Prompting Part XXXII
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Donovan's not paying attention to him at all, instead looking at the man on the floor with blood clumped in his hair. He's not breathing. There are streaks of blood everywhere and a stained knife on the floor a couple of metres away from the body. "What the hell--"
"What? Who, rather, is the question." Sherlock points, his motions stiff. "This is Anthony Cardew, janitor, petty thief, sadist, and the killer you're looking for. You can see--"
"Sherlock," Greg says, cutting off his words. Sherlock flinches. "He's dead"Why, yes," Sherlock says, his teeth flashing in a cold grin. "I'm glad you still have enough observational skills to notice that much, Detective Inspector ( ... )
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He stops in his tracks.
"I'm just going to...unlock this, all right?" Donovan's saying, wiping at her mouth. "Sorry, it might hurt a bit--"
"I'm well aware of that. Just get it over with," Sherlock says, wincing as he holds out his right hand. And then he looks up. "Hello, John."
"Yes, all right," Donovan says softly, manoeuvring her standard-issue key while trying not to dig the cuff further into flesh, and her tone finally penetrates Greg's foggy brain. It's a fragile approximation of her victim voice, meant to convey a mixture of comfort and authority. And that means ( ... )
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I love you guys
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"Sherlock," he blinks. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be, I dunno, resting, or--"
"Boring," Sherlock spits out. "I am fine, and the flat is intolerably dull, and you've been keeping cases from me."
As a matter of fact, he has been refraining from calling Sherlock in. "Don't be ridiculous," he protests anyway. "You're our consultant. We don't need you all the time ( ... )
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This is so well written and in character, it's brilliant.
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Kudos on doing a great job!
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"What, the case?" John sounds a tad distracted. "All right, thanks, I'll let Sherlock know."
"Uh, how is he?" he asks, the words rushing out quickly. "Sherlock."
"He's f--" and then John sighs and reconsiders, while Greg waits. "He does better when you give him some warning before you walk into the room," he finally says. "Not that he'd admit that, mind."
"Well," Greg says wryly, "God forbid the great Sherlock Holmes be human."
John gives a humourless laugh. "He--yeah," he says, and then falls silent.
"Okay, right," Greg says when the pause has become uncomfortably long. "I have some work to finish up--"
"Yes, absolutely," John says at once. "Good night, Greg."
Greg hangs up and only stares at all the paperwork on his desk for a moment before he gets to work.
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It's one of those days that don't start with a murder, and Greg's wincing at a tepid cup of station coffee when there's a polite ( ... )
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Not the OP, but that was really good. I like the way you've written Sally, too.
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