Gin and Bitterness

Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (general Victorian era)
Rating: G
Setting: During the Great Hiatus
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Word Count: 378

General Summary: It is raining in London, and Doctor John Watson misses his friend. Meanwhile, Sherlock Holmes is alive and well, and very much misses London and the doctor.

Author’s Note: I originally posted this to Tumblr on 27 July 2011.


It was raining in London, and Dr. John Watson found himself once more stopping in the street, his collar turned up against the damp, hat pulled down low over his brow, but failing to prevent streams of water from forming on the back of his neck and his face. Frozen in place, he gazed up against the rain at the distant window of his old lodgings at Baker Street.

This was the third such moment in the past week, and probably the hundredth since he had been forced to bury Mary. Mary who he had tried in vain to save. Mary who had loved him despite his need to constantly be by the side of one Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

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