Sherlock Drabble: 'Unacceptable' (sh/mh - G - 100 words)
100 words for the "Ends" prompt.
~ Unacceptable ~
“Your hair’s shorter!!”
“Just a bit. The ends needed trimming. Only you would notice.” She glances up with a smile for his powers of observation and catches him scowling, though he immediately schools it to indifference.
She arches a brow. “Although…” she muses, “I’ve been thinking a change might be nice. Shoulder-length, or perhaps shorter-- I had a pixie cut when I was younger.”
He’s honestly horrified.
She snorts with amusement. “I’m joking , Sherlock!”
His eyes narrow, and he says with clipped disapproval, “Humor: not your area, Molly,” and whirls out the door, escaping precipitately from her peal of laughter.
~.~
And the sequel: Two A.M.
~ Unacceptable ~
“Your hair’s shorter!!”
“Just a bit. The ends needed trimming. Only you would notice.” She glances up with a smile for his powers of observation and catches him scowling, though he immediately schools it to indifference.
She arches a brow. “Although…” she muses, “I’ve been thinking a change might be nice. Shoulder-length, or perhaps shorter-- I had a pixie cut when I was younger.”
He’s honestly horrified.
She snorts with amusement. “I’m joking , Sherlock!”
His eyes narrow, and he says with clipped disapproval, “Humor: not your area, Molly,” and whirls out the door, escaping precipitately from her peal of laughter.
~.~
And the sequel: Two A.M.