Bite of a Viper (WW Challenge22)

[alaylith]

Title: Bite of a Viper
Author: alaylith
Rating: PG
Universe: bookverse/Granada (I only took the detail from Granada that Watson is not married and still lives in Baker Street)
Word Count: 20x 100 words (= 2.000)
Warnings: sickness, hallucinations
Summary: The package containing an ivory box with the viper's tooth was not sent to Holmes, but to Watson.

A/N: Here

Comments

[pony_rocks]

Totally wonderful!

[alaylith]

Thank you, happy that you liked it! :)

[dimity_blue]

Ooh! That was excellent! I love that Smith was 'hoist with his own petard'. Good for Holmes for figuring out what Watson was talking about in time to save him. For a few minutes, I was afraid this was going to be a death fic.

Thank you so much for sharing. I really enjoyed it.

[alaylith]

Smith definetely deserved what he got. :)

And even though death stories are very often awesome, I do not like the "finality" of these stories.

Furthermore, I always cry. ^_^"

[calli_scribbles]

Poisoners are brought low by their own poison. :)

[alaylith]

As long as the poison is veeery painful or otherwise Holmes would have done something more "creative". :)

[capt_facepalm]

"Knowing that Holmes is able to murder ruthlessly or knowing that Holmes murders for him."
Now, THAT has some kick to it!

[med_cat]

Agreed, that was an unexpected touch near the end of the story :)

Well done!

[alaylith]

Thank you both; originally I had a (more) happy ending in mind but somewhere in the middle I got the idea for that sentence/moment and was not able to resist. ^^

[kcscribbler]

*shiver* Wow. I can't decide whether to be horrified at Holmes or give him another knighthood.

And well done on those drabbles! *is in awe*

[alaylith]

It's really difficult to decide.
On the one side I can easily understand the need and lust for revenge and there is justice in that a bad man as to endure what he did to others.

On the other side it is a crime; it's still cold and brutal murder.

Even though Holmes always stayed near the side of justice and what is right; I shudder thinking about what Holmes would have been capable of doing if he just took a few more steps towards the abyss (like he did here).

It is a horrible and - I have to admit - a fascinating thought...

Thanks. ^-^ The drabbles were quite stressfull, but I was surprised to evolve a feeling for them. I was always about three words missing or three words over when I first counted the words for each one.
Also it was very frustrating how often it was only one word too much or missing.