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Title: So bad one can taste it (2/2)
Words: a 221B has 221 words and ends with a b-word
Rating: PG-13
Pairings : Sherlock/John
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: Not mine.

Summary: ‘365 days of 221Bs’ challenge: a prompt a day, given by [livejournal.com profile] atlinmerrick. Day 284.




Previous 221b: So bad one can taste it (1/2)


Today's prompt: want

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So bad one can taste it (2/2)


John had wanted Sherlock from the first moment he had met him. That he needed him he realised much later.

He had seen that beautiful, arrogant man in his expensive suit who seemed to know all that there was to know about John Watson and he had wanted to break that arrogance, to shatter that control, and to stop that restless energy, had wanted to reduce that man to a gasping, quivering, wordless mess because he knew that he could.

He had taken that want and hid it deep inside after Sherlock had brushed him off at Angelo’s and never allowed himself to think about it for the sake of a friendship so profound and important that it literally saved his life.

With time he realised that without Sherlock, he would have withered and died, probably sooner than later. Sherlock had seen what John needed and provided him with the right amount of adventure and danger, he gave him purpose and a goal and he made him feel so alive.

He’d loved Sherlock in a purely platonic way since that seemed the price he had to pay for this life.

That Sherlock loved him and wanted him too was a revelation and that first time Sherlock touched him, he unlocked a part of John that had far too long been buried.




Next 221b: The healing code


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AN:
The prompt was 'want'.












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Date: 2013-04-18 06:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] treelight.livejournal.com
And we are very grateful that Sherlock saved John ... or there would be no wonderful stories like this.

Date: 2013-04-18 09:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arianedevere.livejournal.com
Oh, that's beautiful. *wibbles*

Date: 2013-04-18 11:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chocolamousse.livejournal.com
Want and need, desire and love... I'm glad you wrote John's POV, the two parts complement each other and fit so well together. Like Sherlock and John! :D

Also, I heartily second the idea of reducing Sherlock to a gasping, quivering, wordless mess. *gulps*

Date: 2013-04-21 12:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] verityburns.livejournal.com
Utterly beautiful - this is a beautiful pair of stories; really gorgeous work.

Date: 2013-04-26 08:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] atlinmerrick.livejournal.com
"for the sake of a friendship so profound and important that it literally saved his life"

This. It's beautiful.

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