Coda
author: rabidsamfan
title: Coda
length: 100 words
spoilers: The Great Game.
Gun.
Bomb.
Water...
It wasn't a matter of thinking. Wasn't a matter of having words connected into sentences in his head. It wasn't even images, flashes of possibility. It was just there. The gun would be fired. The bomb would go off. But the water...
It wasn't a matter of thinking. He was already moving. Watching for the triggerpoint, making sure he didn't throw off Sherlock's aim. And then he had barrelled into Sherlock with a rugby tackle, his bad shoulder screaming, the hellclap of the explosion knocking the air from his lungs.
Water...
Cold.
Darkness.
Pain.
Breath.
Alive.
"Sherlock..."
title: Coda
length: 100 words
spoilers: The Great Game.
Gun.
Bomb.
Water...
It wasn't a matter of thinking. Wasn't a matter of having words connected into sentences in his head. It wasn't even images, flashes of possibility. It was just there. The gun would be fired. The bomb would go off. But the water...
It wasn't a matter of thinking. He was already moving. Watching for the triggerpoint, making sure he didn't throw off Sherlock's aim. And then he had barrelled into Sherlock with a rugby tackle, his bad shoulder screaming, the hellclap of the explosion knocking the air from his lungs.
Water...
Cold.
Darkness.
Pain.
Breath.
Alive.
"Sherlock..."