For ~political reasons~, King Mycroft has his younger brother, Prince Sherlock, betrothed to a foreigner, Prince John. Sherlock is all, "How about nooooooooo" until he actually meets his husband-to-be.
WRITE ME SOME EPIC PRETTY, PRETTY PRINCESS WEDDING NIGHT FIC, ANONS.
The Engagement (5a/?)thedeadparrotSeptember 25 2010, 19:09:15 UTC
John isn't what Sherlock was expecting, not at all, and maybe this will teach Sherlock to make conclusions without sufficient evidence in the future
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The Engagement (5b/?)thedeadparrotSeptember 25 2010, 19:10:31 UTC
"You're home late," Mycroft says when Sherlock finally makes it back to the palace a few hours after midnight. "I take it the meeting went a little long, then
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Re: The Engagement (5b/?)nox_candidaSeptember 25 2010, 19:27:28 UTC
Not de-anoning cause I love this so much.
This installment was FANTASTIC! Gah, I love how Sherlock is already getting along with John so well, that John is so low-key and wonderful. I love the little bits you've tossed in, like how Sherlock lost his virginity and how Sherlock wonders what it would be like if John kissed him. That last line though, is the best. This is so much fun to read and I'm really looking forward to more! :)
(Especially those wedding preparations and how Sherlock's going to walk the line between the fact that he likes John but he loves sabotaging and confounding Mycroft.)
The Engagement (6b/?)thedeadparrotSeptember 26 2010, 19:13:24 UTC
Sherlock doesn't make much of John's parents, King and Queen Watson. The family resemblance is strong, as expected, but they are not nearly so interesting as John, who is surprisingly quiet and deferential around them. Harry, on the other hand, is someone Sherlock hates almost immediately, and the feeling is clearly mutual
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The Engagement (7a/10)thedeadparrotSeptember 28 2010, 00:18:44 UTC
John is different inside the walls of the palace. He is distant and formal and he doesn't seem to be comfortable in his suits, even though they fit him well. He only smiles at Sherlock when it is polite to do so, and he doesn't ask Sherlock how he had known that John had spilled his tea all over his shirt this morning even though John had changed immediately afterwards, and he doesn't spend more time around Sherlock than he absolutely has to. He hasn't even brought his copy of The Art of War with him, even though he had made it all the way to page 173 before Sherlock had invited him to join in on his investigation
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The Engagement (7b/10)thedeadparrotSeptember 28 2010, 00:19:51 UTC
It's a bit tricky, making their way out of the palace.
The guards are really quite good, but John teaches Sherlock how to knock them unconscious without killing them. It's brilliant, and Sherlock loves the places where their skills don't overlap. There are all these new things for Sherlock to learn, all these things John can do as easily as breathing. Sherlock is always so very bored, but he's a bit less so while John is around
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The Engagement (8a/10)thedeadparrotSeptember 28 2010, 23:51:43 UTC
Sherlock was already aware of this, but wedding preparations are dull. If he hadn't already known how much Mycroft has invested in this wedding in political terms, Sherlock would suspect that this was all just a clever ruse to torture Sherlock for hours and hours upon end. Sherlock does not care about the table settings. Sherlock cannot be bothered to record the differences between flower arrangements in order to compare them. Sherlock has no patience for picking out the perfect flavor of cake or figuring out which of the tiny plastic figurines placed in front of him best resembles himself. John does not seem any more enthusiastic about having to attend all these dreadful meetings, but he is, as always, unfailingly polite in ways that Sherlock is not
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The Engagement (8b/10)thedeadparrotSeptember 28 2010, 23:53:08 UTC
The wedding ceremony itself is confirmation that this is at least, in part, a way for Mycroft to enact revenge for the time when Sherlock destroyed Mycroft's favorite copy of The Prince by spilling acid all over it, way back when Sherlock had just started playing with dangerous chemicals. There are so many people, and all of them are looking at him. Sherlock wonders if this is what is must feel like to be a zoo animal, shoved inside a cage and stared at by idiots all day.
The parts of the day that involve the preacher and the organ music itself goes well enough, mostly because Sherlock's not really supposed to do much besides stand there and occasionally say a few words. It's no worse than most of the incredibly boring speeches he's been forced to listen to most of his life, and he gets to kiss John at the end of it, which is brilliant. John kisses deliberately, like he wants to map the inside of Sherlock's mouth, and Sherlock presses a hand against the warm, soft skin at the back of John's neck, and it's quiet possibly one of the
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The Engagement (8c/10)thedeadparrotSeptember 28 2010, 23:53:53 UTC
"What was that all about?" John asks. He's wandered back over to where Sherlock's sitting, looking more at ease with himself than he has in a while. Harry has ruffled his hair, and Sherlock decides that he much prefers that way. He resolves to do that himself more often
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The Engagement (9a/10)thedeadparrotSeptember 28 2010, 23:55:41 UTC
It's understood that John's going to be staying in Sherlock's room for the time being, and after the reception, they head up there together. Sherlock describes some of the more interesting entanglements on this chart, much to John's amusement. Sherlock feels the thrill he always gets when he takes John through his reasoning, and John seems to be genuinely impressed by Sherlock's skills. John's face is still slightly sweaty from the crowded ballroom, and Sherlock finds it incredibly distracting
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For ~political reasons~, King Mycroft has his younger brother, Prince Sherlock, betrothed to a foreigner, Prince John. Sherlock is all, "How about nooooooooo" until he actually meets his husband-to-be.
WRITE ME SOME EPIC PRETTY, PRETTY PRINCESS WEDDING NIGHT FIC, ANONS.
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This installment was FANTASTIC! Gah, I love how Sherlock is already getting along with John so well, that John is so low-key and wonderful. I love the little bits you've tossed in, like how Sherlock lost his virginity and how Sherlock wonders what it would be like if John kissed him. That last line though, is the best. This is so much fun to read and I'm really looking forward to more! :)
(Especially those wedding preparations and how Sherlock's going to walk the line between the fact that he likes John but he loves sabotaging and confounding Mycroft.)
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OH SHERLOCK.
I love this fic! I can't wait for more. ~hearts in my eyes~
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The guards are really quite good, but John teaches Sherlock how to knock them unconscious without killing them. It's brilliant, and Sherlock loves the places where their skills don't overlap. There are all these new things for Sherlock to learn, all these things John can do as easily as breathing. Sherlock is always so very bored, but he's a bit less so while John is around ( ... )
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The parts of the day that involve the preacher and the organ music itself goes well enough, mostly because Sherlock's not really supposed to do much besides stand there and occasionally say a few words. It's no worse than most of the incredibly boring speeches he's been forced to listen to most of his life, and he gets to kiss John at the end of it, which is brilliant. John kisses deliberately, like he wants to map the inside of Sherlock's mouth, and Sherlock presses a hand against the warm, soft skin at the back of John's neck, and it's quiet possibly one of the ( ... )
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