Fic: 221B - A sense of a certain gravity

[anarion]

Title: A sense of a certain gravity
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 277.




Previous 221b: An unrefusable offer


Today's prompt: mint

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A sense of a certain gravity


Sherlock has a very keen sense of smell and he mostly uses it to his advantage.

He can smell the gunpowder on someone's clothes, can smell the perfume on the suspect’s jacket and tell that it is different from the one his wife uses, he can smell hydrogen cyanide, he can smell gas before it has reached the concentration in which most people can smell it and he can smell decomposition almost as good as the sniffer dogs.

But there are situations, in which the only thing his olfactory sense does, is bother him. When Lestrade has eaten a bagel with salmon and onions, breathing suddenly ceases to be boring and becomes a challenge instead.

When he wakes up plastered to John's back and decides that some lazy morning cuddling is in order but then John turns around and breathes his morning breath into Sherlock's face. Luckily John isn’t affronted when Sherlock shies away from him then and they have adapted their life to this as they have to their other quirks. John just sticks to the food that makes his breath smell on nights when Sherlock isn’t coming to bed anyway.

Additionally Sherlock can work with the most foul-smelling chemicals and not be bothered by it, but complains for days when John dares to bring home his arch-enemy: broccoli.




Next 221b: Come on in


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AN:
The prompt was 'mint'.
I chose to to interpret it as breath mint.







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Comments

[treelight.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, beware of the broccoli!
On the other hand ... send it over to me, or even better - let me protect poor Sherlock from it ;)
In any case, I dare him to face bananas! They are an arch-enemy worthy of that title! They smell like - bananas. And their taste ... bananas! Not to mention that peculiar, slightly slimy consistency - of bananas!

[verityburns.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm with Sherlock (in my dreams, at least) - I don't like broccoli at all; I feel like I'm eating a bonsai, it's just wrong.

Breath mints for the win!

[anarion.livejournal.com]

I feel like I'm eating a bonsai, it's just wrong.

Hahaha, that's the best reason for not eating broccoli EVER! <3

[rox712.livejournal.com]

Hey, what did the poor broccoli did to you? Come here, baby, I'll protect you from the evil genius.

What is it with all the vegetables lately?

In other news: Babe, you and me, a red carpet, lots of Star Trek peeps, how about it?

[anarion.livejournal.com]

Um, have I mentioned a lot of vegetables lately? *scratches head*
I do love broccoli too!

[rox712.livejournal.com]

Too much celery around I guess. :) I'll PM you my phone number, OK?