MsOwl

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  1. Summary

    These are what I have affectionately dubbed The Iristitials. Each story spotlights a different moment in the first ten years of Iris’s life.

    The stories can be read independently, but many details will carry through.

    In the same way, these borrow a lot of pre-canon details, characters, and headcanons from BombshellBlondie’s incredible fic Life Simply Grows Around It. This fic changed my life and I cannot recommend it enough. You don’t strictly need to have read it first for this series to make sense, but also, do not deprive yourself. Go read it!

    Also! Now with adorable baby Iris art thanks to ancientcereal!!!

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    O you whom I often and silently come where you are that I may be with you,
    As I walk by your side or sit near, or remain in the same room with you,
    Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is playing within me.
    —Walt Whitman, 1882

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  1. Public Bookmark 1

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    "Now, what can I do for you this evening, Doctor?" She leveled Stevens with a piercing stare, one eyebrow raised.

    Being under that sharp gaze made Stevens’s heart beat irregularly fast, sending a feverish warmth through her veins. Trying to recover her focus, Stevens looked down at the folio in her hands. "I’m dropping this off on behalf of Dr. Wilson. It's an autopsy record that may be pertinent to tomorrow’s proceedings," she explained, struggling to look Adler in the eye.

    Whatever this odd reaction was, Adler had seemingly caught onto it. She rounded the desk slowly, approaching with the grace of a cat stalking its prey.

    Courtney Stevens makes a stop on her way home. Irene Adler makes a move.

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    07 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Stadler REAL and here’s the evidence

  2. Rec 11

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    The strands give way easily under the sharp blades of the scissors, hair falling back against her forehead as it separates from the small piece Susato now holds in her hand.

    Looking at her reflection, she marvels at how the missing chunk of her bangs makes everything asymmetrical.

    It’s jarring, even improper. It’s undeniably fascinating.

    Susato makes an impulsive decision. It turns out alright, in the end.

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    31 Mar 2026

  3. Rec 7

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    Iris doesn’t know how old she was when she first asked Hurley about her parents. She doesn’t remember it, but she knows there had to be a first time.

    There had to be, because all the characters in stories had parents: a mother and a father. 

    Iris has neither. She has a Herlock.

    or, how iris wilson gets her last name

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    02 Feb 2026

  4. Rec 43

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    "We may have an unfortunate amount in common, you and I," says Barok from behind the rim of his goblet.

    The partnership of Barok van Zieks & Kazuma Asogi, post-game.

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    30 Jan 2026

  5. Rec 13

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    Iris’ rapid development was nothing short of both a miracle and a mystery to Herlock Sholmes.

    The milestone markers in all of the childcare books were approximations, of course – there was no precise given time for when each motor and cognitive skill would unfold, and it was normal for it to vary with each child. Sholmes had tried to chalk it up to him being extra surprised as a first-time parent… but nonetheless, everything felt so soon.
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    or, a fic in which baby Iris takes her very first steps

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    27 Jan 2026