gayalondiel_bak ([personal profile] gayalondiel_bak) wrote2011-07-15 12:54 pm

Fic: Holmes: WWJ: Solitary Investigations

Fandom/’Verse: Holmes/ACD canon
Challenge: watsons_woes July prompts challenge
Title: Solitary Investigations
Character: Holmes, Watson
Length: 200 words
Rating: G
Spoilers: SOLI
Warnings: n/a

Disclaimer: The Holmes characters fall in the public domain and are the creation of the wonderful Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. No ownership is implied or inferred. This is done for love only.

Summary: Scene insert for SOLI, after Watson’s less-than-successful investigation.
AN: Dialogue double drabble. Someone complimented me on my writing speed yesterday but I’m hitting the wall: Harry Potter in an hour and then Third Star (again) at the guildhall, so after that I don’t anticipate being good for anything more than a large whisky. So this is a bit of a cop-out, as I’ve had in mind to write a long prose version of this for a while. Possibly I will in my post-challenge plotbunny grooming programme.

Also, halfway tomorrow! *pants* This is fun, but knackering.

Master prompt post

July 15: Fix a canon scene



“Watson?”

“Yes, Holmes.”

“I must apologise, my dear fellow. I am heartily sorry...”

“No, you are not.”

“I beg your pardon?”

“You are not at all sorry for insulting me, you do it frequently. You are not sorry for maligning my investigative techniques, you have done that on any number of occasions. I am quite reconciled to both these things. What you may be sorry about is that I am sufficiently affronted so as not to return to Charlington Heath with you.”

“if you were reconciled, you would not be affronted.”

“I am affronted for a different reason.”

“Ah. Let me see. You say you are not aggrieved that I criticised your investigation, although perhaps the fault is mine for not giving clearer instructions. I do not believe I have insulted you...”

“You never do.”

“...but if that is not the cause...”

“I am not going to lead you through this. A child of five would understand.”

“I see... Watson?”

“Yes, Holmes?”

“May I extend my gratitude for your having made these investigations yourself, regardless of the outcomes, to enable me to complete my research. It was very good of you to take the trouble.”

“You are quite welcome, Holmes.”
med_cat: (H&W dynamic duo)

[personal profile] med_cat 2011-07-15 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah yes, very nicely done and IC ;)

[identity profile] gayalondiel.livejournal.com 2011-07-16 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
ext_24392: (SH - Granada H - Fic or is it? - Me)

[identity profile] random-nexus.livejournal.com 2011-07-15 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, please and thank you, Holmes. Tsk tsk tsk!

I really LIKED this! *grin*
Nicely done.

[identity profile] gayalondiel.livejournal.com 2011-07-16 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
He does need a lecture on the magic words... *wanders off into slashy Sherlock BBC plotbunny land*

*runs back over*
Thank you, thank you!
*back to bunnies*
Edited 2011-07-16 10:25 (UTC)

[identity profile] tweedisgood.livejournal.com 2011-07-15 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Damn straight. Alternative route: Me: "Mr Holmes?" H: "Can I help you?" Me: "Yes. *whap* Appreciate your Watson." H: "'k, sorry."

[identity profile] gayalondiel.livejournal.com 2011-07-16 10:26 am (UTC)(link)
I did think about throwing in a punch or two... couldn't quite make it IC though.

XD

[identity profile] autumnatmidnite.livejournal.com 2011-07-15 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
HA! I adore this!!! Especially how you have Holmes say 'thank you' without uttering those two words :D

[identity profile] gayalondiel.livejournal.com 2011-07-16 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! There was a touch of Rhett Butler's overly formal marriage proposal in my mind as I was writing, just that edge of sarcasm and getting-what-he-wants rather than genuine contrition, but it's near enough for Watson.
methylviolet10b: (holmes and watson)

[personal profile] methylviolet10b 2011-07-15 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Fantastic. Just...yup, fantastic. :-)

[identity profile] gayalondiel.livejournal.com 2011-07-16 10:29 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! XD
ancalime8301: (books-artsy)

[personal profile] ancalime8301 2011-07-15 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee. :)

[identity profile] antesqueluz.livejournal.com 2011-07-15 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Hail the under-appreciated Watson! Get a clue, Sherlock... ;-)

[identity profile] gayalondiel.livejournal.com 2011-07-16 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, he needs a good bitchslap from time to time. :)
cyanne: (Sherlock Holmes H/W looking)

[personal profile] cyanne 2011-07-16 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yep, this is how it should have gone, if Holmes knows what's good for him.

[identity profile] gayalondiel.livejournal.com 2011-07-16 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
Not only this time... I have a list of occasions where Watson should have punched Holmes.

Thanks!

[identity profile] rabidsamfan.livejournal.com 2011-07-16 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
LoL! And he still didn't manage to just say "thank you." Brilliant!

[identity profile] gayalondiel.livejournal.com 2011-07-16 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
*beams* thank you!

Sorry I've not been commenting much on the others, I got to the point of having time for reading OR writing, not both. tomorrow I'm going to bake cookies and then go through all the promptfics.