Barter System 9/11
anonymous
January 11 2011, 11:46:03 UTC
“You’re wearing my tags, Sherlock,” John says, like if he just keeps saying it, Sherlock will get it. Which he knows is ridiculous, but-
“You’ve said that three times. I find it unnecessary and irritating when someone repeats himself so often,” Sherlock says, eyes narrowed.
Yup. Ridiculous. “Yeah, well, I find it unnecessary and irritating when someone breaks the one rule of his own bloody idea.”
Sherlock frowns. “I haven’t done anything wrong,” he says defensively.
“My tags, Sherlock,” John says. “Yes, I know, I’m repeating myself, but as you’re refusing to get it, it seems to be my only option. I haven’t touched your damn coat, so why are you wearing my tags?”
Sherlock reaches up, closing his fingers loosely around the tags. “You said it was your uniform and camouflage that were off limits,” he says quietly.
“No, you said that. I said, ‘my army things.’ I would’ve thought a genius could figure out that dog tags are part of army things. Then again, I would’ve thought a genius would be able to discern that a box at the
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Re: Barter System 11/11
anonymous
April 20 2011, 04:03:23 UTC
I liked this a lot - very amusing and well-written, and I could just see Sherlock making assumptions about why his clothes turned up with John's and assuming that they were implicitly agreeing to trade clothing. :)
But, please - ID tags, not dog-tags! John was in the British army, not the US.
Re: Barter System 11/11keerawaApril 29 2012, 19:20:58 UTC
Awwww, boys. I loved Sherlock extrapolating one exchange on a cold walk and John's lack of protest into an accepted barter system, without bothering to inform John of the fact. Both of them geting that special, possessive little thrill from seeing their clothes on the other.
And John's freak-out about the dog-tags - besides his issues with not feeling worthy to wear them himself, that's (at least in the US) a serious declaration. I know several people who wear replicas of their loved ones' tags while they are separated by a deployment.
Re: Barter System 11/11shadowfireflameApril 3 2013, 18:31:01 UTC
Oh. My. God, how absolutely adorable was this?!?!
“Can’t we belong to each other without being in a relationship?” Sherlock asks hesitantly.
I squeed so hard at this line because Sherlock is all hesitant and doesn't want to get his heart broken but he loves John soooo much, it just shows so well.
Re: Barter System 11/11 - making an ebook versionithindinielMay 30 2013, 12:08:23 UTC
Hey Author!Anon, I just came back to re-read this wonderful story and was wondering if I could make a PDF/ebook version of it and putting it up for download at http://ithindiniel.tumblr.com/ebooks. I'd say you get full credit but since that's difficult in this case I'll just link to the kink meme? I hope you are still looking at the commets sometimes and see this!
I really hope you have nothing aginst it, Author!Anon, could you get in contact with me otherwise? I really don't want to do anything with this fic you don't like.
“You’ve said that three times. I find it unnecessary and irritating when someone repeats himself so often,” Sherlock says, eyes narrowed.
Yup. Ridiculous. “Yeah, well, I find it unnecessary and irritating when someone breaks the one rule of his own bloody idea.”
Sherlock frowns. “I haven’t done anything wrong,” he says defensively.
“My tags, Sherlock,” John says. “Yes, I know, I’m repeating myself, but as you’re refusing to get it, it seems to be my only option. I haven’t touched your damn coat, so why are you wearing my tags?”
Sherlock reaches up, closing his fingers loosely around the tags. “You said it was your uniform and camouflage that were off limits,” he says quietly.
“No, you said that. I said, ‘my army things.’ I would’ve thought a genius could figure out that dog tags are part of army things. Then again, I would’ve thought a genius would be able to discern that a box at the ( ... )
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But, please - ID tags, not dog-tags! John was in the British army, not the US.
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And John's freak-out about the dog-tags - besides his issues with not feeling worthy to wear them himself, that's (at least in the US) a serious declaration. I know several people who wear replicas of their loved ones' tags while they are separated by a deployment.
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“Can’t we belong to each other without being in a relationship?” Sherlock asks hesitantly.
I squeed so hard at this line because Sherlock is all hesitant and doesn't want to get his heart broken but he loves John soooo much, it just shows so well.
Lovely story! Thank you for sharing it with us!!!
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I really hope you have nothing aginst it, Author!Anon, could you get in contact with me otherwise? I really don't want to do anything with this fic you don't like.
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Thank you so much for making those versions of this! I'm insanely flattered, and ridiculously glad that you enjoyed this that much. :D
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