Life Saver
Title: Life Saver
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes
Characters: S. Holmes, J. Watson, OC (E. Holmes)
Table: Five
Prompt: #90. Companion
Word Count: 336 words
Rating: PG
Summary: "How did you know I would be able to get help in time, Holmes?"
Author's Notes: Warnings, alternative universe (ehc).
Holmes shivered as the chill night air came in contact with the bare skin of his arm as he reached out for the life preserver a sailor had thoughtfully thrown out into the stormy seas after the detective.
Holmes pulled the preserver towards himself, so that his precious burden could cling to it instead of strangling him. The thoughtful sailor pulled the drenched pair back on board the ship, where warmth and dry clothes awaited them.
~*~
"How did you know I would be able to get help in time, Holmes?" Watson asked as the detective dried his hair with a towel.
"I had no way of knowing for sure that you would get help in time, Watson," Holmes reminded his friend.
"And yet you risked your life to rescue Elizabeth after she was swept overboard by that wave," remarked the doctor.
"How is she, anyways?" Holmes asked, jumping at the chance to change the subject. "She must be stable enough for you to come in here and pester me about my actions."
"She broke her arm somehow, but other than that and having swallowed half of the Atlantic Ocean, she's none the worse for her unexpected swim," Watson replied.
"She probably broke her arm when she was swept overboard by that rogue wave, Watson," Holmes deduced.
"That's what I was thinking when I first noticed that her arm was broken," Watson admitted.
"What changed your mind?" Holmes asked.
"Elizabeth herself," the doctor replied. "She was attacked by Jones himself."
"Did he survive the wave?" Holmes asked.
"Elizabeth wasn't sure, but she thinks that he remained on board when she was swept overboard by that rogue wave."
"Alert the captain that Jones is loose in the ship somewhere, Watson, while I speak with Elizabeth about what happened," Holmes directed, not even waiting for Watson to acknowledge his direction, trusting the doctor to be able to do as he was told, a trust born of the two men's companionship.
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes
Characters: S. Holmes, J. Watson, OC (E. Holmes)
Table: Five
Prompt: #90. Companion
Word Count: 336 words
Rating: PG
Summary: "How did you know I would be able to get help in time, Holmes?"
Author's Notes: Warnings, alternative universe (ehc).
Holmes shivered as the chill night air came in contact with the bare skin of his arm as he reached out for the life preserver a sailor had thoughtfully thrown out into the stormy seas after the detective.
Holmes pulled the preserver towards himself, so that his precious burden could cling to it instead of strangling him. The thoughtful sailor pulled the drenched pair back on board the ship, where warmth and dry clothes awaited them.
~*~
"How did you know I would be able to get help in time, Holmes?" Watson asked as the detective dried his hair with a towel.
"I had no way of knowing for sure that you would get help in time, Watson," Holmes reminded his friend.
"And yet you risked your life to rescue Elizabeth after she was swept overboard by that wave," remarked the doctor.
"How is she, anyways?" Holmes asked, jumping at the chance to change the subject. "She must be stable enough for you to come in here and pester me about my actions."
"She broke her arm somehow, but other than that and having swallowed half of the Atlantic Ocean, she's none the worse for her unexpected swim," Watson replied.
"She probably broke her arm when she was swept overboard by that rogue wave, Watson," Holmes deduced.
"That's what I was thinking when I first noticed that her arm was broken," Watson admitted.
"What changed your mind?" Holmes asked.
"Elizabeth herself," the doctor replied. "She was attacked by Jones himself."
"Did he survive the wave?" Holmes asked.
"Elizabeth wasn't sure, but she thinks that he remained on board when she was swept overboard by that rogue wave."
"Alert the captain that Jones is loose in the ship somewhere, Watson, while I speak with Elizabeth about what happened," Holmes directed, not even waiting for Watson to acknowledge his direction, trusting the doctor to be able to do as he was told, a trust born of the two men's companionship.