 65 for the Get to know your fic writer asks.

Ooh, thanks for these!

Do you prefer writing one-shots or multi-chaptered fics?

I have a lot of one-shots, but definitely multi-chapter fics! Lately I have been afraid of getting ideas that lead to multi-chapter fics since I haven't been the best with keeping up with writing, but wow, I love writing multi-chapter fics.

11. Link your three favorite fics right now.

Infernal Fascination by @evilwriter37, of course!

Whitechapel by BeesAreAwesome

Intersections by Caedus501

32. Name three of your favorite fanfic writers.

@evilwriter37, and I'm honestly not sure who else. I'm so bad at reading fanfic these days. Sorry.

40. If someone were to make fanart of your work, what fic or scene would you hope to see?

Honestly I always tell people to never read this fic, but uh, honestly has some gorgeous imagery with a crucifixion theme, and rose petals, and Sam Winchester, so that's kind of gorgeous. Sorry again, Sam, for this one.

56. What's something about your writing that you pride yourself on?

Used to be my ability to finish fics, but now I'm not quite sure. Maybe my ability to write from so many different POVs and for so many different fandoms? Actually, yes, I like that one. I love being able to do that.

65. Tell us about what you're most looking forward to writing--in your current project, or a future project.

AI-less Whumptober. I can't say more, but all my ideas for the prompts are fantastic. I hope I can complete AI-less Whumptober this year.