The Resident Patient: Involving

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Resident Patient
Title: Involving
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: G

I bided the day in chemistry more involving than Watson's yellow-backed fiction. He turned pages across my ocean of glass, his image bent and stretched in the curvature of beakers and bottles. Evening fell, the wind died down along with his pains, and I stole his attention back at last.

"What do you say to a ramble through London?"

Comments

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

I like the very vivid image of Holmes's view on Watson through all that glass, and how it impliments the fusion of both his work, and his friend, harmoniously on his mind. It'd make a great painting, or movie take.

[methylviolet10b]

Oh, very striking imagery! I do love the (proper) start of this story, and you do a great job mixing all the elements of the opening scene into a revealing whole. Nice chemistry, indeed!

[shadowycat.livejournal.com]

Lovely imagery! It seems that Watson's presence, even when unremarked on, is always noticed. :D

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I'm very visually oriented when I write -- so much so that I've been considering trying to write a screenplay as an experiment. Your mention of a movie take makes me want to try it for sure! Thanks again! :)

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I always have this idea that with Holmes, hardly anything is ever really an accident, so I wanted to get that across about the broken test-tube without being overly explicit. I'm so glad you liked it, especially since I had even fewer words to work with than usual with the quote in there!

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Holmes is hyperattentive, so he has his eyes on the goings on in the room at all times, but especially when Watson is involved. Thank you very much!

[castiron.livejournal.com]

Really nice imagery! And yep, we know where Holmes's attention *really* is.

[snycock.livejournal.com]

That was lovely! Your imagery of Holmes seeing Watson in his chemistry set is beautiful and striking.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Hehe! Quite right. Thank you kindly!

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm very visually oriented when I write, so when it clicks, I am always pleased. Thanks again! :)