Listen, you must stop writing AU fics. I don't read AU fics. I don't like AU fics. But you go on writing AU fics and I love your writing and so I read them and I love them. This can't go on! :D
John Watson was an elf. For a few seconds I thought he was really an elf and it was a really alternative universe. Then I felt better. :D
He needed a job Oh, dull.
generally behaving like a jovial, good-natured Santa’s Elf. If you mean an Elf equipped with a pistol and willing to use it if Santa is in danger, yes, it's John.
“A bit irresponsible,” said a voice from behind John, a deep, smooth, assured baritone. This is the moment I started smiling like a happy idiot. I'm afraid I have a soft spot for terrible holiday films, if they star Sherlock and John.
John followed him for some reason. before deciding there was nothing for it but to follow. John in a nutshell.
John told himself he shivered because it was cold. Obviously.
taking a surreptitious step away from the circle of Sherlock’s attractiveness.Oh, John. You'd have to run so
( ... )
(Yes, I know it's the wrong elf, but if you close your eyes and listen to Hathaway speaking he sounds a bit like Sherlock *g*)
John's working as Santa's elf. Brilliant. I can feel his humiliation, yet also his determination to do a good job regardless - that's so John. And then Sherlock gets him sacked (not fired, btw, though we do know what it means), and he wants to be angry - but of course he's already falling under Sherlock's spell. Poor John!
I'm looking forward to his next career as Sherlock's pretend lover - this should be fun, especially as I'm guessing that Sherlock has no idea how to behave as if he's part of a couple anyway. I can foresee John having to do a lot of on-the-job training here *g*
(Oh, and 'armed forces', not 'military', but that's about all I spotted).
Ah, these tricky British terms!! Thank you for catching them, I have to fix them!
I really feel for John. He's just so *resolute.* "I am n elf. I will therefore be a good elf." And he's also so powerless in the face of Sherlock's charm.
Sherlock looked a little like a peacock who’d landed in a pigeon roost. Fantastic description.
“Do you see a lot of people perform undercover work?” asked Sherlock, curiously. I suppose the right answer would have been "no, because they're better at it."
Sherlock was back to looking awkward, which John took as a sign that he’d asked the right question. “Because I…Because I may have said, last Christmas, that I’d…bring someone home with me this Christmas. And if I don’t, then Mother was going to…set me up with…someone.” Sherlock spoke with an expression full of disgust. Goodness yes, there is a holiday movie trope.
No, no, no, you’ve gone mad, you’re not going to pretend to be this person’s boyfriend for two weeks, you just met this person, he could be luring you out to the countryside to kill you and eat you, don’t do this. Yes, we all know Sherlock so we're all about yes yes go John. But really, this is the response John should have. Sherlock especially could kill him without anyone figuring it out.
Comments 42
John Watson was an elf.
For a few seconds I thought he was really an elf and it was a really alternative universe. Then I felt better. :D
He needed a job
Oh, dull.
generally behaving like a jovial, good-natured Santa’s Elf.
If you mean an Elf equipped with a pistol and willing to use it if Santa is in danger, yes, it's John.
“A bit irresponsible,” said a voice from behind John, a deep, smooth, assured baritone.
This is the moment I started smiling like a happy idiot. I'm afraid I have a soft spot for terrible holiday films, if they star Sherlock and John.
John followed him for some reason.
before deciding there was nothing for it but to follow.
John in a nutshell.
John told himself he shivered because it was cold.
Obviously.
taking a surreptitious step away from the circle of Sherlock’s attractiveness.Oh, John. You'd have to run so ( ... )
Reply
Reply
Reply
Nope, I didn't *really* set this in the North Pole. Maybe next year! ;-)
Poor John. He doesn't yet think of himself as being awesome. He needs Sherlock for that. :-)
We *all* have a soft spot for terrible holiday films! It's nothing to be ashamed of! :-)
Hahahaha! I love what you say about John in a nutshell! It's so true!
There is nowhere on the planet that is outside Sherlock's circle of attractiveness, really.
Ha! Sherlock should have just shown up naked and cut to the chase!
I write so much Sherlockfic now, I have to keep trying to come up with ways to describe him!
Ha! Yes, you've noticed that I use the same ideas over and over again in my fics. ;-)
Oh, don't worry. It's just that John has *standards.*
And you are right to be easily amused by our language! It's amusing!
Well, SSH is mostly done, so I'm focusing on getting this fic done at the moment. But it is a lot to juggle! Hence why I'm so behind on comments!
Reply
John's working as Santa's elf. Brilliant. I can feel his humiliation, yet also his determination to do a good job regardless - that's so John. And then Sherlock gets him sacked (not fired, btw, though we do know what it means), and he wants to be angry - but of course he's already falling under Sherlock's spell. Poor John!
I'm looking forward to his next career as Sherlock's pretend lover - this should be fun, especially as I'm guessing that Sherlock has no idea how to behave as if he's part of a couple anyway. I can foresee John having to do a lot of on-the-job training here *g*
(Oh, and 'armed forces', not 'military', but that's about all I spotted).
Reply
I really feel for John. He's just so *resolute.* "I am n elf. I will therefore be a good elf." And he's also so powerless in the face of Sherlock's charm.
Reply
Fantastic description.
“Do you see a lot of people perform undercover work?” asked Sherlock, curiously.
I suppose the right answer would have been "no, because they're better at it."
Sherlock was back to looking awkward, which John took as a sign that he’d asked the right question. “Because I…Because I may have said, last Christmas, that I’d…bring someone home with me this Christmas. And if I don’t, then Mother was going to…set me up with…someone.” Sherlock spoke with an expression full of disgust.
Goodness yes, there is a holiday movie trope.
No, no, no, you’ve gone mad, you’re not going to pretend to be this person’s boyfriend for two weeks, you just met this person, he could be luring you out to the countryside to kill you and eat you, don’t do this.
Yes, we all know Sherlock so we're all about yes yes go John. But really, this is the response John should have. Sherlock especially could kill him without anyone figuring it out.
Reply
Hahahahaha! I wish I'd thought of that answer!
I had SO MUCH FUN playing around with these tropes. *So* much fun.
I thought that maybe John should have a common sense moment here...
Reply
(The comment has been removed)
Reply
(The comment has been removed)
Reply
Leave a comment