[Sherlock Holmes ACD] --- A Secret's Worth (JWP#19 2015)
Title: A Secret's Worth
Theme: Watson's Woes July Writing Prompts 2015
Prompt: #19 While You Were Sleeping. Watson is presumed unconscious/asleep/comatose, but he can hear everything everyone says at his bedside.
Author: Alaylith
Rating: General Audiences
Universe: ACD
Characters: Watson, Holmes, Mycroft
WordCount: 352
Summary: A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept. - Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
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"You should tell him."
As Watson fights against the darkness, these words are the first things he aknowlegdes, even though he can not recognize the voice.
"Never," another voice swears and Watson will always know the voice of his closest friend. It is this voice that brings Watson back from the darkness and he tiredly blinks at the ceiling above.
A ceiling which does not belong to his own room.
He looks around the darkened room and he can see enough to recognize Holmes' room he is lying in. Next he sees the door to the living room being slightly open and the flickering light of a fire.
His whole body is numb and he can only move his head a bit, thus making no noise. He knows from experience if he lifted as much as a finger Holmes would have been able to hear it and would have come to the room.
Watson is just about to try and call for his friend, when the other voice continues. "The doctor would want to know."
He stops, not only because he now recognizes Mycroft's voice, but also because of the words. What are they talking about?
"Sooner or later he will find out and it would be better if he knew the truth beforehand," Mycroft says with a hint of compassion in his voice. "And more importantly, he should hear it from you."
"No, I will not tell him," Holmes denies the advice. "And he will never find out. Only Lestrade knows the truth and he already swore to never reveal it.
Between him and I we were able to falsify all reports. It will never be spoken of again."
"Sherlock...," Mycroft admonishes and Watson can hear how Holmes raises from his chair and comes to the door.
"No, Mycroft," Holmes hisses, his voice lowered now as he stands almost within the door. "I won't tell him, that the shadow he shot was not our culprit, but that he accidentally killed an innocent child."
And Holmes turns to the room to check on his friend, only to stare into Watson's horrified eyes.
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Theme: Watson's Woes July Writing Prompts 2015
Prompt: #19 While You Were Sleeping. Watson is presumed unconscious/asleep/comatose, but he can hear everything everyone says at his bedside.
Author: Alaylith
Rating: General Audiences
Universe: ACD
Characters: Watson, Holmes, Mycroft
WordCount: 352
Summary: A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept. - Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"You should tell him."
As Watson fights against the darkness, these words are the first things he aknowlegdes, even though he can not recognize the voice.
"Never," another voice swears and Watson will always know the voice of his closest friend. It is this voice that brings Watson back from the darkness and he tiredly blinks at the ceiling above.
A ceiling which does not belong to his own room.
He looks around the darkened room and he can see enough to recognize Holmes' room he is lying in. Next he sees the door to the living room being slightly open and the flickering light of a fire.
His whole body is numb and he can only move his head a bit, thus making no noise. He knows from experience if he lifted as much as a finger Holmes would have been able to hear it and would have come to the room.
Watson is just about to try and call for his friend, when the other voice continues. "The doctor would want to know."
He stops, not only because he now recognizes Mycroft's voice, but also because of the words. What are they talking about?
"Sooner or later he will find out and it would be better if he knew the truth beforehand," Mycroft says with a hint of compassion in his voice. "And more importantly, he should hear it from you."
"No, I will not tell him," Holmes denies the advice. "And he will never find out. Only Lestrade knows the truth and he already swore to never reveal it.
Between him and I we were able to falsify all reports. It will never be spoken of again."
"Sherlock...," Mycroft admonishes and Watson can hear how Holmes raises from his chair and comes to the door.
"No, Mycroft," Holmes hisses, his voice lowered now as he stands almost within the door. "I won't tell him, that the shadow he shot was not our culprit, but that he accidentally killed an innocent child."
And Holmes turns to the room to check on his friend, only to stare into Watson's horrified eyes.
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