The Stock-broker's Clerk: The Importance of Being Earnest.

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Canon Story:The Stock-broker's Clerk
Title: The Importance of Being Earnest
Author: sherlockholmes
Rating: G

"Where this time, John?"

"Birmingham, Dearest."

"And with reason?"

"Of course!"

"That being?"

"Haven't the foggiest."

"Home for dinner?"

"Unlikely."

"All right, go -- I do expect to hear all about it when you return."

Mary watched her husband leave the room to reunite with Holmes. John would make an excellent father one day. He had the same eagerness and delight for adventure as a child would, after all.

Comments

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Aww. Yes, I can imagine all the little Watsons peeping out from behind Mama's skirts and being awed at Baker Street. Shame.

[shadowycat.livejournal.com]

A very sweet moment. It's a shame things don't go as she hoped. I think he'd have made a good father too.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Aww. I adore Mary, so I'm happy to see her here, good and kind and in love with John as ever, even as silly as he is. Mmmm, so nice.