Sherlock Holmes: 60 for 60

I am still coming back to writing Sherlock60 drabbles, here's a new one. Do enjoy!

Canon Story: The Problem of Thor Bridge
Title: One Of A Pair
Author: vaysh
Words: 60
Rating: G


One pistol lay on the ground of the reed-filled lake. The twine attached to it floated in the water. At its other end, a shoal of fish zigzagged around the heavy rock.

The other pistol lay on the floor of the governess' wardrobe. Above it, soft dresses rustled in the dark. The smell of lemon cleaner was faint but everywhere.

Canon Story: The Adventure of Black Peter
Title: A Daughter's Farewell
Words: 60
Rating: PG
Warning | Contains: canon domestic violence


Her father's yelling was a familiar ruckus in the night. Still, Shelley Carey went outside, lantern in hand. A broad-shouldered man strode past; she saw him clearly but she'd never tell the police. In the cabin, she stood before the dead man on the wall. Never again would he beat them. Never again would he drive them from their home.

Canon Story: The Abbey Grange
Title: The Mask
Summary: What the maid thought of their neighbours' (and Inspector Hopkins') estimation of her employer's character.
Words: 100
Rating: PG
Warning | Contains: domestic violence implied, pre-canon
Author's Notes: I did not manage to file this down to 60 words, so 100 it is.

"He was a goodhearted man when he was sober, but a perfect fiend when he was drunk."

But that's what men believe, Theresa thought as she stood by the window. Women knew such a fiend was always present; the good heart merely a mask shown to the world. Outside, Sir Eustace broadened the hole in the ice for the single swan living on the pond. That he would show more care for this bird than for his wife, her mistress – imprisoned in a home growing icier with each day! Theresa touched the bruise where the silver decanter had hit her, and as she watched the pond glitter in the sun, a plan took shape in her mind.

Canon Story: The Adventure of the Three Gables
Title: Loyalty (Machine-Like)
Pairing: Isadora Klein/unnamed footman
Words: 60
Rating: R
Warning | Contains: BDSM practices implied
Author's Notes: Thank you, mods, for your work through the years and for keeping this community open for posting. ♥


Once they had known each other - intimately. For her, it had been an adventure with the stable boy. For him, it had been the one time he could touch a woman of her standing and exquisite beauty. Nothing after compared to the pink tease of her Arabian feathers, nothing after compared to the smarting, arousing pain of her whip.