MUSG: Lessons Learned and STUD: The Reality of Roommates

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Oops, missed posting last week, so I'm catching up...

Canon story: The Musgrave Ritual
Title: Lessons Learned
Author: snycock
Category: Gen
Rating: G

What I did not tell my friend was that this case had done more than set my feet on the path of my life’s work. That an emotion such as love could so unstring reason struck me cold to the depths of my soul. Watson, as tender-hearted as he is, believes the risk is worth the profit. I do not.


Canon story: A Study in Scarlet
Title: The Reality of Roommates
Author: snycock
Category: Gen
Rating: G

A/N: I was struck by how cheerfully accepting Watson was of Holmes' self-professed vices, given some of his complaints later in the canon. I wonder if he was so pleased to find a flatshare that he wasn't really listening to what Holmes said.

“Holmes! Must you make so much noise?”

“I did tell you before we took rooms together that I occasionally did experiments.”

“Chemical experiments, you said; not explosive.”

“As I recall, I did not specify. Never mind. My research today is unproductive. Shall we have some music, since I have tried your patience?”

“Mendelssohn, if you don’t mind.”

“Not at all.”

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Heh. Holmes' music was undoubtedly one of the big positives on the ledger of having him as a roommate. And the romantic aspect of the Musgrave Ritual really leapt out at me this time. So many of their cases have to do with the effects of thwarted love...

Thanks for the lovely comments!