The Adventure of the Yellow Face: Crucial Reminder

[methylviolet10b]

Author: methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Character(s): Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Summary: Watson takes Holmes' suggestion to heart.
Warnings: Mild spoilers for YELL, including a reference to a famous suggestion.
Word Count: 60, plus an extended-play 100 word version.
Author's Notes: 60 words of my own inspired by one of the canon stories. We've made it to the end!!! I have now written at least one 60-word story for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE CANON STORIES. Huge thanks to spacemutineer for organizing the sherlock60 comm and the effort, and to every single one of you who has ever commented, offered encouragement, or joined up in this fun madness. And if you haven't tried it for yourself yet - we're starting over next week, this time reading stories in their alleged canonical year order. Do check it out!
Disclaimer: I don't own them.

YELL -- The Yellow Face

I did not have many occasions to whisper ‘Norbury’. Holmes balanced self-confidence with horror of failure. That, and his remarkable powers, usually kept him from error.

Of the dozen times I said it, he admits that it helped six cases.

One Norbury saved our relationship, and another brought us back into each other’s lives for the remainder of our days.

Extended play edition:

I did not have many occasions to whisper ‘Norbury’ to Holmes in the years following the Munro matter. My friend, for all his self-confidence, retained a horror of failure, and that combined with his remarkable powers usually kept him from error.

Of the perhaps dozen times I uttered the phrase, however, Holmes admits that it made the difference in six cases, and four times likely saved one or both of us from harm.

One Norbury saved our relationship from grave damage, if not disintegration. And the other brought us back into each other’s lives for the remainder of our days.

Comments

Congratulations!

[(Anonymous)]

I love all your writing, but you deserve extra praise for the discipline of both form and time frame that this challenge contained.

I cannot wait to read whatever it is you come up with next!
Lynn

Re: Congratulations!

[methylviolet10b]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the compliments and the congratulations. :-)