[Sherlock Holmes ACD] --- There's none so blind as those who will not see (JWP#03 2015)
Title: There's none so blind as those who will not see
Theme: Watson's Woes July Writing Prompts 2015
Prompt: #3 [Picture Prompt]
Author: Alaylith
Rating: General Audiences
Universe: ACD
Characters: Holmes, Watson
WordCount: 345
Summary: Holmes sees a lot, but not always is he willing to believe it.
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Sherlock Holmes is able to see things other people do not see (or see, but do not observe).
He can see a man's health in his footsteps and he can see a woman's romantic interests in her clothes.
As such he is - even more than the average man - able to see so called signs or symbols; the difference is just that Holmes knows better and does not believe in any higher powers or magical hexes or whatever.
Shadows might look like monsters to any imaginative mind or clouds resembles animals or raindrops form patterns, forms or letters.
Holmes sees such things just like any other, his mind sometimes even more creative, but the important thing is that he pays them no attention.
That is until an early, cold Winter morning when he finishes his tea and sees something in the tea leaves left in his cup.
It is a grinning skull, clearly visible and Holmes can not help but stare at it.
Holmes is not superstitious, he does not believe in such things, but the skull somehow holds his attention, grinning brightly as if it is saying 'I can see you'.
The image haunts him the whole day, never leaving his thoughts and he insists on Watson taking his gun with him when they leave to apprehend their criminal in the evening.
Hours later, when the sun starts to rise, Holmes stands in the street and looks up to the clouds. Watson stands at his side, his head bandaged and he leans heavily on his walking stick.
If Watson did not have his gun with him, he would be dead now and Holmes knows that the only reason he took the gun was that Holmes asked for it.
And he did it because a skull in his tea cup told him so.
"Holmes?" Watson asks quietly and watches his captivated friend quizzically. "What are you looking at?"
"The clouds," Holmes answers absent-minded and Watson smiles lightly.
"What do you see?" he asks, his voice tinged with humour and Holmes slowly closes his eyes.
"Everything."
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Theme: Watson's Woes July Writing Prompts 2015
Prompt: #3 [Picture Prompt]
Author: Alaylith
Rating: General Audiences
Universe: ACD
Characters: Holmes, Watson
WordCount: 345
Summary: Holmes sees a lot, but not always is he willing to believe it.
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Sherlock Holmes is able to see things other people do not see (or see, but do not observe).
He can see a man's health in his footsteps and he can see a woman's romantic interests in her clothes.
As such he is - even more than the average man - able to see so called signs or symbols; the difference is just that Holmes knows better and does not believe in any higher powers or magical hexes or whatever.
Shadows might look like monsters to any imaginative mind or clouds resembles animals or raindrops form patterns, forms or letters.
Holmes sees such things just like any other, his mind sometimes even more creative, but the important thing is that he pays them no attention.
That is until an early, cold Winter morning when he finishes his tea and sees something in the tea leaves left in his cup.
It is a grinning skull, clearly visible and Holmes can not help but stare at it.
Holmes is not superstitious, he does not believe in such things, but the skull somehow holds his attention, grinning brightly as if it is saying 'I can see you'.
The image haunts him the whole day, never leaving his thoughts and he insists on Watson taking his gun with him when they leave to apprehend their criminal in the evening.
Hours later, when the sun starts to rise, Holmes stands in the street and looks up to the clouds. Watson stands at his side, his head bandaged and he leans heavily on his walking stick.
If Watson did not have his gun with him, he would be dead now and Holmes knows that the only reason he took the gun was that Holmes asked for it.
And he did it because a skull in his tea cup told him so.
"Holmes?" Watson asks quietly and watches his captivated friend quizzically. "What are you looking at?"
"The clouds," Holmes answers absent-minded and Watson smiles lightly.
"What do you see?" he asks, his voice tinged with humour and Holmes slowly closes his eyes.
"Everything."
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