"Malamute" (Sherlock Holmes, July 24 prompt)

[gardnerhill]

Title: Malamute
Author: gardnerhill
Rating: G
Characters: ACD Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Summary: April 1919.
Warnings: Angst.
Word Count: 800
Author's Notes: For the July 24 prompt (Pick one of the four seasons and write about a storm during that season.).

Comments

[rabidsamfan]

Oh, my, gosh. That is amazing. Glorious. Beautiful. I'm going to print it out and add it to my permanent collection.

Wow.

[gardnerhill]

...Wow myself. I'm honored. This just tumbled out of me. Thank you.

[cookiefleck]

Beautiful, sad, heartwarming, and I could picture everything as I read it.

[gardnerhill]

Thanks - I was trying to go for that full-body sensation of being outside in a storm. (I was nearly done when I realized I'd forgotten to add the wind! Went back and fixed that.)

And I knew Holmes would come up with an oblique way to let Watson know that he does not think he's a coward for being afraid of the noise.

[donutsweeper]

Oh wow. Utterly amazing.

[gardnerhill]

Thank you. (This was supposed to end with a hot bath and some snuggling, but the story wouldn't let me. That was a horrific war and the scars remain to this day.)

[methylviolet10b]

Wow. This is utterly wrenching and absolutely fabulous.

[gardnerhill]

Thank you. (Hell, this wrenched ME while I was writing it, so I knew it was gonna work.)

[scotlandyarder]

This is gorgeous. I know no better word. Beautiful, beautiful job.

[gardnerhill]

Thank you so much.