Sherlock Fanfic: Caught in the Undertow (JWP 2016 #20)

[caffienekitty]

Title: Caught in the Undertow
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Alternate Postings: AO3
Rating/Content: PG13, peril, blood, drowning, stabbing, case-ficlet, Watson whump, mixed POV
Warnings: blood, drowning
Word Count: 1330
Disclaimer: Not my world.
Notes: Written for watsons_woes July Writing Prompt #20: Turn of the Tide. It's been a few years now since I last dropped

Comments

[borgmama1of5]

Excellently nerve-wracking!!!

[caffienekitty]

Thank you!

[donutsweeper]

Oooh, excellent! But no, Sherlock, punching someone in a stab wound is not the standard way to administer aide! (Although, I guess, it is effective and that's what matters)

[caffienekitty]

It really isn't (though my vague memories of the history of rescue breathing have something about causing the person pain to make them gasp, maybe?). Them both being in the water and John tending to sink would have made the more St. John's Ambulance approved in-water rescue breathing methods impractical, awkward and really slow, so Sherlock went for a painful punch.

[gardnerhill]

Ooh, a real nail-biter!

And sadly, Sherlock would love a chance to study all the nasty things that infected John's shoulder, wouldn't he?

[caffienekitty]

He definitely would!

[capt_facepalm]

"Did he get away?" John asked in time, throat rasping.

"Not unless the police can't catch an unconscious man."

Such wonderful snark!

[caffienekitty]

Thank you!