Fic: 221B - When a good man goes to war

[anarion]

Title: When a good man goes to war
Words: a 221B has 221 words and ends with a b-word
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: Nobody is perfect


Today's prompt: good

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When a good man goes to war


I’m not a good man.

My moral values are inconsistent at best. I don’t care about most of the things one should or shouldn’t do.

I do what it takes to protect those few that I love. Everybody else can go to hell.

But above all, I’d do everything it takes to protect him, to keep him by my side. I’m willing to lie, to steal, to threaten, to kill. I would sacrifice myself in a heartbeat. That probably is a bad pun. ‘Die in a heartbeat’. Would he laugh or scold me for it?

The point is, I’m not a good man. I would break every law and commit murder before losing him. And yet he chose to look at me as his moral compass. Which makes us both lost causes, I presume.

It’s probably equally bad that it doesn’t bother me. And people think of me as one of the good guys.

I make an amused noise and he raises his head from the paper.

“Please stop all that thinking. It’s distracting. We’ve been over this. Who cares what people think? We don’t need their trivial opinions. I care what you think and you care what I think. Although now that I say it out loud, it sounds...”

“Not good?” I mirror his usual question.

He smiles.

“A bit.”




Next 221b: Tea time


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AN:
Today's prompt - courtesy of Mr Merrick again- was 'good'.
Title stolen from Doctor Who.

I need to stop posting these in the middle of the night...








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