The Retired Colourman: Alongside x 6

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Canon Story: The Retired Colourman
Title: Alongside x 6
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG
Warnings: UST, angst
Author's Note: Another set, a small story in individual 60 word chunks. Are these sets getting too long/frequent? I have such fun writing them.
Based on Holmes' bleak quote at the beginning of RETI: "Exactly, Watson. Pathetic and futile. But is not all life pathetic and futile? Is not his story a microcosm of the whole? We reach. We grasp. And what is left in our hands at the end? A shadow. Or worse than a shadow -- misery." I wanted to find out what had happened to him to make him so depressed. This is my guess.


When his breathing slows behind me, I know I have lost Watson for the night. He made it longer than I expected. It's closing in on three, after all, and the candles are low.
The wavering shadows cast him an image of serenity in his chair. My guardian, with his guard down. I find myself drawn toward him despite myself.
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