Fic: 221B - Child's Play
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anarionTitle: Child's Play
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: Head Over Heels
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Child's Play
Three years in their relationship and John had never seen Sherlock with a baby. Or a child of any age for that matter.
So when Mike asked them to his daughter’s first birthday party he was curious as hell.
The afternoon progressed much as you can imagine. Though to be fair Sherlock was very accommodating. He complimented Mike on his daughter’s beauty (after John kicked his shin - repeatedly) and refrained from offending the other guests.
He held the baby for a few minutes (of course he knew that John wanted to see him holding a child, he just didn’t understand why), until she began to cry. And then to spit on his silk shirt.
He handed her back and walked over to John.
“You don’t want children.’
“No, I don’t.”
“Then why was it important for you to see me with a baby?”
“I don’t know. I just wanted to see.”
“To be sure?”
“Sure of what?”
“That I cannot handle children and therefore you won’t have any if you stay with me.”
“If? No, Sherlock, that’s not what this was about. It's really not. I just wanted to see.”
“Good. Because this day just reassured me in staying childless and unmarried.”
John thought about the ring he bought and grinned to himself.
‘We’ll see about you staying a bachelor.’
Next 221b: Child's Play - Reverse
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AN:
Today's prompt was 'baby'.
Addendum 12/2015: I had this be Molly's daughter in the beginning but after I wrote more and more in this verse this little story didn't fit with the canon anymore so I changed it to Mike's daughter.
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Date: 2012-05-16 11:22 pm (UTC)Like John I'd like to see Sherlock holding a baby, it must be a sight to behold.
*dreams about how adorable Benedict is when he holds the baby in Wreckers*
I also like the glimpse at Sherlock's vulnerability and fears when he says, “That I cannot handle children and therefore you won’t have any if you stay with me.”
Just a thing: what does 'to posset' means? I suppose it's something horrible a baby can do to a silk shirt, but my online English dictionary doesn't help me. Unless you mean that the baby brings up "a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced" on Sherlock, but I don't think you do. Well, I hope you don't anyway. :D
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Date: 2012-05-17 07:53 pm (UTC)Will you write something about this ring?
I am pretty sure there is a 221B in the future telling you about how John bought the ring. :)
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Date: 2012-05-17 11:46 am (UTC)Honestly, when I first saw Molly and daughter together, I just jumped into a string of- what who when where who. But yeah, whatever the backstory was, Molly deserved a happy ending. Aaah I feel so fuzzy right now.
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Date: 2012-05-17 07:55 pm (UTC)I just jumped into a string of- what who when where who.
Ooh, yes, I need to write the backstory for Molly's daughter!
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Date: 2012-05-17 10:44 pm (UTC)Also Chocolamousse is right, I would like the idea of John removing a garter from Sherlock's long, lean leg! *AppreciativeWolfWhistlingNoises!*
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Date: 2012-05-19 09:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-20 08:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-21 06:45 am (UTC)Well, too late now.
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Date: 2012-05-29 12:10 pm (UTC)no subject
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