minifill: untitled
anonymous
July 15 2011, 02:05:16 UTC
Oh, Sherlock thinks.
He can end this now. It isn’t hard to think far into the future, to deduce what is in store for him. He does that now, quickly, watching Moriarty while Moriarty stares back.
He has a gun. He has his fists. He could end this: put a bullet through Moriarty’s brain, tackle him and throw him off the cliff. He could win.
And then what? All that effort, just for winning. And after he’s won, what happens? He will go back to Baker Street and languish, bored. Lestrade will call, perhaps once a month, because crimes are easier without Moriarty in the background guiding things. He will turn to nicotine and John will take his patches away, one by one, until he doesn’t even have those to keep him company. Eventually, he will retire to Sussex and keep bees, because bees are the only things that he cannot completely predict, until even that is taken away from him when he dies, peacefully, from boredom.
Oh, Sherlock thinks, the future sprawled before him, and lets Moriarty choose.
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anonymous
July 16 2011, 03:36:26 UTC
this is BEAUTIFUL and exactly what i was looking for. i love how moriarty's demise would bring peace and how sherlock isn't sure he wants that. i can only hope the series itself will display a similar exploration of sherlock's odd sort of dependence on him. you are wonderful, thank you so much! <3
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He can end this now. It isn’t hard to think far into the future, to deduce what is in store for him. He does that now, quickly, watching Moriarty while Moriarty stares back.
He has a gun. He has his fists. He could end this: put a bullet through Moriarty’s brain, tackle him and throw him off the cliff. He could win.
And then what? All that effort, just for winning. And after he’s won, what happens? He will go back to Baker Street and languish, bored. Lestrade will call, perhaps once a month, because crimes are easier without Moriarty in the background guiding things. He will turn to nicotine and John will take his patches away, one by one, until he doesn’t even have those to keep him company. Eventually, he will retire to Sussex and keep bees, because bees are the only things that he cannot completely predict, until even that is taken away from him when he dies, peacefully, from boredom.
Oh, Sherlock thinks, the future sprawled before him, and lets Moriarty choose.
;A; i hope you like it anon.
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