Sherlock Parentlock Recs

Stories tagged with the term “kidfic” (or kid!fic, or kid-fic) seem to fall into one of two categories: 1) ones in which the main characters raise a child, and 2) ones in which the main characters are children. We as a fandom needed better vocabulary terms to differentiate these, so people got creative and came up with:

• parentlock—where the characters have children


• kidlock—where the characters are children, either going back in time or through magic or something


• teenlock—where the characters are teens, often an AU


• unilock—where the characters are in university or professors

But it works for my purposes because I adore all the categories (though I’ve read more widely in the parentlock category than the others). :)

I like kidfic for lots of reasons, but two important ones are: 1) Sherlock + a baby = precious (don’t believe me? Here, have Benedict holding a baby), and 2) they tend to be epically long and plotty, with a focus on characterization, and there’s really nothing I love better.

So onto the parentlock recs (where canon characters raise children). Some could fit into both parentlock and kidlock (i.e., canon characters raise other canon characters who are children):
( Recs ahoy! )