A Night Off (John/Sarah)
9. Title: A Night Off
Author(s): Jenny Starseed
Rating: G
Character(s): John/Sarah
Summary: She shouldn’t feel like a third wheel in her own relationship. That was why John Watson was sleeping on the couch after a row with Sherlock. A missing scene from The Great Game.
Warnings: None.
Word Count: 246
Author's Notes: That scene where John wakes up on the couch at Sarah’s in TGG always struck me as filled with an odd tension.
Unbeta-ed, so comments and (polite) concrit is welcomed.
None of the Characters are mine.
Sarah opened the door to find John standing at her door. He looked annoyed and apologetic at the same time. Sarah could only conclude it had something to do with his mad flat mate.
“Hello Sarah,” John nervously began. “I know it’s a bit early in our relationship, but uh, mind if I stay over? I had a row with Sherlock.”
Sarah sighed and let John in. Sometimes she thought John and Sherlock were akin to an old married couple, despite only living together for three months. She took his jacket and offered him some tea and he accepted. He explained the row, the smiley face shot into the wall and the random human heads in the refrigerator. It seemed that Sherlock was all John ever talked about, she was beginning to feel like the third wheel in her own relationship. So after dinner, when he made a move to kiss her in the awkward mating dance of asking (without words) if...you know...if he could sleep with her, she smiled thinly.
“John, I think it’s a bit soon for that. We’ve only had four dates and I feel that I hardly know you,” Sarah explained in a kind voice, though she was feeling anything but kind.
She tossed a blanket to John, strongly hinting that he would be sleeping on the couch. Sarah gave him credit for being a gentleman about it, accepting the blanket and the spare toothbrush with an embarrassed smile and an apology.
Author(s): Jenny Starseed
Rating: G
Character(s): John/Sarah
Summary: She shouldn’t feel like a third wheel in her own relationship. That was why John Watson was sleeping on the couch after a row with Sherlock. A missing scene from The Great Game.
Warnings: None.
Word Count: 246
Author's Notes: That scene where John wakes up on the couch at Sarah’s in TGG always struck me as filled with an odd tension.
Unbeta-ed, so comments and (polite) concrit is welcomed.
None of the Characters are mine.
Sarah opened the door to find John standing at her door. He looked annoyed and apologetic at the same time. Sarah could only conclude it had something to do with his mad flat mate.
“Hello Sarah,” John nervously began. “I know it’s a bit early in our relationship, but uh, mind if I stay over? I had a row with Sherlock.”
Sarah sighed and let John in. Sometimes she thought John and Sherlock were akin to an old married couple, despite only living together for three months. She took his jacket and offered him some tea and he accepted. He explained the row, the smiley face shot into the wall and the random human heads in the refrigerator. It seemed that Sherlock was all John ever talked about, she was beginning to feel like the third wheel in her own relationship. So after dinner, when he made a move to kiss her in the awkward mating dance of asking (without words) if...you know...if he could sleep with her, she smiled thinly.
“John, I think it’s a bit soon for that. We’ve only had four dates and I feel that I hardly know you,” Sarah explained in a kind voice, though she was feeling anything but kind.
She tossed a blanket to John, strongly hinting that he would be sleeping on the couch. Sarah gave him credit for being a gentleman about it, accepting the blanket and the spare toothbrush with an embarrassed smile and an apology.