Fic: 221B - Of bees and butterflies
Title: Of bees and butterflies
Words: a 221B has 221 words and ends with a b-word
Rating: PG-13
Pairings : Sherlock/John
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: ‘365 days of 221Bs’ challenge: a prompt a day, given by atlinmerrick. Day 296.
Previous 221b: Hors de combat
Today's prompt: eclipse
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Of bees and butterflies
John had never had butterflies in his stomach.
He’d heard his friends talking about it, but he himself had never experienced anything like that.
He always knew what - or rather who - he wanted and he went and took it - or rather them. Quite literally.
He sometimes wondered if it had to do with the fact that he fell in love, but never loved anyone. Most of the time he thought that it was a made-up concept, scientifically impossible and with a stupid name. Easier than thinking there was something wrong with him.
If it existed, he expected to feel it when he realised that he loved Sherlock, but it didn’t happen.
It didn’t happen yesterday when he went to his toes and with a racing heart pressed his lips to Sherlock’s (dry and slightly parted in surprise) in the middle of a crime scene.
He didn’t feel it when he took Sherlock to bed afterwards and everything felt so right, so perfect.
He feels it now, as he watches Sherlock in the kitchen the next morning, his hair ruffled from sleep and John’s hands, looking at him with a smile that is almost shy and suddenly the world is full of possibilities and John absolutely understands why people call this feeling ‘having butterflies’. Although it honestly (and appropriately) feels more like bees.
Next 221b: Right from the start
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AN:
The prompt -courtesy of Verity Burns- was 'eclipse'.
There was a totally logical connection between the prompt and the story but I can't for the life of me remember it know. Sorry.
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