paternal Lestrade

Thanks to Sherlock's inability to resist satisfying his curiosity, he's been turned into a small child of about seven (or five, depending on who you're asking) years old. Rather than let Sherlock be taken to a laboratory, John volunteers to look after him. After all, he's had to look after a man-child, how hard can a child-child be? Poor John. He has no idea. [Features paternal!Lestrade in small doses and eventual Johnlock after Sherlock grows up again]

/jux·ta·po·si·tion/ n. the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with a contrasting effect. John Watson, sixteen-year-old new boy at St. Bartholomew's School, is assigned resident genius and nuisance Sherlock Holmes to be his roommate. While contending with schoolwork, exams, sports, friends, foes and family, they are entangled in a web of mysteries that soon seem far from coincidences. Will they be able to work out who is behind them - and, scarier still, will they admit that their friendship has grown into something more before it is too late? [TL;DR: Boarding school AU. Our protagonists wind up as roommates.]