Fic: 221B - Don't Lay a Finger on Him
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anarionTitle: Don't Lay a Finger on Him
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: Neither Hide nor Hair
Today's prompt: sausage
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Don't Lay a Finger on Him
His fingers. They threatened to cut off his fingers.
That was the point were Sherlock freaked. To be fair that would've happened with every body part they threatened to chop off though.
Afterwards, safe in their bed, he holds John close and gently kisses his fingers. One by one.
John tries to joke that he isn’t too fond of his fingers anyway, they are too short and stubby – and it’s true that other kids and especially Harry used to tease him.
So Sherlock starts to tell him why he loves his fingers in particular. Because that is how these two work: They discover the parts the other does not like about himself and love those extra hard.
“I love watching your fingers when you hold a mug. Soft, relaxed. And when you hold a gun. Strong, every muscle in alert.
“I love your fingers when you touch me, to get my attention, to reign me in, to guide me.
“I love your fingers when they are treating my wounds, healing me, when they move with a purpose.
“I love your fingers when you touch me in bed, gently at first, just ghosting over my skin. Then more forward, stroking, gripping, sometimes pinching. I love them on me. In me.
And afterwards when they rest on my body light as a butterfly.”
Next 221b: Served
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AN:
Today's prompt was 'sausage' which for some reason made me think of stubby fingers. For the record I don't think that John has stubby fingers. He has lovely, perfectly normal fingers. But we all have body parts we feel insecure about and so does John.
Also, day 50. Wow.
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Date: 2012-06-19 05:34 pm (UTC)The idea of this is utterly beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful.
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Date: 2012-06-19 05:41 pm (UTC)Thank you. *smooches*
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Date: 2012-06-19 05:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-20 09:13 pm (UTC)Love the line everyone else loves. Also 'in'. I like 'in'. 'In' is good :D
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Date: 2012-06-23 10:26 pm (UTC)True. I think we're married in spirit by this point, all three. Verena and I have to check with you though: How do you feel about oven toast?
And in. Yeah, in. That's right up there with the pretty sentence: "In me."
@#$%^&*@#$%
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Date: 2012-06-24 07:09 pm (UTC)Oh yes. A question of Vital Importance! (caps were needed!)
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Date: 2012-06-19 09:12 pm (UTC)***This educational moment is brought to you by Chocolamousse, provider of
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Date: 2012-06-23 12:37 pm (UTC)What the hell is an predicative adjective?
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Date: 2012-06-23 01:11 pm (UTC)What I mean was, if you read "They [...] love those extra hard" as you'd read "I love my tea extra sweetened", id est "when they're extra hard", the meaning of the sentence changes completely but the sentence is still true. Er... Is it clearer now? Wait, now that I think about it it implies that Sherlock and John don't like their own penis. Which is weird. Right. Could we please forget that I said anything? :D
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Date: 2012-06-23 06:27 pm (UTC)I'll just take the words I understand and work with them. Let's see. That would be 'hard'. And 'penis'.
And there is the porny outcome. Thank you. :D
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Date: 2012-06-23 08:02 pm (UTC)So, you wrote:
They discover the parts the other does not like about himself and love those extra hard.
And I read:
They discover the parts the other does not like about himself. They love these parts when they are extra hard.
These parts being each other's genital parts. For pity's sake, tell me I'm comprehensible now!
*sobs a little*
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Date: 2012-06-19 05:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-23 12:38 pm (UTC)Thank you! :D
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Date: 2012-06-19 05:57 pm (UTC)Really, this one is so sweet! I love that h/c touch so much and I can see Sherlock freaking and lashing at such a thread. Also, I happen to love fingers. Especially those of my OTP's.
In short: Awesome work!!
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Date: 2012-06-23 12:39 pm (UTC)Haha, I adore you! <3
Thank you so much!
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Date: 2012-06-19 06:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-23 12:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-19 07:41 pm (UTC)As the owner of short, stubby (though capable!) fingers, I empathize with John. Now where's my Sherlock to love my little sausage fingers, I ask you? WHERE?
Man, this is gorgeous. Again I say, what you do with just 221 words is AMAZING.
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Date: 2012-06-23 12:40 pm (UTC)Yeah, I, too, was often mocked by my siblings who all have much prettier hands and fingers than me. And I'm also missing a Sherlock. Dammit!
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Date: 2012-06-19 08:33 pm (UTC)His fingers. They threatened to cut off his fingers.
Ugh. Hey, you forgot the "gore warning"! Anyway don't these villains know that they can't cut John's fingers off? This is SLASH, for heaven's sake. John NEEDS his fingers.
This is lovely and sweet. I love it when Sherlock or John reassures the other one about what the latter sees as flaws. It makes me think of your An Aspect of Beauty. Or of your (Im)perfection. Mmm, it seems you love it too! I also love Sherlock's litany of adoration with all the I love your fingers when...
Today's prompt was 'sausage' which for some reason made me think of stubby fingers.
Which proves you're not dirty-minded.
He has lovely, perfectly normal fingers.
You look at him with Sherlock's eyes! :D So do I. But I also look at Sherlock with John's eyes. I'm big-hearted.
Also, day 50. Wow.
Bravo! Only 315 to go now! (Oh God.)
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Date: 2012-06-23 12:42 pm (UTC)Oh Lord, I think I just strained something! *lol*
Mmm, it seems you love it too!
Oh yes! :D
Which proves you're not dirty-minded.
Yep, luckily I'm not. Um, what?
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Date: 2012-06-20 07:28 pm (UTC)"Because that is how these two work: They discover the parts the other does not like about himself and love those extra hard."
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Date: 2012-06-21 12:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-23 12:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-23 12:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-28 10:21 pm (UTC)That kind of love?
"Not one couple in a century has that chance, no matter what the storybooks say".
It's just that good.
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Date: 2012-07-02 04:44 pm (UTC)"Not one couple in a century has that chance, no matter what the storybooks say".
It's just that good.
That's kinda sad, isn't it? But probably true.
Thank you for taking the time to comment. <3