The Five Orange Pips: Guilt

[chess-ka.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: Five
Title: Guilt
Author: Chess Ka
Rating: G

Though I had dreaded it, and had done since the door had closed behind John Openshaw, the report that Watson read to me was nonetheless a bitter blow. I still curse my exceptional memory, which recalls the minutest detail of Openshaw's earnest face, of the absolute trust in his voice, leaving me with a cruel twist in my heart.

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I like the way you have captured Holmes guilt at failing to prevent Openshaw's death.

[debriswoman]

Neatly done:-)

It must have hit Holmes hard. And you portray that well.

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

Cursing one's memory is something I can relate to very much. Poor Openshaw, and poor Holmes anyway.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Oh, that memory must feel like a knife. Excellent rendering of Holmesian pain here.

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

Yes, have always felt bad about Openshaw's death. This is where a cold, machine-like mind would have been helpful. As you point out though, I don't think Holmes was unfeeling as Watson sometimes implied in his writings :-)