Fic: 221B - It never hurts to ask
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anarionTitle: It never hurts to ask
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: A job to die for
Today's prompt: music
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It never hurts to ask
Sherlock is convinced that he did something wrong. Nothing terrible, just one of those things that John never knows how to address, because he doesn’t want to hurt Sherlock but can’t let go either.
“John. Stop lurking in the door frame and just say it.”
“What?”
Feigning ignorance. Really, John?
“You’ve been hovering around me for the last 38 minutes, clearly there’s something on your mind. Let’s just hear it and get it over with.”
Too harsh? He wants to annoy John enough to say it, but he doesn’t want to hurt him after all.
Then John blushes.
Something doesn’t add up. John rarely blushes. Something sexual then? Did he manage to hide a strange kink from Sherlock? Like...
Before Sherlock’s brain can come up with something shocking enough for John to be blushing (because John is not shy when it comes to asking for something in bed), John starts speaking.
He still looks uncomfortable but Sherlock asked and he is not someone to back down, no matter the degree of uneasiness.
“Would you play the violin for me?”
Sherlock stares at him. He usually plays the violin because it helps him think or because there are feelings to deal with. Or to annoy Mycroft. Never for others. He never wanted to. Until John asked.
He smiles and lifts the bow.
Next 221b: Things on the to-do list of life
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AN:
Today's prompt was 'music'.
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Date: 2012-07-11 06:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-14 09:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-11 06:12 pm (UTC)I once had a Spanish boyfriend who played the guitar for me. Very cliche, but, yes Sherlock, definitely something sexual :-)
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Date: 2012-07-14 09:45 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2012-07-11 06:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-14 09:41 am (UTC)Thank you, sweetie!
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Date: 2012-07-11 06:27 pm (UTC)But there's so much depth to it - Sherlock's awareness that he messes up, and acceptance that John will correct him... and that he will do it as kindly as possible. That's really beautifully conveyed with incredibly few words.
(Also, I loved 'Or to annoy Mycroft'!)
xxx
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Date: 2012-07-14 09:44 am (UTC)*is touched* Thank you! <3
The funny thing is, despite the fact that I wrote it, when I read your comment, I was impressed by what I put in there. Um, does that make sense?
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Date: 2012-07-11 06:28 pm (UTC)Blushing John, who doesn't enjoy a blushy John.
"Before Sherlock's brain can come up with something shocking enough for John to be blushing"....
Read the rest and *melts* at the *look* at those pretty ,pretty feelings.
But that sentence up there made the squirrel in my brain fall off it's wheel.(just saying)
You are much, much too amazing, Thank You!
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Date: 2012-07-14 09:41 am (UTC)As are your comments, so THANK YOU!
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Date: 2012-07-11 06:39 pm (UTC)Ah, a hint of insecure!Sherlock. I love that! And I love that he counts the minutes of John hovering around him.
because he didn’t want to hurt Sherlock
but he doesn’t want to hurt him after all
The symmetry is lovely.
because John is not shy when it comes to asking for something in bed
OH, LOOK, A PROMPT! :D
“Would you play the violin for me?”
Awww, that's adorable. Not shy about sex but shy about feelings. This is even better than if the fic was about a kink!
Shouldn't it be "one of those things that John never knows how to address, because he don’t want to hurt Sherlock but can’t let go either", since the rest of the fic is in the present? :-)
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Date: 2012-07-11 06:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-14 09:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-14 09:40 am (UTC)I put it on my list with ideas. :D
I thought about this a while and changed it back and forth. But since you say it too, I changed it. :D
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Date: 2012-07-11 06:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-14 09:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-11 07:30 pm (UTC)Wonderful.
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Date: 2012-07-14 09:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-11 08:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-11 11:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-14 09:36 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2012-07-13 10:39 pm (UTC)no subject
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