His Last Bow: One More Quiet Talk

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Canon Story: His Last Bow
Title: One More Quiet Talk
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: “...No, Mr. Von Bork, you will go with us in a quiet, sensible fashion to Scotland Yard… As to you, Watson, you are joining us with your old service, as I understand, so London won't be out of your way…”


They walked together down Baker Street.

Watson paused outside no. 221. “Should we knock?”

Holmes shook his head.

“Mrs. Hudson’s sold up.”

Watson looked over at Holmes and hesitated.

“We’ll both have our work but…”

Holmes held out his hand.

“Until we meet again.”

They shook hands, and Holmes smiled.

“I’m sure the two of us have adventures to come.”

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Aw, a real parting of the ways.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Indeed, but with hope for the future ^__^

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Nice ending.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thank you ^__^

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

And this chapter of their lives ends as it began, with clasped hands.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

A lovely way to put it ^__^

[debriswoman]

Such a good way to end...
And begin.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

I do like to think that Holmes and Watson still have a future at this point.

[sanguinity]

I love this genre, amending the end of LAST so it isn't quite so final. Doyle desperately wanted to be rid of these two, but we don't.

And I like the implication that Mrs Hudson is the draw, not the rooms themselves (even if one of them has lost track of her doings in the interim).

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

I think that with Mrs. Hudson gone, they would both accept it's definitely not their home any more. Best just to keep the memory of 221B as it was when they last saw it.