The Musgrave Ritual: Well-Documented Reasons

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Musgrave Ritual
Title: Well-Documented Reasons
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: ...one of the most untidy men that ever drove a fellow-lodger to distraction. ...his papers were my great crux. I’ve suddenly realised what the obvious reason is for Holmes having to leave his previous lodgings.


“So why did you leave the rooms in Montague Street?” asked Watson.

He glanced cautiously at their singed curtains.

“Was it because of… ‘studying branches of science’?”

Holmes smiled.

“Actually it was due to piles of paper.”

“Of course,” said Watson, nodding.

“Oh, not mine,” said Holmes. “My fellow tenants handed in a petition saying it was me or them.”

Comments

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Snort! Yes, I can see Holmes uniting people in a unique way.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Oh, bless him and his people skills - bringing strangers together in rage-filled harmony ^_^

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think this is pretty much universal headcanon for Holmes and Montague Street regardless of 'verse.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thank heavens Holmes met Watson - who could be distracted with tales of old cases ^_^

[debriswoman]

Figures:-)

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Yep ^___^

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Which, combined with the bills for repairs, only added to the paperwork.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

A landlady's filing is never done... ^^"

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this delightful 60. I love the title, too.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much ^_^

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

"If you insist on leaving all these papers laying around I will be getting another puppy."

That was all it took. The clutter was gone that afternoon.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Yes, Watson was obviously learning how to handle Holmes ^_^