Fic: 221B - Things unsaid

[anarion]

Title: Things unsaid
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: The curious case of the octopus's garden


Today's prompt: massage

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Things unsaid



Sherlock, I don’t want you to touch other people. I know it might sound possessive but that’s just how it is. Is what he means to say.
What he says is, “I’ve been worried.”

I know. And I don’t like to touch people other than you. You know that. Is what he means to say.
Instead he says, “It was only a massage. I needed him to relax to get to the information.”

But he’s so young and pretty. And I sometimes wonder if you don’t need someone younger to keep up with you. Is what he means to say.
What he says is, “I know.”

John, you are keeping up better than anyone else could. And besides - for you I’d be willing to stop and wait. Is what he means to say.
Instead he says, “Don’t be stupid.”

And suddenly John is smiling and Sherlock is grinning and they nod at each other before Sherlock turns back to Lestrade to explain how the tiara has ended up in a dead muskrat.

They do this now and then. Look at each other as if they are fighting while seemingly talking about mundane things until somehow, for outsiders mysteriously, the air clears.

Lestrade is used to it by now. Others not so much. This time they leave behind a baffled bobby.


Next 221b: Compromises


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AN:
Today's prompt was 'massage'.

So, did you all have 'Octopus's Garden' stuck in your head yesterday? :D







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Comments

[sabrinaphynn.livejournal.com]

Ah... Double speak conversations. Good thing these two are on the same wavelength!

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So, did you all have 'Octopus's Garden' stuck in your head yesterday? :D
Ummm. No. (But- only because the kids came home while I was reading it and distracted me.)

[chocolamousse.livejournal.com]

Aww. So sweet. I feel a bit sad for John; for once it's not Sherlock who is insecure. I love that they don't need words to understand each other, and their smiles at the end. Also, I first read "This time they leave behind a baffled body", which was a little odd. :D.

[purrculier1.livejournal.com]

I give up. From now on I will stick with appreciating the results of how your brain works and stop trying to figure how.

prompt: massage= insecure John/reassuring Sherlock sub-text conversation.(warm fuzzies/happy sighs)
*APPLAUSE*Really, take a bow for how extraordinary this one is.*MORE APPLAUSE*

Have a question though, what is a 'dead musquash'. (well the dead part I understand.);D

So, did you all have 'Octopus's Garden' stuck in your head yesterday? :D
'Yellow Submarine' actually, I think my subconscious wanted to see the 'Octopus's Garden' from a safe place. *laughs*

[anarion.livejournal.com]

what is a "'dead musquash'"
Sorry, that's what my dictionary said. Apparently the more common term ist muskrat:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskrat

*goes to change it*

[anarion.livejournal.com]

Also!

Yellow Submarine' actually, I think my subconscious wanted to see the 'Octopus's Garden' from a safe place. *laughs*
Hahaha! :D

[rox712.livejournal.com]

I have to confess that the image of Sherlock giving a massage to someone young and pretty fried a few braincells. Sorry John, you know that you're still the only one for me, ehm, Sherlock, I mean for Sherlock! But that was some very nice visual.

(and yes to the Octopus question *shakes fist*)

[tracionn.livejournal.com]

Love it so much. My heart wants to burst again here. You're a heart burster!
*sniff* It's so moving!
I also loved how Lestrade is used to their silent exchnages, the ones that lay beneath their spoken ones, by now.
And again, this one just captures the series so perfectly as we are used to their way with each othe too, aren't we?
Awesome one!

[atlinmerrick.livejournal.com]

Christ this is amazing. Do you know that no one living would know that this is not the language you grew up speaking? Because you are doing things with this language that are amazing. And here's just one bit of evidence.

I adore this.