[Sherlock Holmes ACD] --- Highest Compliment (JWP#25 2015)
Title: Highest Compliment
Theme: Watson's Woes July Writing Prompts 2015
Prompt: JWP #25 Picture Prompt: Fanworks Through the Ages. (Picture of a poem published in the Milwaulkee Ledger, 1895.)
[Picture Prompt]
Author: Alaylith
Rating: General Audiences
Universe: ACD
Characters: Watson, Holmes
WordCount: 272
Summary: Watson feels insulted about writers publishing stories using Holmes' name, but Holmes does not truely care.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"This is insulting!" Watson exclaims and throws down the magazine in disgust. "Yet another fool trying to make money with your name!"
Holmes chuckles, quite relaxed in his chair and takes the pipe from his mouth. "The first one was successfull, after all."
He raises his hands in defence at the glare Watson sents his way, giving him a quick grin to show that he is not serious.
"I do not understand how you can be so calm about these-" Watson points at the cheap low class magazine. "-false stories using your name, insulting your name."
"Every intelligent man, or at the least a bit more intelligent than the common idiots-," Holmes starts to explain and leans back in his chair, closing his eyes. "- will know that only your stories are the true ones.
Besides I do not feel insulted."
"No?" Watson asks curious and Holmes opens his eyes to look at his friend with warm eyes.
"No, because the most honourable man I know considers me worthy of his admiration and he is willing to tell that the whole world, ignoring any and every opposition.
That is the highest compliment for me and nothing will ever be able to diminish it."
Watson smiles gently and relaxes back in his chair. Holmes also closes his eyes again and silence falls once more.
"Nervetheless, I am curious just how that writer is going to get us out of that warehouse with the flooded ground floor, the fire in the upper floors and the bombs inbetween," Holmes muses.
"Good to know, if we ever came into such a situation."
"Holmes!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Theme: Watson's Woes July Writing Prompts 2015
Prompt: JWP #25 Picture Prompt: Fanworks Through the Ages. (Picture of a poem published in the Milwaulkee Ledger, 1895.)
[Picture Prompt]
Author: Alaylith
Rating: General Audiences
Universe: ACD
Characters: Watson, Holmes
WordCount: 272
Summary: Watson feels insulted about writers publishing stories using Holmes' name, but Holmes does not truely care.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"This is insulting!" Watson exclaims and throws down the magazine in disgust. "Yet another fool trying to make money with your name!"
Holmes chuckles, quite relaxed in his chair and takes the pipe from his mouth. "The first one was successfull, after all."
He raises his hands in defence at the glare Watson sents his way, giving him a quick grin to show that he is not serious.
"I do not understand how you can be so calm about these-" Watson points at the cheap low class magazine. "-false stories using your name, insulting your name."
"Every intelligent man, or at the least a bit more intelligent than the common idiots-," Holmes starts to explain and leans back in his chair, closing his eyes. "- will know that only your stories are the true ones.
Besides I do not feel insulted."
"No?" Watson asks curious and Holmes opens his eyes to look at his friend with warm eyes.
"No, because the most honourable man I know considers me worthy of his admiration and he is willing to tell that the whole world, ignoring any and every opposition.
That is the highest compliment for me and nothing will ever be able to diminish it."
Watson smiles gently and relaxes back in his chair. Holmes also closes his eyes again and silence falls once more.
"Nervetheless, I am curious just how that writer is going to get us out of that warehouse with the flooded ground floor, the fire in the upper floors and the bombs inbetween," Holmes muses.
"Good to know, if we ever came into such a situation."
"Holmes!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~