Prompting Part XXIV
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John moves to the victim’s shoulder.
“Look here, at these long thin scratches.” He points to a crosshatch of light, barely visible scars and scratches on the body’s right shoulder and upper arm. “He was a cat owner.”
“But his file says he was allergic to cats,” Greg interjects meekly. “Quite violently allergic, actually.”
“Yes, I saw. But these scratches have no swelling or rash around them, and the victim shows no sign of the congested sinus or hives that go along with his degree of allergy. That, coupled with the abundance of brown, tan and black hairs on his trouser legs and the front of his jumper, indicates that he kept a Bengale cat, one of those hypoallergenic ones, I’ll wager. The scratches are from when he picks it up and it clings to his shoulder through his clothes. They’re not deep or random enough to be aggressive scratches, and there’s evidence of where it’s happened many times.”
“There was no cat. At the flat, I mean.”
“Was there cat paraphernalia? A bed, a food dish, a litter box?” John’s face has a familiar look on it, one that Greg never thought to associate with anything but keen cheekbones and all-knowing eyes. Greg vaguely remembers a dish on the floor by the refrigerator. He’d dismissed it at the time, but nods now.
“Those cats are worth thousands of pounds. Did any of the suspects you interviewed have a cat, or show signs of it?”
A realization floors Greg.
“His ex-girlfriend had, like, five cats. I only remember because it was murder trying to get all the hair off my trousers after I left her flat.” Where better to hide a tree than a forest?
“Did one of them look like a tiny leopard, by any chance?”
He nods slowly, unable to look away from John. This sad, small man had seen dozens of things his forensic team had missed, and essentially just solved the case after a short debrief, a look at the clothes through an evidence bag and ten minutes with the corpse.
Now, Lestrade has always counted himself a loyal man. When Sherlock died and all his exploits were being debunked, Lestrade had protested. No matter what most of his team wanted to believe, Greg had seen Sherlock do extraordinary things, and no-one could entirely convince him that it had been fabrication. He wasn’t willing to dismiss them that easily. That was another reason he’d let John in on the case: the past six months had been the worst in half a decade at work, for the simple fact that there was no longer a consulting detective to puzzle out the cases that stumped them. So really, he doesn’t need any convincing that Sherlock’s methods work, but to see them in action through John is a revelation.
“That’s brilliant.” It just slips out.
John’s answering grin puts every light in Britain to shame. “I know.”
I totally bullshitted this murder, by the way. I am not a medical professional nor am I at all versed in knowledge of allergies. I'm sure I got lots of things wrong. But hey, this is Fanfic, right? Suspension of disbelief and all that?
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I really like how Molly's watching out for John, I bet she'd even do that if she didn't know Sherlock was still alive. Same with Lestrade, it's good that they're keeping an eye out.
I'm really looking forward to the next part.
As for the question you had earlier, I am fine with S/J! I like how you said you want to write M/L for reasons, as usually some fics leave me a bit stumped as to how they actually got to meet properly before that case in S1 (and then to actually develop a relationship). And for the sexual content, if you've got plotbunnies, roll with it.
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Also, in response to your previous questions: I am a fan of J/S (though typically of a more ace interpretation), and a casual fan of M/L, and basically I just still think this fill is awesome.
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S/J would be amazing, but all I really want is to see John's face when he realises Sherlock is still alive.
Thank you for writing-you really have a knack for capturing the feel of the show. Do you have links to anything else you've written for this board?
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please keep it up anon <3
John with deducing skills just got like 10x hotter <3 If that doesn't get Sherlock to come back.... ;)
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Please do continue!
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