The Noble Bachelor: A Different Outcome?

[bwblack.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Noble Bachelor  
Title: A Different Outcome?
Author: bwblack
Rating: G
Characters: Watson
AN: I find it odd that so close to his own wedding, Watson didn't express some nerves about his own wedding.

A day that promised happiness and celebration had turned into such sorrowful scandal.    Hopes for the future dashed instantly.    Watson thought, at the time, it was the worst possible outcome.

How naive!  As his once brilliant, beautiful bride lay pale, cold, pained, dying in their bed, he could only wish she'd run off to find happiness and health with another.

Comments

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

I've always been a bit miffed about the complete lack of explanation as to what happened to Mary, and the only good excuse, at least one that doesn't make me want to practise some recreational scolding on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is that Watson was too grief-stricken to type any detail. Your story makes me wonder indeed if she'd met a different fate with a different man, in a different land.

[bwblack.livejournal.com]

A much happier thought, in any case! I like it.

[debriswoman]

An interesting comparison, but such a sad picture.

[bwblack.livejournal.com]

I agree. When I wrote it I was very much thinking it was quite sad and that I should toss in another 60 about Lestrade's nautical outfit just to lighten the mood.

Thanks.

[castiron.livejournal.com]

Ow. Well done.

[bwblack.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much. Never thought I'd be so happy to get so many responses of pain. Writing is a weird thing. :)

[mistyzeo.livejournal.com]

DDDDD: Woe!

[bwblack.livejournal.com]

Woe indeed! Thanks for your comment!

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

Interesting comparisons. Conveys the emotions well.

[bwblack.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm glad it worked for you.

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

Ouch...very stark and affecting, well done.

[bwblack.livejournal.com]

I know I've written an odd story when the comment ouch makes me quite happy. Thanks!

[firthivated.livejournal.com]

Poor watson. So sad and quite effectively done. Thanks.

[bwblack.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Heavens, this one hurts. Does Watson blame himself for her death? The implications of that are fairly disturbing. Excellent work.