The evening had been a pleasant one and I was humming quietly to myself as I left my club. There was not a cab to be seen that was not engaged, but the evening was quite fine - despite the snow that hung in the air - and I did not object to walking ( Read more... )

[Prompt from Poseidon God of the Seas]Prompt for the 7th of December From Poseidon God of the Seas - Sleigh.The snow outside was much too deep for a carriage to traverse the roads that day. I had already accepted that I would not be accompanying Holmes - I was aching from the long journey, more than half of which had been on foot in the knee-high snow, of the day before - and I ( Read more... )

[Prompt from Lucillia]Prompt for the 5th of December From Lucillia - Midnight.I had wanted an early night. After a long, trying day it would have been pleasant to curl myself beneath my warm, welcoming coverlets and to sleep away the strain and fatigue-induced headache that has been plaguing me since mid-morning ( Read more... )

[Prompt from Ennui Enigma]Prompt for the 3rd of December from Ennui Enigma - 17 StepsI do hope that Holmes is out or else deeply engrossed in something. There is nothing more humiliating than finding oneself unable to manage the few steps to one's own sitting room. How many did Holmes say that there were of the wretched things? Seventeen? It had might as well be a hundred ( Read more... )

[Authors Note]Author's Note: This story is written in response to Stutley Constable's prompt: SLICK COBBLESTONES.The weather is perfectly foul and has been perfectly foul for more than a fortnight. Watson and I have been waiting for a cab to present itself for at least an hour when my biographer eventually persuades me to walk home with him. Poor Watson! He is ( Read more... )

[Prompt from Sparky Dorian]From Sparky Dorian: 31. Celebrate.

[Dedication]I dedicate this story to my friend I'm Nova for her help and encouragement with this one. Without it, I might never have written this, because I could come up with nothing new and she helped me to come at the prompt from a different angle. Many thanks my dear!Daylight had faded hours ago and the sky above me was ( Read more... )

[Prompt from Spockologist]From Spockologist: 26. Watson and Mary sing Christmas carolsI awoke shivering in the dark to discover that I had fallen asleep on my settee, still fully clothed. I must have finally run out of energy as I worked upon the coded messages that I had been doing my utmost to unravel ( Read more... )

[Prompt from CJNWriter]From cjnwriter: Dec 20: A seriously injured Holmes shows up at Watson and Mary's house on Christmas EveI had just completed my patients' visits and returned to my home to discover that the tree that I had selected earlier in the day had been delivered in my absence. Mary and the servants had set it up in our parlor between the armchairs in front of ( Read more... )

[Prompt from SheWhoScrawls]December 12: The Loch Ness MonsterScotland in December is bleak and incredibly cold. Despite the shelter that Holmes and I had assembled with old branches and lined first with heather and the many rugs that we had brought and also in spite of our overcoats and heavy cloaks, we shivered as we kept our watch of the loch before us and huddled together ( Read more... )

John could usually put up with Sherlock pretty easily. Well, at least he rarely got the urge to shout or rant at the taller man and he was usually able to walk away until he calmed down or his friend came to realise that he was in the wrong and apologised ( Read more... )