Fic: 221B - A Mother's Love

[anarion]

Title: A Mother's Love
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: Say Cheese!


Today's prompt: Mrs Hudson

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A Mother's Love

She is a landlady, not a housekeeper. Except, of course, Sherlock’s, whom she loves like a son.

And he loves her like a mother, more than he ever loved his own mother, who was disappointed in him right from the moment of his birth.

She was disappointed because he was not a girl, but a boy and an even stranger one than the first, because he never did as he was told, because he did not take the traineeship in his uncle’s renowned solicitor’s office, because he did as he pleased without ever thinking about the family’s reputation, because he didn’t take the position in the government his brother had offered him, and finally because he worked with the police for heaven’s sake and he did not marry her best friend’s daughter but chose to live together with another man.

Mrs Hudson loves Sherlock the way he is and therefore is seldom disappointed (Outraged? Shocked? Sometimes hurt? Oh yes!). She worries about him and was incredibly happy when he asked her for her second flat. That way she could care for him and keep an eye on him.

And though Sherlock tends to disregard other people’s qualities he will gladly tell you that Mrs Hudson is kind, funny, brave, loyal and that sharing a bond has nothing to do with blood.





Next 221b: Go Bananas


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AN:
Today's prompt was 'Mrs Hudson'.

So it's technically still Saturday if I haven't gone to bed yet, right? Sorry for the late posting...











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Comments

[chocolamousse.livejournal.com]

Aww, it's lovely. And it's practically canon , especially since what we saw of Sherlock and Mrs Hudson's relationship in A Scandal in Belgravia. (It's such a shame that all relationships are not canon in your fics. :D) I like the very credible background you invent for Sherlock bit-by-bit, and the way you take up things to which you already alluded in previous fics, like the fact that Mrs Holmes wanted a girl and not a boy ; it gives coherence and "reality" to the world your create.

sharing a bond has nothing to do with blood.
This is so true AND I'm glad you didn't use this b-word in a, er, bloodier context. :-)

[anarion.livejournal.com]

I like the very credible background you invent for Sherlock bit-by-bit, and the way you take up things to which you already alluded in previous fics, like the fact that Mrs Holmes wanted a girl and not a boy ; it gives coherence and "reality" to the world your create.
*hugs comment*

THANK YOU!

[antesqueluz.livejournal.com]

So sweet.

[anarion.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

[verityburns.livejournal.com]

Go Mrs Hudson! I am very pro this inimitable lady, she kicks ass like nobody's business.

Lovely use of the prompt and I feel that I was in on the act with the posting of this one :D

[anarion.livejournal.com]

I feel that I was in on the act with the posting of this one
Definitely! :D

[mirith.livejournal.com]

Lovely. One of the best things season 2 is the relationship between Sherlock and Mrs. Hudson. You capture that here.

[titc.livejournal.com]

♥