Fic: 221B - As false as Cressida

[anarion]

Title: As false as Cressida
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. Day 263.




Previous 221b: A cheesy pretence


Today's prompt: Regent's Park

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As false as Cressida


Sherlock has very strong morals regarding some things. Because he so rarely trusts people, trust is something so immensely important to him, it seems almost sacred.

There are few things that deeply upset him but betraying someone’s trust is among them.

They were walking in Regent’s Park one sunny day in April, and for once there was no case to solve, no one to run after.

Sherlock was in a good mood and he was in the middle of a very captivating account of an old case when he suddenly stopped and his face turned sour.

“Sherlock? What happened?”

“She is cheating on her husband.”

“What? Who?”

He followed Sherlock’s gaze to a couple taking pictures of the pond.

“Ok. Explain.”

“The two are having an affair. She is married. Look at the camera, it is pink and therefore hers. He is taking pictures of her, but she not of him. The old man over there just offered to take one of them together and she refused. Can’t risk her husband finding those pictures on the camera. Despicable.”

John gently pulled on Sherlock’s hand until he looked at him.

“Come on, love, let’s move on. You can’t do anything about it and it just upsets you. I don’t approve of it either, but it is after all none of our business.”




Next 221b: Come as no surprise


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AN:
Today's prompt was 'Regent's Park'.

Education time: According to legend during the Trojan War, Cressida, the daughter of a Trojan priest, had exchanged a pledge of everlasting love and fidelity with Troilus, her beloved. When Cressida was offered to the Greeks in exchange for a group of prisoners, the pledge of fidelity was renewed and sealed with an exchange of gifts. But Cressida had barely arrived in the Greek camp when she succumbed to the charms of Diomedes.






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Comments

[treelight.livejournal.com]

I think it's very sweet and believable that Sherlock would be troubled by infidelity.
Oh my, only about 100 more of your precious little stories. What shall be done when the year is actually over in a few months??

[tamzette.livejournal.com]

Wow, I hadn't realized that... I'll probably give birth a week or so before the last one!

And yes, this is bittersweet and incredibly believable.

[atlinmerrick.livejournal.com]

This is a weird thing to fixate on, but I really like the you described Sherlock's expression as sour…it's such an evocative way to tell us of his response, very visual.

And I think it's fantastic, this idea that he has very strong moral principles about some things; of course he would, he's human, whatever he thinks!