The Truce
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A night of passion in Constantinople leads to angst and misunderstandings for James and Sherlock. Is this the end of their friendship or the start of something beautiful?
They agree that Appleton Manor will be subject to a truce and out of bounds for their Great Game, and so the story tracks their trysts there over the years as their relationship develops and goes through twists and turns. Appleton becomes their haven, the only place they can truly express their feelings.
But in order to win the Game, one of them must kill the other.
Can they somehow find their way to a happy ending or will it all end at Reichenbach Falls?Series
- Part 1 of The Truce
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The Mysterious Case of the Third Husband by PurpleMollusc24
Fandoms: Young Sherlock (TV 2026)
06 Jun 2026
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Sherlock and James are touring Europe together after faking their deaths at Reichenbach Falls, enjoying sightseeing by day and having all the sex by night, when a chance encounter with Sherlock’s sister shatters their happiness. She has a case for them to solve together which brings up uncomfortable truths from the past.
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- Part 2 of The Truce
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Sherlock and James are visiting Ireland, having faked their deaths at Reichenbach Falls and run away together. They travel round Ireland piecing together James’s murky past, two idiots in love attempting to very ineptly negotiate through their very different ideas on life and sex.
James is an angsty mess, using rough sex as a coping mechanism. Meanwhile Sherlock is dealing with his own crisis while heading unerringly in the direction of the nearest violent anti-English protesters. What could possibly go wrong?
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- Part 3 of The Truce
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Sherlock and James are living together at Appleton, where James has taken on the mantle of running the estate while Sherlock stays in the public eye solving cases. James is gradually introducing (the quite vanilla/sub) Sherlock to edgier sex but their halcyon existence is thrown into crisis by a blackmail attempt. These two idiots in love must attempt to negotiate their way through a potentially dangerous situation despite having very opposing views on life and sex.
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- Part 4 of The Truce