Prompt Post Part XXVIII

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Post-TRF, attempting to carry on, one step at a time

[anonymous]

I'm stuck on the image of Mrs Hudson trying to go through Sherlock's things now that he's gone. I suppose I just need some simple, daily-life angst to help me work through what happened. Nothing in particular, just some of characters (whoever you like, however you like) taking the next baby steps toward life after "the fall."

auth!anon

[anonymous]

Oh, thank you so much for this! I'm so glad you liked it, especially #2 (which happens to be my favourite *g*).

I've just posted an "outtake scene," FYI.

Thanks a million for reading/commenting. You've really made my day!

Boxes 7/6

[anonymous]

OUTTAKE SCENE

It matters not one whit that the others don't speak. He can hear them thinking. Of course he can.

He can hear them reading the headline to themselves, rolling the words off their mental tongues, tasting its scandal: "Suicide of Fake Genius."

He can hear them judging. The Diogenes Club resounds with the echoes of its members' scorn and contempt for his baby brother.

There is more to the story than even this intelligentsia knows. Then again, Mycroft muses, there always is.

In Mycroft's mind there are many mansions; he enters the distant one on the horizon and follows a labyrinth of stairways and corridors to an underground chamber that houses a secret room.

Hardly a room. A cell, rather. A box.

Access requires a retinal scan, a DNA sample, and the recitation of an arcane code phrase in Classical Latin.

He folds his long bulk into the cramped compartment and seals the door behind him.

In that most hidden of places, Mycroft screams.

***

THE END - REALLY!

OP here

[anonymous]

Oh god how I loved this. Brilliant. Every word. You took a little prompt and made it something grand.

Now to go have a cry...

THANK YOU.

Re: OP here

[anonymous]

I'm soooo happy you liked this! Thanks for an awesome prompt of awesomeness.

"Five Boxes": now polished, edited, and reposted

[morganstuart]

Hi there!

I'm doing the de-anon thing here to say this has been reworked, edited, and polished, and it's now posted here: "Five Boxes."

Re: Boxes 2/?

[anonymous]

ooh, yes, i like this.

auth!anon here

[anonymous]

Oh, thank you! I'm so glad to hear it.

More is on its way...