You can't have both
Notes: This is a short fill for an anonymous prompt on sherlockkink .The prompt was "Some bad guy (Moriarty or Blackwood, don't care which) makes Watson choose between Mary and Holmes. As in, their lives."
Holmes touches fingertips to the back of his hand, looking, for once, openly sympathetic. "I am sorry, Watson."
He manages only a faint, distracted smile. He is still too surprised - relieved - at seeing Holmes alive.
Holmes persists in his attempt to offer comfort to him. "How did she die?"
His smile twists into something else as he turns his hand and loosely threads their fingers together. "He made me choose."
original prompt and fill @ sherlockkink
Holmes touches fingertips to the back of his hand, looking, for once, openly sympathetic. "I am sorry, Watson."
He manages only a faint, distracted smile. He is still too surprised - relieved - at seeing Holmes alive.
Holmes persists in his attempt to offer comfort to him. "How did she die?"
His smile twists into something else as he turns his hand and loosely threads their fingers together. "He made me choose."
original prompt and fill @ sherlockkink