Catch ups: The Greek Interpreter & The Hound of the Baskervilles, Parts 1 and 2

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Greek Interpreter
Title: Work
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG

He was far gone when we'd found him. A full hour passed before his dark eyes flickered open and shut, registering his swirling surrounds.

"Mr. Melas? No, lie still, please. We have you."

Holmes patted my back, a quiet congratulations, and knelt next to me to see what answers he could gather in his work now that mine was finished.

------
Canon Story: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapters 1-7
Title: Legacy
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG
Author's Note: Poor Charles was terrified in that house.

"I'm being hunted, James. It is my legacy, my birthright. This cold hall of stone and shadow, and a sentence of fear and death for my family's crimes. Ah, God! What hope can exist now?"

"Charles, please, you must calm yourself! These are legends, fairy-tales. No one is hunting you. You are safe!"

"No. I shall never know safety again."


------
Canon Story: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 8-15
Title: Faith
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG
Author's Note: The moment before Holmes and Watson realize Stapleton has killed not their client, but Selden, the criminal.

"Holmes, we cannot carry him all the way to the Hall."

The tears Watson was trying to hide were audible in his voice.

I felt empty and cold, hollow to my heart. The crumpled, broken man at my feet trusted us to protect him. He'd trusted me. And this was what I had to show for his faith.