Title: The Wretch.
Word-count: 857.
Characters: John, Sherlock.
Rating: PG.
Spoilers: Yes! For the finale 2x03: The Reichenbach Fall.
Summary: oneshot, this is a brief, intense stream-of-consciousness inside John's head during The Event.
Author's Notes: The title is a verbal pun on the verb and the S.W.S poem which acts as a mini-epigraph.

The Wretch.

( The intrusive sight of a stranger’s hand on Sherlock’s head. His crown held up in an unfamiliar palm. It lolls, as smooth and round as a stone. How his mop of beautiful black hair moves, as it soaks up the blood in sopping fronds. The audible crackle as his skull peels apart from the pavement. How stark the white of his skin shows, under the wine-dark strings of gore. )