Fic: 221B - Right from the start

[anarion]

Title: Right from the start
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 atlinmerrick. Day 297.




Previous 221b: Of bees and butterflies


Today's prompt: cough

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Right from the start


A cough is one of John's most favourite communication tools in certain situations. His favourite is a touch and words he is usually not too fond of because they tend to complicate things more often than not.
A cough works when Sherlock is too excited or too annoyed to care for acceptable social behaviour and it is John’s way of reminding him without doing it in an obvious way (no need to give more ammunition to Donovan and Anderson).

John is always amazed that Sherlock is receptive to his gentle steering in social necessities and of course he -being Sherlock- always knows if a cough is directed at him or not. It often does not tell him what John wants, but it makes him stop and take the time to evaluate what he just said or did and sometimes (rarely) it actually helps to shut him up at once.

Sherlock had looked to John as a kind of moral compass from the first time they met and although he hadn’t realised it then, he now knows that it was an amazing thing, a sign of trust towards someone who wasn’t even sure he would stay.

He knows that he is a lot of things to Sherlock, has become more and more over time, but this, this he has been from the beginning.





Next 221b: A counter offer


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AN:
The prompt -courtesy of Verity Burns- was 'cough'.

It's very quiet here, all you all busy waiting for Star Trek? ;)
I am going tomorrow. Sooo excited!

Also, what the hell is going on with AO3 today?








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Comments

[chocolamousse.livejournal.com]

I just want to say that if I was Sherlock's lover (yes, I know, the key-word is "if"), my favourite communication mode would be touching too. :D

It's very quiet here, all you all busy waiting for Star Trek? ;)
I'm still here, woo-hoo! *waves at you* And please don't talk to me about Star Trek, it's released only on June the 12th in France. And probably only with dubbing in my town. *fumes*

[atlinmerrick.livejournal.com]

This is so very canon. Yes, he had this right from the beginning, the subtle gesture, word, or cough that communicated so much to Sherlock. And Sherlock? Amazingly, right from the start, he actually listened.

[treelight.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I haven't commented lately, because I was very busy at work and at home. I wait eagerly for your (generally) daily story and I love them to bits.
Oh, and Star Trek was brilliant! I'm sure you'll enjoy it, too.

[verityburns.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is bang on! Very well observed :D