She should have known she had it coming. - A drabble. Spoilers for 6x22. Written for May 2014 Monthly Challenge on Paint It Red. The title is a reference to the song Almost Here by Brian McFadden and Delta Goodrem. For Chiisana Minako.
Characters through the looking glass. A collection of unrelated drabbles. May contain spoilers up to 3x03.
"Might we expect a happy announcement by the end of the week?" - Written for the Remix Redux 11: The Eleventh Hour. Inspired by Declarations of Mutual Devotion by waketosleep. A huge thank you to my beta frozen delight.
"Look at them. They all care so much. Do you ever wonder if there's something wrong with us?" - Written for the Remix Madness 2014. Inspired by Looking Out for His Brother by ChastityHollister.
This is the Airport speaking. Listen to the Airport. - A drabble. Written for Let's Create Cabin Pressure May Challenge on tumblr.
His customary teasing quip died on his lips as soon as he caught a glimpse of the forlorn look on his friend's face.
Too much, too little, too late. - A drabble. Spoilers up to 6x21. Written for May 2014 Monthly Challenge on Paint It Red. The title is a reference to the song Things We Lost In The Fire by Bastille. For tromana and Miss Peg.
His mind palace is burning, thoughts flickering like consuming flames. - The title is a reference to the song Desert Rose by Sting. For PipMer.
He'd sworn he would always be there for the three of them, but some things he just couldn't control. - The title is a reference to the namesake song by Bastille. For PipMer.
She looked so small and fragile in her hospital bed, and he couldn't make sense of it. - The title is a reference to the song Welcome Home by Radical Face.
Quite apart from their uncanny brilliance, the Holmes brothers were as different as night and day. - A companion piece to Down By The Salley Gardens. The title is a reference to the namesake poem by William Butler Yeats.
Sherlock Holmes was a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma – and yet she still liked him, even in spite of her better judgement. - A companion piece to The Wild Swans At Coole. The title is a reference to the namesake poem by William Butler Yeats. Spoilers up to 3x03.
The Magnussen incident had turned Sherlock into a different man, for better or for worse – Mycroft hoped and prayed it was for the better. - A companion piece to To A Child Dancing In The Wind and The Fiddler of Dooney. The title is a reference to the namesake poem by William Butler Yeats.
When she was a little girl she loved to go down by the pond and watch the swans as they drifted on the still water – mysterious, beautiful creatures that she could never touch. - A companion piece to When You Are Old (And Grey And Full Of Sleep) and The Lake Isle Of Innisfree. The title is a reference to the namesake poem by William Butler Yeats. Spoilers up to 3x03.
Douglas couldn't decide which part of the previous statement astonished him the most. - Douglas/Martin.
"Orchids? Really, Douglas?" - A drabble. Spoilers for Helsinki.
He would not cry, Martin told himself; he would just lie there in the stifling hotel room, struggling to breathe in spite of the burning pain in his chest. - Douglas/Martin. The title is a reference to the song Welcome Home by Radical Face. For T'Racionn.
"I don't want dinner," he frowns, pulling away. "I have no use for dinner." - Spoilers for 2x01. Written for the Asexy April Fanwork Challenge on tumblr. (Karachi is also known as the City of Lights, hence the title of my ficlet.)
She tastes of cherries, and sunshine, and everything that is ordinary in life. - A companion piece to Somebody That I Used To Know. For PipMer.
His first instinct is to delete the unexpected bit of information. - The title is a reference to the namesake song by Gotye.