Fic: 221B - Waiting

[anarion]

Title: Waiting
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 atlinmerrick.





Previous 221b: Not Really About Coffee


Today's prompt: time

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Waiting

Sherlock Holmes is not a patient man.

Therefore he hates people who are late. He is always on time. [Actually, he might be late now and then but since he gives you the impression that he arrived precisely at that time he meant to, it's hard to tell. He would probably manage to make you feel uncomfortable for being early despite the fact that you were the one on time.]

John is never on time [except when he is with Sherlock. Then he is never late – or at least part of the entity that makes you feel guilty for being on time]. He is either early or late. How he managed in the army is a mystery to me [to him as well, by the way].

Where was I? Right. Sherlock Holmes is not a patient man.

Which makes the fact that he was willing to wait as long as he did for John to realise he was in love with him almost a miracle.

He did not push, he did not hint. He did not scoff, he did not pout. He just loved John from the distance and waited until the penny dropped.

He waited patiently because he knew that the chance of him finding someone he could love and who would love him back was one in a billion.





Next 221b: Carried Away


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AN:
Today's prompt was 'time'.

Yeah, we had that before, but that's the brilliant thing about 221Bs. You can come up with various stories for the same prompt. :)









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Comments

[treelight.livejournal.com]

Awww, soooo sweet!

[chocolamousse.livejournal.com]

I giggled in the beginning and made "Awww" in the end. Funny AND sweet: I love it! I also like your voice as a narrator, and the rhythm of He did not push, he did not hint. He did not scoff, he did not pout, it's like a poem. Bravo!

[arianedevere.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is gorgeous. Well done!

[verityburns.livejournal.com]

Oh, I really, really love this one!

The bit about Sherlock being late and making you feel like you'd been early instead, that's perfect - and the rhythmic 'he did not' section is gorgeous.

Adorable :D

[atlinmerrick.livejournal.com]

Oh Sherlock, you lovely creature. John is so worth waiting for, yes?

[mirith.livejournal.com]

"He just loved John from the distance and waited until the penny dropped." When I think of the distance here, I think of John on one end of the sofa, obliviously eating beans on toast, and Sherlock gazing at him with utter longing from the other end. Thank you for that image.