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[amanofletters]

[OOM: After Milliways, Holmes inquires after Watson's odd behaviour and things don't go over quite well.]

The Door opened and a very cold looking Watson walked through, unravelling his scarf from his neck as he walked and stomping his boots in a vain attempt to remove the snow slush from the sole. It didn't work, and he simply got a mess.

After

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[call_me_kick]

Often, Kick seems to appear out of nowhere.

Like now, for example.

"Hi!" she says, already propped on a stool next to him, with Nero sniffing at the hanging scarf.

[amanofletters]

"Hello." he smiled. A little one, but a smile nonetheless.

He eyed the dog sniffing his worn scarf.

[call_me_kick]

"What's the matter?" she asks, ignoring Nero as he begins pawing at the scarf.

Look! It wiggles when he fwaps it!

[amanofletters]

"Mind's on a lot of things." he answered.

He laughed when the dog started playing with the old muffler.

"It seems your dog has taken a liking to my scarf."

[call_me_kick]

"He does that," she says, giggling at the pup.

"An' he's not a dog. He's a wolf."

[amanofletters]

"I apologise." he smiled.

[call_me_kick]

"Isn't that cool?" she says, beaming at the pup.

"I'm Kick, he's Nero."

[amanofletters]

"Hello, Kick." he greeted amiably. The face of a happy child was one to get anyone's spirits up, even for the most depressed of men. "I'm Watson. Or John, if you'd like."

[call_me_kick]

She doesn't usually call adults by their first names. (If her uncle found out, he wouldn't be pleased!)

"How about Mr. John?"

[amanofletters]

"Actually, John is my first name. Most people simply call me 'Watson'."

Considering John was a bland, common and typical type of name that could apply to a variety of people, Watson was usually what distinguished him in a crowd and he was quite used to it.

[call_me_kick]

Kick considers this for a moment.

"Mr. Watson, then? I like the sound of that. Makes y'sound... important."

[amanofletters]

He grinned. "'Doctor', actually, but thank you very much. I don't think anyone's ever said my name sounded particularly important to anything."

[call_me_kick]

"Well, if you're a doctor, you must be!"

She grins.

"What kind of doctor are you?"

[amanofletters]

"A general practitioner. A family doctor, in other words."

[call_me_kick]

She wrinkles her nose.

"Oh."

Beat.

"I don't like doctors, when they're doing their job."