Scratching the Itch

[personalmephistopheles]

Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Rating: G
Setting: Dark Dog Days universe
Characters: Sherlock Holmes
Word Count: 272

General Summary: Sherlock Holmes usually reserves his mind for interesting cases, but occasionally he takes whatever he can get just to get a fix.

Author’s Note: This was originally posted to Tumblr on 17 July 2011.


“How long?”

“About four hours." Lestrade’s voice was barely audible over the sound of the corpse on the floor.

In an instant, Sherlock Holmes was on his knees and long nimble fingers were everywhere at once; poking, prodding, turning up fabric folds, and to a certain degree aching to be free of their sterile latex coverings (but procedure is procedure, and the latex stays on).

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