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Titles: Relief
Theme/Table: Table #12, Theme of Murder
Setting: BBC! Sherlock
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: John, Sherlock, Lestrade, Mrs Hudson
Genre/Warnings: Angst, Drama, Major Character Death
Summary: He shouldn't be relieved... but he is. For the Secondary challenge at sherlockfest
Thanks to

mistyzeo for betaing! =D

‘It’s murder.’

‘You sure Sherlock? It looks just like a s’

‘It’s murder.’

‘I know this must have come as a shock to you, but couldn’t it have been’

‘No. This. Is. Murder.’

‘Sherlock, people do kill themselves sometimes.’

‘Yes, for perfectly clear and obvious reasons. Reasons I would be able to observe.’

‘Sometimes, you can’t see what’s right in front of you.’

‘…Not I.’

‘Sherlock...’

‘Plus there are the other obvious signs. Two cups of tea, recently washed and placed away, meaning someone else was here.’

‘So? Doesn’t mean murder.’

‘And the cuts on the wrists.’

‘What about them?’

‘They’re straight; meaning the hand that made them didn’t shake at all. Impossible, at least for the second cut.’

‘…’

‘Exactly Lestrade. Adding to this is the threat made against me.’

‘By Moriarty?’

‘Yes. He threatened to burn the heart out of me…’

‘What is it Sherlock?’

‘It’s just…this isn’t who I thought he would target.’

Lestrade seemed lost for words at this and said nothing as Sherlock turned his back on Mrs Hudson’s body. He could see John through the window, sitting in the back of an ambulance. He had a bright orange blanket around him and was clearly in shock, after having discovered the body.

And watching him, Sherlock couldn’t shake the relief he felt at it having been Mrs Hudson who had died.

Don’t worry. I’m coming for your heart next. M