‘I began to think perhaps the ocean had gotten the better of you this time.’
‘Not even she could keep me from you, John.’
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My precious nautical lovers. This absolutely belongs in the same universe as this.
So my headcanon is Naval officer John and pirate Sherlock met in the Caribbean and began a secret affair. Every time Sherlock is close enough to where John is posted, he comes ashore so that they can have at least one night together, but their meetings are few and far between.
Eventually, there comes a time when the town John is stationed in is attacked (by Moriarty). Sherlock decides to help John repel Moriarty’s crew, but when they are seen fighting side by side by another British soldier, John is mistakenly assumed to have turned traitor and is shot. Sherlock takes him aboard his ship and sails to find John a safe place to treat his wound (a musket shot to the shoulder). Now believed to be a pirate, John joins Sherlock permanently and becomes his first mate. And so they live happily ever after having many pirating adventures.
That is the fan fic I will never write, but dammit I love these guys.
So, yeah, I wrote smut for this. Of course I did:
Stolen Nights – Sherlock is a pirate, John is a soldier. All their nights together are stolen.