Prompting Part XXIV

[sherlockbbc_fic]

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Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[anonymous]

Plus One - Molly

Molly isn’t sure what she should or shouldn’t say. Or how to say it, if she should ever work out what “it” is.

She wants to tell John everything, to reassure him, to stop him looking like his best friend’s died - which he did, at least as far as John knows, so that’s not really a good way of phrasing it even in her own mind. She wants to hug him hard and let him cry the numbness away. She wants to see his face relax into any emotion other than the terrible frozen mask that he’s become.

She can’t even look him in the eye. It’s guilt of course, because she could stop his pain by talking to him, but she knows he thinks it’s because she believes in Sherlock’s guilt.

And maybe she would give in and tell John, if it wasn’t for the fact that Sherlock had begged her for this one (albeit massive) favour. For the fact that he had (for just this one essential time) confided in her everything, the words spilling out in a way that she had never expected from Sherlock of all people. All his conclusions about the way that Jim had set the trap; his certainty that people whose lives had interwoven with his would be punished for the crime of knowing him; his reasons for suspecting that there would be back-up plots in place to ensure that he had no choice in the end, even to the point of endangering his closest acquaintances. Or at least the ones that Jim thought were important - and this was key, because Sherlock’s plan hung on the belief that Moriarty had forgotten to take Molly into account.

At the last, before Molly left to put their plan into action, Sherlock had grasped her shoulders in his hands, his fingers firm but somehow tentative, and then he leaned in to kiss her briefly on the forehead. It felt like a goodbye from a brother.

“Thank you,” he said, stepping back again. His eyes had met hers solemnly and then skittered away, already thinking twenty steps ahead to the inevitable confrontation. “If this doesn‘t work…” His voice stopped and he fell into silence, searching for words.

She tried to smile reassuringly, but her lip felt suddenly wobbly and she ended up biting it nervously instead. There was no guarantee that it would work, and no way for her to convince him of it.

“I’ll do my part,” she had said, and fled.

She could tell John all of this, but she won’t. Because if Sherlock’s right - and Sherlock is almost always right - John’s still in just as much danger as when Jim was alive. And it’s John they’ll be watching.

--end--

Re: Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[anonymous]

Bravo, Author, Bravo!

Re: Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[anonymous]

*curtseys* Thank you!

Re: Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[anonymous]

\;^;/

Re: Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[jenny_starseed]

Wow. I love this fic. It's all very convincing and the characters are well drawn, especially John's stoic grief.

GOOD JOB, anon. :)

Re: Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[anonymous]

Thank you! :)

I'm glad that John came across well. I was trying to see him through the other people's eyes mostly, rather than focusing on his reaction to the people coming forward, so I'm relieved it worked!

Re: Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[tardis_stowaway]

Thank you, anon. I'm not the OP, but I too craved a fic like this. Your take on it is well-crafted and full of emotion. I love it.

Re: Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[anonymous]

Thank you! I think I'd been craving a fic like this, too, so when I read the prompt, I couldn't not write it! I always worry whether I'm getting the emotional balance right, so it's good to know you liked it so much.

Re: Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[anonymous]

OP

This... Is amazing. Beautiful. I love this as much as the other fill.

I... My prompts hardly ever get filled, let alone twice. Tonight is a good night.

Re: Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[anonymous]

Thank you, I'm so glad you liked it. I thoroughly enjoyed writing it! As soon as I read the prompt, I could just see Henry Knight's face in my mind, and couldn't imagine him believing that Sherlock was a fake...and then while I was trying to frame his narrative, I kept coming up with other characters who couldn't possibly be fooled by Moriarty's lies :)

Re: Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[alsionbower]

EXCELLENT! I love these 5 characters that you've chosen and they way you've written their pov's. Thank you so much!

Re: Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[thesardine]

Wow, I really liked this! Excellent work, Anon!

Re: Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[augustbird]

kalsjdfasdf oh god. this is absolutely brilliant. thank you so much. <3333

Re: Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[anonymous]

This was very touching! Thank you

Re: Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[mariana_oconnor]

Brilliant. Loved it. And 'E' ^_^ Hee.

Well written and emotive. You made me sad and you made me smile at the same time.

Re: Fill #2: 5 People Who Believed in Sherlock Holmes & Told John So... 6/6

[anonymous]

God, I love this. So. Much.