Drabbles, anyone?

[ekaterinn]

Trying to keep this writing thing going, so here goes:

Give me an emotion, an object, and a character/pairing, and I'll write you a drabble. (Fandoms: Sherlock, SGA, Good Omens, Nero Wolfe).

Comments

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Oooooooooooh, prompts for the first three fandoms (as I don't know the fourth) - pick which one you like best or do all three if you're really bored.

John/Sherlock - jealousy - knife

McKay/Zelenka - fear - sheets

Crowley/Aziraphale - joy - cupcake

John/Sherlock, Like A Wave Unfurled

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

John is chopping carrots in the kitchen, on a cutting board he had pointedly brought over in a Tesco bag from Sarah's. The celery will be next to feel the edge of John's blade. A more ordinary person might find the repetitive chop-chop soothing, an indication of the lengths John is currently going to in order to entice Sherlock to eat, but Sherlock merely finds it boring, dull.

Instead, he finds himself thinking about the knife. Kitchen knives can be quite sharp - and John was a surgeon, and a very capable one at that. He could cut so finely that Sherlock wouldn't feel the pain until the wound was deep, already bleeding for a time. Then, the pain would spread, like a wave unfurled - and John's hands wouldn't shake at all.

Re: John/Sherlock, Like A Wave Unfurled

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

oh, oh, I like this a lot. I have such a weakness for darker Sherlock and John, when neither of them is really right. This gave me lovely shivers! Thank you very much!

Re: John/Sherlock, Like A Wave Unfurled

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

Thank you - I'm so glad you liked this! Ah, only Sherlock would start with cooking and end with knifeplay. I must admit, I'm tempted to write a bit more of this.

Re: John/Sherlock, Like A Wave Unfurled

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

I fully support and encourage your plans to write more of this!

[beccadg.livejournal.com]

*Flips coin between Sherlock and Nero. Sighs when it comes up Nero.*

I will be fair. I will make no further mention of Sherlock.

frustration, clock, Archie Goodwin

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

You maybe want to flip that coin again? I've got about three different drafts of Archie and they're all terrible, maybe I'll have better luck with Sherlock.

[the-acrobat.livejournal.com]

Ha! Sherlock in Rodney's bookstore. Pride, book, ...gen?

Sherlock prompt

[lynnmonster.livejournal.com]

Suspicion, teapot, Mycroft

Mycroft, Sherlock, Generosity

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

Mycroft glanced at the teapot with only mild suspicion. Although he had not-so-fond memories of waking up mid-Atlantic flight from drinking tea made from Sherlock's hand before, he calculated an only 2.6% chance that this particular batch was drugged and/or poisoned, considering the circumstances. He poured himself a cup and felt his brows lift in surprise.

"Earl Grey, brother dear," he said. Sherlock's eyes narrowed. "He must mean quite a lot to you, then."

"It could have been coffee," Sherlock said.

"Ah, but we both know you can't afford that sort of, shall we say, declaration?" He closes his eyes. Really, he must thank John Watson for stocking Sherlock's cupboards with such drinkable tea. "Not right now."

Sherlock says nothing, which is a good as a sign of surrender as anything else. Pity that Mycroft is after bigger bait, today. He pushes the files across the table. "You have 72 hours." Twelve more hours than Sherlock thinks he needs, and six more than he'll actually need. "Give me a preliminary report at 36 hours, and I'll let you speak to him." Really, Mycroft is the soul of generosity.

Sherlock takes a single, shuddering breath, and nods.

After all, his brother has already given him everything he wanted to know.

Re: Mycroft, Sherlock, Generosity

[lynnmonster.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear-- your Mycroft is deliciously wily! Thank you so much, this is awesome!

Re: Mycroft, Sherlock, Generosity

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

*smiles* You're very welcome! It seems very easy to write dark in this fandom, for some reason. (And thanks again for my drabble!)

And um, I just realised that I switched tense in the middle of this - sorry about that.