The Red-Headed League: The Hardest Part

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Title: The Red-Headed League: The Hardest Part
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Tom Petty was right.

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My military experience prepared me for both ends of my work with Sherlock Holmes.

As a man of action I am instantly ready to give chase, collar a suspect, or strike a blow.

But a soldier’s life is also waiting – endless waiting, on guard and alert.

Once again, in a bank vault, I endure the surest test of my training.
 

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

The waiting is always the hard part - no adrenalin, just nerves.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Nerves of steel, fortunately.

[debriswoman]

A fascinating view.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Most of a soldier's life is hurry-up-and-wait. It's probably served Watson very well for his entire association with Holmes.

[debriswoman]

Makes sense.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Watson must think he's back in the trenches (or the Afghan version) when he's in the vault.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

It's why he and Holmes are a perfect fit for each other - it's like Watson never left the Army.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

I've never looked at it this way before. Yes, of course, you're quite right - this discipline of being able to wait and be ready is as much part of Watson's military makeup as running about with a gun.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Not just good with a gun but good at waiting with that gun for the right moment.