Fic: 221B - Tell me true (3/?)
Title: Tell me true (3/?)
Words: a 221B has 221 words and ends with a b-word
Rating: Pg-13
Pairings : Sherlock/John
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: ‘365 days of 221Bs’ challenge: a prompt a day, given by atlinmerrick. Day 233.
Previous 221b: Mine!
Today's prompt: cane
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Tell me true (3/?)
“That was terrible.”
John waited until Sherlock had stepped through the door of NSY into the cold, snow-filled February wind and then fell into step next to him as they walked down the road. They had spent the last few days with a triple homicide that turned out to be based on relationship difficulties. The woman had tried to change her husband in so many ways that he finally snapped.
Both men were silent, trying to get the case out of their heads, until John broke the silence.
“What would you like to change about me?”
“I already did.“
“What?”
“The one thing about you that bothered me. I fixed it.”
“And what would that be?”
“Your limp. I got rid of it.”
He could feel the tender smile in Sherlock’s voice, but he wasn’t done yet.
“Anything you'd like to change about yourself?”
“My past. If I could erase my past as an addict without changing who I am today, I would do it instantly. Because I see you look at my scars and I see how it pains you. But I can’t.”
John stopped so abruptly it took Sherlock two steps to notice, then he covered the distance between them and pulled Sherlock into a fierce embrace. They stood like this for a long time, snow piling up around their boots.
Next 221b: The chief of sinners
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AN:
The prompt was 'cane'.
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