The Adventure of Black Peter: A Daughter's Farewell (PG)

[vaysh]

Canon Story: The Adventure of Black Peter
Title: A Daughter's Farewell
Words: 60
Rating: PG
Warning | Contains: canon domestic violence


Her father's yelling was a familiar ruckus in the night. Still, Shelley Carey went outside, lantern in hand. A broad-shouldered man strode past; she saw him clearly but she'd never tell the police. In the cabin, she stood before the dead man on the wall. Never again would he beat them. Never again would he drive them from their home.

Comments

[smallhobbit]

He wouldn't be missed by his family.

[vaysh]

That's what I thought.

[scfrankles]

After reading your 60 I went back to look at the canon story, which begins I have never known my friend to be in better form, both mental and physical, than in the year ’95.

And it suddenly struck me there is a heartbreaking contrast there - Holmes at his peak, and a young woman at the beginning of her life so physically and mentally abused that anger, hate and detachment are perhaps the only things keeping her sane. The anger that Holmes and Watson witness makes you concerned about her mental health but it also is a sign of inner strength that might be going to help her recover from all the horror.

[mightymads]

I’ve always wished a happy life for the mother and the daughter afterwards. In Bert Coules’s adaptation the daughter was engaged, if I remember correctly, and hopefully she had a loving spouse, unlike her mother.

[gardnerhill]

"Oh, sounds like my abusive father getting murdered. Lemme just take my sweet time sauntering over to see if he needs help..."