Fic: 221B - The Stars Within Your Grasp
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anarionTitle: The Stars Within Your Grasp
Words: 221
Rating: PG-13
Pairings : Sherlock/John
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: ‘365 days of 221Bs’ challenge: a prompt a day, given by
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atlinmerrick.Previous 221b: The Perfect Incentive
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The Stars Within Your Grasp
Sherlock has always loved heights.
He could basically climb before he could walk and broke his right arm (trying to prove his theory on artificial wings) before he could write.
Mycroft worried about him falling down from one of the various rooftops (constantly) and for two summers the most often heard sentence on the estate was “Sherlock Holmes, get down from there right now!”
John, on the other hand, did not like heights as a child. He was the sensible one, so his sister got to do all the climbing and falling down while he worried on the ground. And treated her injuries later on.
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Sherlock has never had an opinion on the height of a girlfriend (mostly because he never had a girlfriend or any interest in having one).
John, on the other hand, preferred his girlfriends to be shorter than him, not an easy task if you're not a giant yourself. So when his taste in women suddenly changed to tall, slender and dark-haired, he finally got the hints his heart was trying to get through to his brain.
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Sherlock still likes heights.
And last night he finally managed to convince John that being on rooftops isn't that bad. Especially not when you end up coming twice (though with tiles leaving funny impressions on your backside).
Next 221b: I Was on Hold Until I Met You
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AN: These two have sex an rooftops all the time. Just ask Atlin! ;)
Today's prompt was 'rooftops / heights'.
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Date: 2012-05-08 05:21 pm (UTC)I am so going to love this year, love the surprise of every 221B. I'm amazed where your brain goes, it's such an amazing place.
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Date: 2012-05-09 05:34 pm (UTC)And I am so glad that you are with me on this!
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Date: 2012-05-08 05:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-09 05:27 pm (UTC)Do you write one every day?
Thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment despite that! <3
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Date: 2012-05-09 05:33 pm (UTC)They're Ma href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/270813/chapters/427483">here, if you're curious. :)
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Date: 2012-05-09 05:44 pm (UTC)And I see you decided to post them as a chaptered work on AO3. I decided to do it as a series, though I realised later that I have no idea how many works you are allowed to have on AO3...
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Date: 2012-05-09 05:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-08 05:29 pm (UTC)'he finally got the hints his heart was trying to get through to his brain'
That's really beautifully put :D
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Date: 2012-05-09 05:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-08 07:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-09 05:33 pm (UTC)they're very credible as daredevil!Sherlock and caring-and-already-a-doctor!John.
I love your name for them! :)
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Date: 2012-05-09 08:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-09 05:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-10 09:39 am (UTC)I'm always scared to death when I find my kids on a tree, so Mycroft has all my sympathy.
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Date: 2012-05-29 12:30 pm (UTC)