The Devil's Foot

[wild-huntress.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
Title: Affinities
Author: wild_huntress
Rating: PG
Warnings: none


His evident concern for justice and his invocation of the only person he loved settled the matter as readily as they called to mind my own, half-buried problem. Through long habit I betrayed nothing; I would hardly be so foolish as to look at my Watson just now, though I admit I was silent a while.

I have never loved...

Canon Story: The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
Title: A Study in Tortoiseshell
Author: wild_huntress
Rating: G
Warnings: Um... humour, possibly rather irreverent humour?
Author's notes: Cut for mood whiplash (compared to the above piece), space and possibly stretching the challenge. This is not set during The Devil's Foot, but it is very much inspired by Holmes's knocking-over-the-flowerpot incident - since I find it hard to accept that every "misstep" he ever made was really a necessary and meaningful part of his sleuthing.

Holmes waved the handkerchief impatiently before returning it to his bleeding ankle.

“My dear Watson, I assure you that ‘misstep’ was quite deliberate. I am satisfied that our intruder did not escape that way.”

But even I, who had so often observed my friend’s methods, could not believe stepping on Sir Jacob’s cat was a calculated part of the investigation.

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

That is hilarious. Although clearly Sir Jacob's cat lies in wait for intruders.

[wild-huntress.livejournal.com]

:) Or clearly the household would've heard the intruder yelping and cussing, and noticed the bloodstains from shredded ankles. Thanks for reading!

[castiron.livejournal.com]

Heh!

[hardboiledbaby]

"Half-buried problem," eh? ;) Nicely done!

And yes, much like a cat himself, Holmes would have us believe "I meant to do that." :D

[wild-huntress.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[wild-huntress.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much. And re the second piece - yes, Holmes would transmogrify into a cat himself way too readily...

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Pathos and humor, love them both. Terrific!

[wild-huntress.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[shouldboverthis.livejournal.com]

Nice capture on the first and yeah! on the second because I thought that too--what if some of Holmes' great 'moments' are actually him saying, "I meant to do that."

[wild-huntress.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I so think there must have been "I meant to do that" moments that were a bit of a stretch - occasionally, he must have been busy observing/deducing stuff on his right and not quite gotten to his left yet, or vice versa. =p Anyway, thanks for reading!