A Cure For Boredom

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Title: A Cure For Boredom
Author(s): emmagrant01
Date(s): 2012
Length: 81,000 words
Genre(s): Slash, BDSM
Fandom(s): Sherlock
Relationship(s): Sherlock/John
External Links: AO3

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A Cure For Boredom by emmagrant01 is a Sherlock BDSM fic focused on the Sherlock/John pairing.

Summary

They'd never talked about sex in the year they'd known each other. Well, that wasn't quite correct: Sherlock had never said a word about sex; John had bemoaned his personal dearth of it on many occasions.

Reactions and Reviews

Sherlock is bored and John is complaining about a lack of sex. So, Sherlock takes John to a sex club. As you do.

I can't believe I haven't recced this fic before, considering this is quite possibly the best BDSM fic I've read for people who (like me) rarely read BDSM. I'm deeply impressed with the way the author manages to build up an intense sextual relationship between Sherlock and John without actually involving any sexual contact between the two of them. Equally impressive is the way she writes John's gradual understanding of his own submissive desires, without altering his character or making hims suddenly want to be submissive 24/7 (at least no more so than he already is). And I can't forget to mention her skill in writing OCs -- John's sexual partners are an essential part of the story, but at the same time, they don't take the story over. That's a fine line that emmagrant01 handles beautifully.

The slow escalation of the Dom/sub relationship between Sherlock and John, the growing sexual attraction between the two of them, and the emotional impact as all of this drama comes to a head -- all of it comes together for one of the most satisfying fics I've read in years.[1]

I gave you sweet romance last time, now have some sweaty, smoking-hot sexin'--AKA, the Kink Club rec. *g* The BBC Sherlock fandom is full of kink, and it wouldn't be a complete month of recs without at least one explicit example. Despite the fact that Sherlock/John OTPers and slash-only hardliners won't read this, I chose it for the threesome and het aspects as well as the excellent treatment of John's character. The OCs in this are well drawn despite being minor characters. I also appreciated the voyeuristic Sherlock who is figuring out what he needs and wants, and the implied kinky Mycroft who lends Sherlock his club membership. See author's warnings for full kink list. There is het and non-Sherlock male parts in this, but never fear, Sherlock is central to the goings on.[2]

Stop everything and read this. This fic is EPIC. The scenes are written very very well. I think the hardest part about explicit sex scenes (from both the POV of a writer and reader) is the tendency to make them sound more like an instruction manual than an intimate moment between two characters. emmagrant01 uses these scenes to really develop the plot and the characters of John and Sherlock. They are well written and will melt your panties right off. I can't recommend this fic highly enough. Fantastic writing. Also very in character writing. I think Sherlock is an extremely hard character to write and emmagrant01 does an exceptional job. READ THIS NOW.[3]

One of the hottest slash things you will ever read. The lads start to visit a sex club so that Sherlock can do some research. John’s safeword is “cinnamon.” PWP. Be still my beating heart. [4]

This is genius. Very explicit, definitely NSFW but fantastic all the same.Pure filth and utterly brilliant.[5]

the smutty classic of the fandom, watch out for feels in your smut[6]

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Podfic

  • Podfic by finnagain (2014-2015)

References

  1. ^ "A Cure for Boredom by emmagrant01 (very, very NC-17), rec by jane_elliot in janes_recs, Dec 19, 2012". Archived from the original on 2020-09-16.
  2. ^ "Rec by raveninthewind in crack_van, April 29, 2012". Archived from the original on 2025-04-26.
  3. ^ Comment on A Cure for Boredom by emmagrant01 - Legendary NSFW epic (John/Sherlock, kink, risk of brain-melting), posted to /r/Sherlock_Fanfiction, Oct 31, 2012
  4. ^ "Friends with Benefits, Dec 20, 2018 Tumblr post by alexxphoenixrecarchive". Archived from the original on 2025-04-26.
  5. ^ "Sherlock Fic Recs". Archived from the original on 2020-04-06.
  6. ^ "Johnlock fic recs". Archived from the original on 2019-10-28.
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