Sherlock Fic: Reading
Drabble for july prompt #5 at watsons_woes. Also, a plot bunny that I want to expand on in the next few weeks. :-)
Reading
“Okay, Sally Donovan. What’s your game?”
“What?”
“You didn’t alert me to this case because Lestrade asked you to. You called me in on your own initiative.”
“I didn’t…”
“Don’t deny it. I deduced it the moment I received your text.”
“And?”
“And you did not truly mis-hear Morris. The coffee you bought was prepared to my taste, not his. So why are you pretending to be nice to me?”
“I’m not pretending, Freak. I read John’s blog.”
Sherlock stared after Sally as she stalked from the room. Then he opened the web browser on his phone and started reading
Reading
“Okay, Sally Donovan. What’s your game?”
“What?”
“You didn’t alert me to this case because Lestrade asked you to. You called me in on your own initiative.”
“I didn’t…”
“Don’t deny it. I deduced it the moment I received your text.”
“And?”
“And you did not truly mis-hear Morris. The coffee you bought was prepared to my taste, not his. So why are you pretending to be nice to me?”
“I’m not pretending, Freak. I read John’s blog.”
Sherlock stared after Sally as she stalked from the room. Then he opened the web browser on his phone and started reading