Sherlock Drabbles!
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prettybirdy979Theme/Table: Table #12, Titles are the themes (because I'm far too lazy to think up different names for drabbles)
Setting: BBC! Sherlock
Rating: Mostly G, though some may be PG. Nothing higher.
Characters/Pairings: John and Sherlock. Brief mentions of Lestrade and Mrs Hudson in some and surprise characters in Haunting.
Genre/Warnings: Humor mostly, Angst for Darkness, maybe a bit of Drama for a few others
Summary: Five drabbles for the Secondary challenge at sherlockfest
would post these all at once as they're all drabbles. The other five should be up later.
Thanks to
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mistyzeo for betaing! (sorry I forgot to mention it orginally!)
“I’ll get you my pretty!”
It was John who made the tackle, knocking the fleeing murderer to the ground. Lestrade was standing by the door, shock still on his face. Sherlock was smirking, having correctly deduced that the murderer was the policeman who had discovered the body.
‘Good job, John. Come on, there’s a new Chinese shop down the road.’ John let go of the suspect as the other police handcuffed him, still slightly shocked. The man was raving, clearly upset at having been discovered.
‘I’ll get you my pretty! And your little dog too!’ he yelled. Sherlock paused, a slight look of confusion on his face. John was bemused. Is he mad? Looking back at the mangled body, he thought, yes, perhaps he is. Looking up, he saw Sherlock’s face.
‘Oh, come on. Don’t tell me you’ve never seen The Wizard of Oz either.’
‘I won’t.’
‘Won’t what?’
‘Tell you I’ve never seen The Wizard of Oz.’
‘Right,’ he grabbed Sherlock’s sleave. ‘We’re going to go watch it now.’
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Personal Blog of Dr John Watson
I can’t believe how much of pop culture Sherlock doesn’t know. He’s never seen the Wizard of Oz! Or the Princess Bride (which may have helped him in the first case I worked with him), or Titanic or even Harry Potter! I’m trying to educate him by having movie nights… It’s not going so well. But I’m trying.
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Posted by Sherlock Holmes
Why do I need to know “There’s no place like home.” It is of no relevance to my work! Hard drive, remember!
Posted by John Watson
Because it’s pop culture! Everyone knows it! What if you have a case that requires you to know something about a movie?
Posted by Sherlock Holmes
That’s what I have you for.
Trick or Treat
‘No Sherlock.’
‘No?’
‘No. We can not do this. It’s not done.
‘The facts support it.’
‘What facts?’
‘It’s quite a common thing to do. Every T.V show recently has mentioned it.’
‘What have you been watching? It doesn’t matter; I won’t do this with you.’
‘…Why not? It would be an excellent experiment.’
‘I don’t care. I’m not going Trick or Treating with you and that’s final.’
Sherlock, standing in the doorway in what appeared to be a vampire costume, began to pout. John just signed and moved into the kitchen to make tea.
Sometimes living with Sherlock is like living with a child.
Haunting
‘Wait what? Say that again.’
‘Why John? You have been given all the facts and you’ve been given the conclusion. Why do you need it repeated?’
‘I just need to get this straight.’ John turned to the figure by the violin. ‘Over a hundred years ago there was another Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson living here.’
‘Correct.’
‘They both died, three years apart, in this flat.’
‘Yes, Doctor.’
‘And now, what? You both haunt the flat?’
The ghostly figure of the orginal Sherlock Holmes attempted to pick up the violin. ‘Not normally, no.’
‘I give up.’ John collapsed into his chair. Holmes managed to pick the violin up, and began to play a series of screeches and loud noises. Sherlock listened for a moment, and then headed into the kitchen. After a moment Holmes followed, possibly to see what his namesake was up to. Probably an experiment if John knew Sherlock.
‘What on earth did I do to deserve two Sherlock Holmes to deal with?’ John placed his head in his hands.
‘The same thing you did in order to gain another John Watson to help.’ John raised his head to look at the other Doctor Watson, sitting in the other armchair.
They smiled at another, and then flinched when a loud bang, smoke and an argument over the validity of the experiment came out of the kitchen.
‘Fancy a walk?’ Watson asked.
‘Oh God yes.’
Skull
‘How do I get into these situations?’
‘I do hope that’s not a genuine question or I’ll have to re-evaluate my opinion of your intelligence.’
‘You have a good opinion of my intelligence?’
‘Of course. You’re just an idiot, rather then a complete idiot like the rest of the world.’
‘I’m flattered. Any idea how to get out of this mess?’
‘It’s not that a big a mess.’
‘Sherlock, we’re in a locked cellar surrounded by skulls and you have a head wound. How is this not a mess?’
‘Mycroft isn’t here. Hmm… which skull would be the best for Yorick the second?’
‘You’re not taking a skull.’
‘Why not?’
‘They’re evidence. And people. And it’s not right.’
‘…’
‘How can you still glare?! Your eyes aren’t even focusing!’
I have a thick skull. To protect my brain.’
‘…You’ve got that one right.’
Darkness
There was a difference, he thought, between this and boredom. Boredom was nothing, fleeting compared to this.
Mrs Hudson was the only one keeping him alive. Her meals turned up every time the lights came on, even if he didn’t notice her actually come in. But how could he? Every moment he was awake was spent debating, reanalysing, and trying in vain to find a way to save J…him. To get him away from Moriarty and the pool. But every way still ended in death, still ended in the darkness that had taken over his senses and brought him to… this.
This existence where darkness had taken over everything. Where boredom, the worse part of his existence before was nothing
Nothing compared to this, where it felt as if all the world had been coated in black, as if someone had turned off very light that existed and he was left standing here in the dark.
Alone.
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Date: 2010-10-09 07:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-09 08:49 am (UTC)No! Please don't feed the plot bunnies! There's enough of them as is, without being fed! =D
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Date: 2010-10-10 02:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-10 09:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-09 12:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-09 12:47 pm (UTC)Not sure... Somewhere near here and hopefully they don't find it until I have the time to write them. =D
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Date: 2010-10-09 01:17 pm (UTC)Also, there is this carrot wanting to be fed to some ghost story plotbunnies... I'll just leave it here, okay?
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Date: 2010-10-09 01:28 pm (UTC)...Okay, this isn't fair. With all this plot bunny feeding I'm starting to get a plot for that story! (Which I didn't have before. I couldn't even tell you what verse the second Holmes and Watson were from!!!)
Feel free to leave the carrots anyway. =D
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Date: 2010-10-09 03:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-10 12:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-10 02:44 am (UTC);D
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Date: 2010-10-10 09:57 am (UTC)I'm glad you liked them!
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Date: 2010-10-10 11:07 am (UTC)And then the last one was so sad - wonderfully written and extremely poignant and almost made me cry. :(
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Date: 2010-10-10 11:59 am (UTC)...Sorry? =( But thanks for the comment (and kind words!)
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Date: 2010-10-10 06:56 pm (UTC)Haunting was great, heh. And, in keeping with tradition, I leave some tasty tasty carrots for the plot bunnies...
^_^
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Date: 2010-10-11 08:27 am (UTC)*Shakes fists* You people can't read the signs! Don't feed the plot bunnies! =D
Seriously, so many people like this... I may find myself writing it before I know it!
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Date: 2010-10-10 10:29 pm (UTC)I had a really good comment in my mind, but it got eaten by the sad. The last one gave me a bad case of poutyface. I loved it, but in a painful way.
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Date: 2010-10-11 08:24 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-10-12 08:29 am (UTC)