The Missing Three-Quarter: Echo

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Title: The Missing Three-Quarter: Echo
Author: gardnerhill
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: You may get feels on this ride.
Summary: The denouement of this one must have really hurt Dr. Watson.

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Holmes grasped Dr. Armstrong’s hand. “Come, Watson,” said he.

We left that house in silence.  In that same silence we walked back. After returning Pompey to his master we made for our room at the inn.

And only when we were safe behind locked doors did Holmes take me in his arms as I wept, remembering my own Mary’s death.

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[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

That would resonate with both as a couple - a clandestine marriage that cannot be shared openly with the world, and grief that must be kept private for safety's sake.