Fic: 221B - Words

[anarion]

Title: Words
Words: surprisingly enough 221
Pairings : Sherlock/John

Disclaimer: Sadly the characters are not mine and no money is made (that would be sooo cool!).

Summary: Sometimes even Sherlock is at a loss for words.



Besides his brain words are the tools Sherlock uses the most. They obey him and do his bidding, he can twist them like snakes until they coil around the unwary and trip them into error. They are his shield and weapon, used to protect himself and shatter others.

But not tonight.



‘John, come to bed with me.’

‘Why?’

And suddenly he’s at a loss for words. All these feelings and the longing and maybe even loving is something he can’t explain. He never learned how to.

So he just sits there, looking at John, waiting for understanding to dawn in his eyes.

His gaze clearly saying: Are you stupid? Please stop waiting for fluffy declarations of feelings. You know I don’t do that. You also know why. Because I need you. And because I want you. And yes, because I love you.

And then John smiles.

The smile clearly saying: Yes, I know you don’t do these things. I don’t need you to do them, because you tell me in so many other ways. That you need me. That you want me. And that you love me. I understand.

This is what Sherlock loves most about John. That he never needs to explain the things that really count. John always understands these. That’s his special gift.

So he just says: ‘Because.’


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AN: Thanks to Verity for helping me with the beginning and for the wonderful sentence about words coiling around the unwary!




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Comments

[verityburns.livejournal.com]

Still loving this, honey! I absolutely adore the concept of John's 'special gift', that's just beautiful - how they suit each other so perfectly. Bravissimo!

[anarion.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

It only reached its full potential with your help! <3

[fanbot.livejournal.com]

Aw!

I love your mood box. A little naked Captain Tight Pants makes a morning.

[anarion.livejournal.com]

Hehe, naked Captain Tight Pants is always a good think! :D

[r34dinglight.livejournal.com]

really lovely use of ~because~ here as the stand-in for all that was felt ... by both of them. ♥

[anarion.livejournal.com]

Thank you for that lovely comment. I'm so glad it worked! :)

[arianedevere.livejournal.com]

So sweet! That Verity really knows how to chuck in a couple of lines to make a story so much better, doesn't she?!

[anarion.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, she does!

[ascendant-angel.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful. It proves that sometimes less (words) is more.

[anarion.livejournal.com]

It definitely is!

Thank you for leaving such a wonderful comment! :)

[ciaranbochna.livejournal.com]

"I see a bible in your eyes, all those codes and hidden meanings, full of metaphor and something for the faithless in me."

Your lovely work made me think of that Darren Hayes song. Thank you for sharing.

[anarion.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's beautiful!

Thank you! :)

[atlinmerrick.livejournal.com]

You are rattling my brain with the awesome that are your 221Bs. DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU!

Wait, why am I swearing?

Um, anyway: "he can twist them like snakes until they coil around the unwary and trip them into error. They are his shield and weapon, used to protect himself and shatter others."

Fucking awesome. Did I say fuck when I said awesome? Because I have to to convey the fuck-awesome of that paragraph.

Thank you.

[anarion.livejournal.com]

Swearing from you is ALWAYS welcome in my journal! :D

Thank you for the fucking awesome comment! :)

[ellie_hell.livejournal.com]

John! When Sherlock askes you to come to bed, you don't ask why. You drop everything you're doing and you bloody GO TO BED WITH HIM.

No seriously, this was very sweet and I feel like I'm repeating myself because this is the third one of your stories I read this morning and I think I've used the word 'sweet' to describe them all, but it's true! Oh, wait! Thesaurus time!

This story was charming, their silent conversation was loveable and tender (and now I know that's what they were silently saying at the end of TGG). Everything you write keeps confirming these two are made for each other.

And now please John, follow that gorgeous man to bed or else I'll follow him myself.

[anarion.livejournal.com]

I nearly died at the thesaurus time! *giggles*

And of course they are made for each other! In any way - friends or lovers. Though I prefer the latter. You know, because of the sex that might happen. Or a blowjob. *ahem.
Which I could write right now if I was done with that stupid fluffy one-shot. *argh*

But for the record: Excuse me! There will be no following from your side. If there is to be any following happening here from anybody else than John it is going to be me.
Yes.

[zevbaldwin.livejournal.com]

Marvelous! And sweety!