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A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: A Multifandom Comment Fic Meme

Jul 11, 2011 12:15

Have you seen a hot photo at Sex is Not the Enemy and you wish there were a fic to go with it? Is there a still from your favorite series that needs a story to accompany it? Do you have a vast stockpile of pictures of outer space that would make amazing back drops for a sci-fi story? Well, this is your place! You're invited to post an ( Read more... )

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Not What Boys Do - Sherlock (BBC), John Watson igrockspock July 15 2011, 15:44:38 UTC

John Watson has his first kiss when he is four years old. The boy's name is Henry, and he lives next door. He has brown hair and brown eyes and wears jerseys for the American kind of football because his family moved here from New York two weeks ago. He gave John a jersey too, and he likes it even though he doesn't understand the game. It is red, which is good, and it is from Henry, which his better. So he kisses Henry because Henry is excellent and it seems like the thing to do.

His mother watches from the window, and he does not notice her small sigh of relief when he and Henry stop kissing and start pretending to shoot things in the backyard.

“John?” she says when he comes inside, and he stops in front of the sink, waiting. “Boys don't kiss boys, alright? Boys kiss girls. Do you understand?”

John nods and goes upstairs, relieved that his mum had not noticed the mud on his new trousers.

***“...and there's a second bedroom upstairs. If you'll be needing it, that is ( ... )

Re: Not What Boys Do - Sherlock (BBC), John Watson dynastessa July 15 2011, 17:58:11 UTC

D'aww. This is adorable and a perfect interpretation of the picture-prompt!

Thank you for filling it! :)

Re: Not What Boys Do - Sherlock (BBC), John Watson igrockspock July 15 2011, 18:55:12 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!

Re: Not What Boys Do - Sherlock (BBC), John Watson brighteyed_jill July 15 2011, 21:28:31 UTC

Awwww, that's adorable. Boo for homophobia, but hooray for uninhibited, glorious queer childhood!

Re: Not What Boys Do - Sherlock (BBC), John Watson igrockspock July 16 2011, 03:25:19 UTC

Thank you! It is part of my little attempt to explain to myself how I really feel that Watson loves Holmes, but also that Watson seems extremely bothered by the implication that they are together -- much more bothered than I think he would be if someone suggested he were going out with an attractive female flatmate. So, it's not that I think he was horribly beaten or something for expressing attraction to men, but perhaps between a certain family background and a certain military background, it's a part of himself he's not totally comfortable with yet.

Re: Not What Boys Do - Sherlock (BBC), John Watson cakeordeath44 July 17 2011, 10:49:10 UTC

This is splendid, a perfect little insight that feels totally right.

Re: Not What Boys Do - Sherlock (BBC), John Watson igrockspock July 17 2011, 15:07:45 UTC

Thank you! I definitely didn't want to seem like I was suggesting homophobia was a good thing, just showing something that might well have happened to a boy who kissed boys.

Re: Not What Boys Do - Sherlock (BBC), John Watson rubynye July 18 2011, 18:46:28 UTC

*heart breaks for John*

Re: Not What Boys Do - Sherlock (BBC), John Watson igrockspock July 19 2011, 02:58:36 UTC

Indeed! I needed to explain to myself (at least in part) what makes him so uncomfortable about people thinking he's dating a man.

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