Fic: 221B - At the Break of Dawn

[anarion]

Title: At the Break of Dawn
Words: 221
Rating: PG-13
Pairings : Sherlock/John
Warnings: post-war trauma
Disclaimer: Not mine.

Summary: ‘365 days of 221Bs’ challenge: a prompt a day, given by atlinmerrick.





Previous 221b: An Evening Out


Today's prompt: holes

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At the Break of Dawn


They discovered that Afghanistan gave John a second trauma to carry around by accident in the early days of their relationship.

It was a cool spring morning – not only outside but inside as well because Sherlock had been to lazy to close the window properly the evening before.

Dawn was just something to guess in the distance but the birds had already started singing, waking John who had always been a light sleeper.

Under the blankets it was warm and cosy and he snuggled against his lover, who stirred and sighed contentedly.

John sneaked under the blanket and started to kiss his way down Sherlock’s spine, which caused the other man to turn onto his back. The blanket settled itself closely on John and he suddenly had a very vivid flashback of being covered by hot sand, hiding from enemy patrols, the small breathing holes providing not nearly enough air.

He sat up, throwing off the blanket in the process, heart racing, breath completely out of rhythm.

The upside of having a very observant boyfriend is that Sherlock, although half asleep, knew immediately that something was very wrong.

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Dawn found them sitting wrapped into each other’s arms, John talking softly about the mission and everything that went wrong, crying silently in the safe embrace of his partner until he felt better.







Next 221b: Buried Alive


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AN:
Today's prompt was 'holes'.










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Comments

[anarion.livejournal.com]

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