Prompting Part XXV

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Makeshift and Improvised Family

[anonymous]

John and Mary have a son, Hamish, then Mary gets ill and dies. John, who wasn't previously on speaking terms with Sherlock, moves back to Baker Street with Hamish in tow because he can't afford anywhere else on his own. Sherlock is surprisingly wonderful with the kid, and supportive of John (in his own, asshole-ish way). Reconciliation, and formation of a makeshift family unit once more in 221B, please?

Re: Makeshift and Improvised Family

[anonymous]

i really love this prompt and have started to write it. :) hoping to see other fills for this as well though, because it's just so lovely. <3

fill: reignite (1/?)

[anonymous]

(author!anon apologizes for any mistakes/americanisms & thanks op for such a lovely prompt :D)

When Sherlock opens the door, John is standing on the other side.

Sherlock doesn’t know what to say.

“Hello Sherlock.”

“John,” Sherlock says, “I’m sorry.”

John’s voice is flat, “Did you deduce that?”

“I heard about it,” Sherlock murmurs, “Isn’t that what people do? Offer their condolences?”

John presses his fingers to his forehead and says, “Not you, Sherlock.”

_____Hamish doesn’t make a sound until her casket is lowered into the ground-and then he tears his hand out of John’s and tries to jump in after her. John catches him by the midriff and Hamish screams, just one long cry in front of a hundred mourning witnesses

fill: reignite (2/?)

[anonymous]

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Hamish refuses to play with his toys not even when John pulls out the T-rex figurine from the Science Museum that he had cried for halfway down the street before Mary ran back and bought it. John makes the T-rex dance on the edge of the bed and attack Hamish’s arm with a tiny roar, but his son just lays on the bed and stares at him with huge eyes that keep breaking John’s heart.

“I love you,” John murmurs, dropping a kiss in his hair. Hamish loops an arm around his neck and starts to cry against the side of his neck. John closes his eyes and measures out his breathing.

“I miss mummy,” Hamish hiccups. He smells like dirt and paste and his fingers are sticky against the back of John’s neck. “I want mummy back.”

“I miss her too, love,” John says with an effort to control his voice and rubs Hamish’s back until he falls asleep.

_____John figures that he’s obligated to cook dinner for the three of them. It’s been a long time since he’s cooked to impress though-not since he and Mary were still a new couple. Hamish doesn’t

Re: fill: reignite (2/?)

[anonymous]

You're breaking my heart in a very lovely way.

Re: fill: reignite (2/?)

[anonymous]

He barely said three words and I already love Hamish to bits :)
Can't wait for more, this is going to be heartbreaking but therapeutic.

Re: fill: reignite (2/?)

[anonymous]

This is just lovely. I'm aching for John and Hamish already.

fill: reignite (3/?)

[anonymous]

_____Hamish holds to John’s hand in the morning when they take the underground five stops from 221B to his primary school. They’re on a different line and John makes sure to read the station name aloud every time they get on or off, just in case Hamish ever gets lost

Re: fill: reignite (3/?)

[anonymous]

OP here. Thank you so much for filling this! I can't wait to see how everything goes!

fill: reignite (4/?)

[anonymous]

_____John can hear the violin when he and Hamish get home from school. Hamish tracks mud halfway across the foyer before John catches sight of the footprints and lifts Hamish to his shoulder. Hamish quietly leans his head against John’s ear and John realizes just how heavy his son is getting as they go up the stairs

fill: reignite (5/?)

[anonymous]

_____Anthea escorts him to the door of Mycroft’s office before she bids him a, “Good luck,” and leaves. John stands outside, looking through the open door at Mycroft who is writing on a legal pad, ignoring John

Re: fill: reignite (5/?)

[anonymous]

Thank you so much for your fill, anon. These are so precious.

I wonder what John did to Sherlock (or vice versa) in the past? Either way, I am addicted! Please continue!!!

Re: fill: reignite (5/?)

[anonymous]

I'm loving this!

fill: reignite (6/?)

[anonymous]

_____It’s nearing midnight and John has been staring at these X-rays for the last twenty minutes. He had been so sure of his diagnosis but there is nothing on the film to support it. Wrong questions-he must have been asking the wrong questions

fill: reignite (7/?)

[anonymous]

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Despite what you may think, I still do care about you. - SH

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“Is Sherlock my uncle?” Hamish asks as they emerge from the station. The question startles a laugh out of John.

“No,” John says, “He’s just an old friend of mine.”

“You were shouting bad words at him last night,” Hamish says.

“You heard that,” John rubs at his forehead, “Sometimes friends fight. I’m sorry Hamish, I shouldn’t have lost my temper and said those things.”

“I got scared when you left,” Hamish tells him, “But Sherlock said that you would be back and not to worry.”

John is failing his son. John cannot fail his son. He kneels down in front of Hamish and cups his face, “Hamish, you’re the most important person in my life. I will never leave you, you know that right?”

Hamish hugs him, arms locked around his neck and says, “That’s what Sherlock said too.”

fill: reignite (8/?)

[anonymous]

_____Sherlock is still asleep by the time that John returns. John sits at the kitchen table, looking at but not really reading the morning newspaper. He rehearses conversations in his head, glancing over his shoulder in the direction of Sherlock’s bedroom every once in a while