The Adventure of the Dying Detective: Hindsight

[methylviolet10b]

Author: methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Character(s): Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson
Summary: The case was a success, but his handling of it was a near-disastrous failure. 
Warnings:  Some spoilers for The Adventure of the Dying Detective, so if you haven't read that, you might not want to read this.
Word Count: 60
Author's Notes:  60 words of my own inspired by one of the canon stories. And this week, I also managed a bonus drabble (not a 60): Knowledge.
Disclaimer: I don't own them.

DYIN -- The Adventure of the Dying Detective

Although blessed with imagination, Holmes was not particularly given to nightmares. However, seeing that infernal box in Watson’s unprotected palm – those skillful, caring fingers so hideously close to death – he woke, gasping and sweating, several nights running.

The case was a success, but Holmes retroactively considered his actions a near-disastrous failure, saved only by chance and Watson’s unbelievably generous forgiveness.

Comments

[wild-huntress.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I like this a lot. Well done!

[methylviolet10b]

Thank you! I actually initially intended to go in a slightly different direction, but I couldn't manage it in 60 words, so Holmes it is!

[hardboiledbaby]

So glad to see some consequences for Holmes' bone-headedness. Excellent!

[methylviolet10b]

Thanks! Holmes deserves LOTS of consequences for his behavior in this canon story. (Of course, I don't think Watson was telling everything...

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

As always, I fall a little more in love with your Holmes. Mmmmm, so good. His terror is well-deserved, though. What a stupid plan this was!

[methylviolet10b]

It is one of his most utterly bone-headed "plans." Just absolutely nonsensical in pretty much every aspect. Thank you!

[castiron.livejournal.com]

Awww! Yes, this case really goes on the list of Holmes's near-disasters.

[methylviolet10b]

It certainly does. Thanks!

[shouldboverthis.livejournal.com]

Yes! I like both, but this--that he's lied to Watson and then almost loses him through his own arrogance.

[methylviolet10b]

Thanks so much! Holmes' actions as recounted in DYIN really are such a series of incredibly risky (and improbable) gambles - it had to have haunted him, at least in retrospect.