Charles Augustus Milverton

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Author: okapi1895

Title: Charles Augustus Milverton

Rating: G

Warning: Slash implied

Upon return to my lodgings, I found Holmes in careful study of what appeared to be the disassembled pieces of a safe door.

“No better way to understand a foe so as to vanquish it,” he said. “One of two necessary skills I aim to practise this evening.”

“What is the other?”

“Traversing the dark with your hand in mine.”

Comments

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

So sweet- I really like that Holmes considers holding Watson's hand to be a necessary skill ^^ It's such a lovely bit in CHAS itself.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think it's cute how they go creeping about holding hands in the dark.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this well written scene - I love what appeared to be the disassembled pieces of a safe door. I awwed at the last line.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I love the sweet hand-holding and Watson's (typical) exuberance on Holmes's skill in maneuvering in the dark. It's the original For a case! trope.

[debriswoman]

The logic behind a sweet aspect of this tale:-)

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Watson seems so impressed with Holmes's skills of safe-cracking and walking around in the dark, I thought maybe they'd practiced together :)

[debriswoman]

Absolutely:-)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I wonder how long they spent practising the holding hands in the dark part?

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

In my little mind, a long, long, long time. Perhaps they needed more than one rehearsal :)