Best One-Shot Sherlolly Fanfics
Sherlolly one-shots under 10k words — a complete read in one sitting. All curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 10 One-Shot Sherlolly Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Sherlolly fics — short stories under 10,000 words.
The Liars of the Game
by DestinysRequiem
After the disaster at Musgrave Hall, Sherlock has returned to London. Despite the sentiment Eurus ripped out of him, the consulting Detective is determined to return to business as usual.But someone is working from the shadows to bring old mistakes back to haunt him and those he dares to care about.
Capable of Such a Thing
by FeralTrashWizard
✶✶✶Sherlock chooses the restaurant for entirely practical reasons, but it doesn't mean Molly finds that unromantic. -challenge word: tender
To win your heart.
by danndrea
This story takes place in the time of the regency.
Breakfast muffin
by RoughTweedAction (Donya)
Marriage changes people by making them ten times more annoyingly in love.
Get Fucked, Sherlock
by gotnerd
A missing scene from A Scandal in Belgravia, where Sherlock surprises Molly at Barts. It does not go as he planned.
Worse Than Bored
by jdub_1007
PART 1: "You look sad when you think he can't see." Sherlock writes a letter to Mary after her death about his depression.
Unrequited: A Side Character's Love
by IcyMoonKnight (icymoonnight)
The kitchen felt smaller than usual, the air heavy with the things they hadn’t said since the phone call.
Little Boy Blue
by CancelTheMoon
WARNING DUGS USE AND CHARATER DEATH WARNING CHILD ABUSE Lestrade i hope that you're reading this i desperately hope that you we're the one that found me...its selfish...and you don't deserve to see me like this...but your the only one that i trust to see me me at my most valuable the only one tha
Face the Consequences
by elsiecarson
Molly is more than frustrated with Sherlock's lack of ability to follow the rules in the morgue and she decides to punish him. It surprises him when she decides to spank him.
El secreto de Sherlock Holmes
by Chica_Plutonio
Sherlock Holmes estaba ocultando algo. [Publicado originalmente en fanfiction . net]
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Why Read One-Shot Sherlolly Fics?
One-shot Sherlolly fanfics — anything under 10,000 words — are the format of choice for sharp emotional payoffs, single-scene character studies, smutty interludes, and tropes that don't need a full arc to land. You finish them in one sitting.
Ideal for a commute, a lunch break, or right before bed when you don't want to start a 200,000-word fic at 11pm.
About This List
This list of 10one-shot Sherlolly fanfics spans 26,524 total words. Kudos range from 1 on the newest entries to 33 on the most established. 70% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (5 of 10 fics).
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