Fic: 221B - Bad news
Title: Bad news
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.
Previous 221b: A whole new ball game
Today's prompt: retire
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Bad news
Sherlock paced the floor in the waiting room. The doctor had been gone for almost thirty minutes now. How long could it possibly take to analyse those test results?
I should’ve just done it myself. How hard can it be? This is taking far too long. John will notice that I‘ve left and he’ll want to know where I’ve been.
He hadn’t told John about his doctor’s appointment, hadn’t told him about the test he wanted them to run. Would John understand? Probably not.
The door opened and the doctor came in. “I have good news, Mr Holmes. You’re not allergic to bees, nor to any other insect bite, by the way.”
Sherlock stared at him. “How is that good news?”, he snapped.
He couldn’t believe it. Not allergic. He had had such high hopes. How was he supposed to keep John with him when he grew old and slow? John needed a certain level of imminent death risk to be happy. An allergy to bees had seemed like the perfect solution. A permanent threat, hanging over his head as he tended to his bees.
Now he needed to find something new. It wasn’t a pressing matter, he still had decades where they would run together, but he liked to be prepared.
Maybe he could pretend to be allergic to bees?
Next 221b: A war of words
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AN:
The prompt was 'retire'.
I can't write retiring fic. It makes me sad.
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