Fic: 221B - Truth be Told

[anarion]

Title: Truth be Told
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: Kept within Bounds


Today's prompt: Sally

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Truth be Told


She tried to like him in the beginning.

Because Gregory Lestrade seemed to value him and she wanted to be on his good side. When he took over and started to build his own team she requested to be transferred to him. He was famous and everybody wanted to work with him. She was one of the few lucky ones.

She loved her work and she loved working with Lestrade and his team. Except for the cases when Lestrade called in the strange tall man with a brain as fast as a bullet and words as sharp as a blade.

He was not easy to like (we all know that, John is not the only one who wants to punch him occasionally), but she tried.

Despite the harsh words and the strange behaviour she tried.

Until he told her (in front of the whole team) that her brother was a drug dealer.

She had always suspected it but never dared to ask. Now she had to watch him go to prison because of Holmes.

Lestrade more or less understands where her hate is coming from and he doesn’t reign her in as harsh as he should.

Sally knows that she isn’t being fair, but she can’t help but hate him for being right when she really didn’t want him to be.




Next 221b: Bad Hair Day


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AN:
Today's prompt was 'Sally'.










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Comments

[atlinmerrick.livejournal.com]

THIS IS BETTER THAN ANY REASON I'VE SEEN FOR SALLY'S HATE.

Dude. This is epically perfect. This accounts for her hatred so much better than everything else I've read. Oh, and this:

"the strange tall man with a brain as fast as a bullet and words as sharp as a blade"

That is wonderful, razor-edged writing.

[anarion.livejournal.com]

I distincly remember you, in my courtyard, promising never to call me 'Dude' again. *lol*

Apart from that: Thank you very much, darling! :)
The 'razor-edged writing' gave me goosebumbs.

[ledasdaughter.livejournal.com]

hahahhah, DUDE! :D

[tracionn.livejournal.com]

Head canon accepted! It makes perfectly sense.

[ledasdaughter.livejournal.com]

I like it :-)

[ledasdaughter.livejournal.com]

wow, that sounds a bit lame, doesn't it? sorry, I can barely keep my eyes open, hence the lameness XD one day I will be more awake and be more eloquent :p

[auntiesuze.livejournal.com]

Oh, very nice! Rarely does Sally come off as being a sympathetic character, but you've managed it here. I like that she acknowledges her behavior isn't necessarily fair to him, but it's totally understandable why she acts that way. She's just human. That works so much better for me than random Sherlock hate. I'm constantly amazed by what you can convey in such a few short words!

[anarion.livejournal.com]

I am very glad that it worked for you! Thank you so much for letting me know what you think, I love hearing it! :)

[chocolamousse.livejournal.com]

Well, it's hard to like Sally after what she did in The Reichenbach Fall but you give her a pretty good reason to hate Sherlock. Still... Listen, is it okay if I dislike Sally while liking your fic? :-)

Pst! It's transferred :-)

[anarion.livejournal.com]

I still don't like her either, so don't feel bad about it. ;)

Phew. I was beginning to worry. Finally there's a typo again! ;D

[rox712.livejournal.com]

This makes a lot of sense. This Sally I can understand. I still don't like her, but it's a start. :-)

[anarion.livejournal.com]

I don't like her either, but I wanted to give her a credible reason for her hate, because I think she deserves one. :)

[verityburns.livejournal.com]

That's a really clever explanation of Sally's animosity, I like it - and there's so much history behind it, it gives an insight into her character and her relationship with her family.

And I'm with Atlin... 'a brain as fast as a bullet and words as sharp as a blade' is SUPERB.

xxx

[anarion.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, darling!

How is the Disney porn? :D