Catch ups: The Red-Headed League: Want / The Dying Detective: Hired

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Finally getting to some catch ups, hooray!

Canon Story: The Red-Headed League
Title: Want
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: G
Author's Note: It's such a melancholy (UST-laden, if your mind leans that way) moment when Holmes and Watson reluctantly separate after their afternoon musical rapture together. But Watson is still married, no matter how much the magic of his life with Holmes calls to him, and the good doctor is nothing if not responsible.


In the light of day, Watson avoided saying it. There was little use in hiding his thoughts from me.

"You want to go home, no doubt, Doctor."

Want was the wrong word, but he nodded anyway.

"It would be as well."

I vanished into the throng so as not to watch him go. I never was much good at sharing.

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Canon Story: The Dying Detective
Title: Hired
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: G
Author's Note: Set after the case, after Holmes' celebratory/recovery dinner with Watson. I needed someone to tell Holmes off for me for the terrible things he does here.


Coming back late, I found her waiting.

"I see you're quite merry."

"I see you are not."

"Mr. Holmes, I'll say only this. It's one thing to treat me so. I'm just your hired help."

"Mrs. Hudson."

"But Dr. Watson is your friend. He holds you in his heart. Don't play so casually with things you only think you understand."