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This is a fic prompting meme based around the BBC series Sherlock, written by Stephen Moffat & Mark Gattis.

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[anonymous]

Sherlock can't handle a lot of things going on at once ("Everyone shut up! Anderson turn your back!" etc..)

So how about he is in a big crowd of people and experiences sensory overload--hearing too many voices, seeing too many intricate details, feeling too many people brush against him, smelling too many kinds of perfume/deodorant, anyway you get it.

GO!!

cling and clatter (1/2)

[anonymous]

"What is that?"

Sherlock spares a glance to the side, put out that John was paying enough attention to spot the tiny bottle, doubly put out that he has that half-scrunched suspicious face. "Nothing that Lestrade would blink at me having," he says, pitched barely loud enough to reach John's ears, then has to scoot back far enough for his arm to press against John's when a man shoves his reeking way along the centre of car and stops nearby to cling to one of the overhead bars. Even John wrinkles his nose at the stench of the man's aftershave (Aqua Velva Ice Sport over BO, how horrid), and, feeling generous, Sherlock swiftly uncaps the bottle and waves it under John's nose

cling and clatter (2/2)

[anonymous]

Wet. They have spilled alcohol on him (Carlsberg, of all things!) and it is soaking through the back of his coat to his shirt, already clinging to his skin. There is no question of confronting them; Sherlock holds still and doesn't open his eyes, and thinks in angry circles for a moment about life having no fast-forward. Perhaps it would be worth making up with Mycroft if only to get his inventors on that

Re: cling and clatter (2/2)

[tigertale7]

As a frequent public transport user in the past who has so often wished for the money to take a cab rather than deal with other people being so close and loud, well done.

Yaye for empathizing Watson and not-pushing-it-too-far Holmes.

One can't help but wonder what might happen at home to continue the soothing of a ruffled Holmes. ;D

Re: cling and clatter (2/2)

[anonymous]

Loved this - you captured the sensory overload that is the Tube perfectly.
My favourite bit was Sherlock never being able to forget the little details he can't connect with anything; very true to character :)

OP here

[anonymous]

Yay! Thank you for filling this, anon! And such an impeccable job at that! :)

Captcha says "carlocks articulate" I think it's somehow related

cling and clatter (de-anon)

[vensre]

Thank you, OP, I'm so happy you enjoyed it. I've re-posted with the typos fixed over here at AOOO. Thanks for an inspiring prompt. :)

Re: cling and clatter (2/2)

[calicokat]

Pretty much perfect, if not perfect. Wow. o_o

Re: cling and clatter (2/2)

[verasteine]

In character and completely making me empathise. And I like public transport :).

Re: cling and clatter (2/2)

[warriorbot]

Whewsh! I'll be thinking of this on the Northern Line on Monday. Nicely done.

Re: cling and clatter (2/2)

[stumphed]

This is great! ♥ First Sherlock fic I've read and I'm quite glad it was yours. I really like the line towards the end there.

"Not worth it." (Sherlock said as much earlier, but leaves that unspoken in the light of John's compromise.)

It seems exactly the way Sherlock would've processed that.

And also up before that, the line,
Sherlock lets his eyes open then, taking in the unamused set of John's jaw, and - beneath the blaring announcements and rapid-flashing fluorescent lights - has a very unaccustomed sensation of being empathised with.

*claps* Very well done!

Holding on

[anonymous]

This may not be what you were after, and it's probably terribly bad because I haven't written fanfic in years and it's late, but this plot bunny was leaping round my head and I can't stop it until I write it down! Slightly... odd, but trying to get inside the head of a man like Sherlock is a bit tricky! Apologies in advance for un-beta-ed abuse of grammar

Holding on (2)

[anonymous]

John Watson is no longer used to the sound of his ringtone, still less to the sound of his landlady-not-a-housekeeper-dear. Particularly not when she is frantically begging him to come home because Sherlock has had 'one of his turns'. After briefly wondering how one is supposed to know what is unusual in the behaviour of a man like Sherlock, he suggests and ambulance. He is told that last time the poor boy tried to kill himself in the hospital waiting room with a pickpocketed penknife because the doctor insisted on talking to him. He had had to be sedated for three days. He had nearly been sectioned. With a feeling in his stomach that equal parts fear and determination John runs, not quite limping, for the nearest tube station

Re: Holding on (2)

[anonymous]

A cold flannel is thrown off after some dramatic shivering and shuddering and water is spat over John's jeans because of the appalling taste. He doesn't bother to try the paracetamol, and anyway he has no idea what else the foolish man might have taken in this state. Squinting in dim light is giving him a headache and his jeans are rather soggy. His patience is wearing rather thin, but this is Sherlock and John can't leave him even if he is reminding him more and more of a toddler winding himself into a state beyond all reason because something is beyond his capabilities

Re: Holding on (2)

[anonymous]

Thank you! I haven't written in so long I thought I might have forgotten how!