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holmestice entry!
Beta:recently_folded
Verse: ACD
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Inspector Lestrade, the Baker Street Irregulars, Original Characters
Rating: T
Warnings: Non-graphic depictions of violence
Word Count: ~5.6K
Summary: In late December of 1894, Dr. Watson is subjected to strange pranks which, for some reason, Mr. Sherlock Holmes doesn’t take lightly.
A/N: A Christmas mystery where Watson first gets a walnut and then a clock filled with gunpowder. The latter gives both him and Holmes quite a turn considering a bombing attempt on Watson’s life before Reichenbach. But now Moriarty’s organisation is destroyed, and Holmes realises there’s another meaning to it. Meanwhile, he tries to make Watson happy as best he can after the long separation. Eventually they solve the case, of course, and that involves Holmes dressing up as Father Christmas and giving a performance for the Baker Street Irregulars.
Excerpt:
Back at home he spent the rest of the day in deep meditation with the old black clay pipe between his lips and the Persian slipper at his side. When I retired for the night, I was surprised that he followed me soon after and didn’t stay up as used to be his wont. This was one of the changes in him, seemingly small and insignificant but in actuality of great importance, which made me love him even more. Through such subtle things he showed how he cherished the time we were granted together. Now we both had learned to treasure it, for we had realised that it was as finite as were our very lives.
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holmestice entry!Beta:
recently_folded Verse: ACD
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Inspector Lestrade, the Baker Street Irregulars, Original Characters
Rating: T
Warnings: Non-graphic depictions of violence
Word Count: ~5.6K
Summary: In late December of 1894, Dr. Watson is subjected to strange pranks which, for some reason, Mr. Sherlock Holmes doesn’t take lightly.
A/N: A Christmas mystery where Watson first gets a walnut and then a clock filled with gunpowder. The latter gives both him and Holmes quite a turn considering a bombing attempt on Watson’s life before Reichenbach. But now Moriarty’s organisation is destroyed, and Holmes realises there’s another meaning to it. Meanwhile, he tries to make Watson happy as best he can after the long separation. Eventually they solve the case, of course, and that involves Holmes dressing up as Father Christmas and giving a performance for the Baker Street Irregulars.
Excerpt:
Back at home he spent the rest of the day in deep meditation with the old black clay pipe between his lips and the Persian slipper at his side. When I retired for the night, I was surprised that he followed me soon after and didn’t stay up as used to be his wont. This was one of the changes in him, seemingly small and insignificant but in actuality of great importance, which made me love him even more. Through such subtle things he showed how he cherished the time we were granted together. Now we both had learned to treasure it, for we had realised that it was as finite as were our very lives.
Read on AO3
