The Greater Game, by flecalicious (PG-13)

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Fandom: SHERLOCK BBC
Characters: Molly, Jim Moriarty
Length: 3569 words
Author on LJ: flecalicious
Author Website: Master List on lovingthevolume
Why this must be read:
In this fic (do we consider it an AU?), Molly is the brains behind Moriarty. And she's not pleased about John Watson.
I like competent Molly stories, as much as confident and not-horrid-Sally Donovan stories. They were treated rather shabbily onscreen, so authors have stepped in to amend that. This is my favorite secretly sinister Molly.


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The thing about Jim is that, for all his brilliance – for the way his intelligence burns changes into the world – he's not the best when it comes to running a business.

He's too chaotic, too changeable to keep things neat and organised, and so it falls to Molly to be the one keeping track of clients and money and bank accounts. They have staff, of course – what business doesn't? Things don't change just because you consult in crime – but Molly is the one keeping the good ship Moriarty running behind the scenes.

Jim is the pretty face and threat of psychosis presented to clients, dreaming up insane plans on a permanent caffeine buzz; Molly is the enabler, threading his schemes together into coherent wholes.

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The Greater Game