Fill: A Study in Winning 1/?
anonymous
June 13 2011, 22:11:23 UTC
A Study In Winning
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Tennis has been my life for as long as I can remember. One of my earliest memories is of Dad taking me to the local park to play a little knock around on the concrete courts with those huge wooden rackets we would later use as snow shoes the January after the almost white Christmas. I must have been a natural because Dad kept taking me back and Harry showed her displeasure by aiming tennis balls at my head from close range. She has always been the more violent of the two of us. Still, her aim hadn’t always been that good back then and it meant I became very good at dealing with tennis balls hurtling towards my head. Facing a hundred and forty mile an hour serve from a professional player has little on the fierce temper of my sister. Still, without her I wouldn’t be where I am today.Which was where exactly
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Re: Fill: A Study in Winning 2/?
anonymous
June 14 2011, 22:01:14 UTC
Apologies now for the terrible use of different languages and accents throughout this story. No offence intended. Also I may have taken a little inspiration from the film Wimbledon. :)“Just tell me how bad it is,” he groaned pressing his face into the towel covering the medical examination bench
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Re: Fill: A Study in Winning 3/?
anonymous
June 14 2011, 22:04:02 UTC
‘Johnny, its Harry. Look about the tickets, you were joking right? You are gonna get me some. You know how much I enjoy watching you play, and if this is going to be your last, well then, and you promised you’d keep in touch. Sucks having to find out how you’re doing from the newspapers. You know what they’re like. Anyway, call me
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Re: OP Re: Fill: A Study in Winning 3/?
anonymous
June 15 2011, 22:22:54 UTC
Hello OP, so glad you're enjoying it. Poor John when it comes to his litany of losses. That was fun (and also kinda mean) to write. And it was partly your comments about Sherlock that had me drawn back to this prompt. Added such a fun different element to it (the traitor!). :D
Lets just hope that you won't have to watch the film Wimbledon for as long as possible. Come on Murray!
Re: Fill: A Study in Winning 4b/?
anonymous
June 15 2011, 22:15:27 UTC
John raised his eyebrow but executed the serve anyway. He missed.
“On better thoughts,” Holmes said, “pack it in, take a long shower, get a back rub and spend the evening watching something mindless on the telly.” Then he walked away, just like that.
Bloody hell, John thought. He had literally no idea what had just happened. Was that what people meant when they said that Holmes was abrupt and strange? And why had he come over here in the first place? What had been the point? What had been his motivation?
Shaking his head he shrugged is shoulders and rolled them a few times before retrieving another ball. Arm up, ball up, racket up. Racket down, ball down, beer can… down.
Re: OP Re: Fill: A Study in Winning 4b/?
anonymous
June 16 2011, 22:18:10 UTC
LOL. Oh well.
Pissoffbuggeroff. How did I not think of that when I was writing it. That's just perfect. Should I ever anon and clean it up I'll have to put that in as the unofficial translation. :)
Of course John's a better player due to Sherlock. Because its Sherlock of course. He makes Johns better regardless of universe. :D
As for Lestrade... well, you'll just have to wait to find out. ;)
Re: Fill: A Study in Winning 4b/?
anonymous
June 16 2011, 22:13:51 UTC
Thanks. I'm actually surprised by how much fun I'm having writing it. It's all working far better than I expected and I am so excited about where it's going, but I can't tell anyone about it. I just have to write it. :)
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Tennis has been my life for as long as I can remember. One of my earliest memories is of Dad taking me to the local park to play a little knock around on the concrete courts with those huge wooden rackets we would later use as snow shoes the January after the almost white Christmas. I must have been a natural because Dad kept taking me back and Harry showed her displeasure by aiming tennis balls at my head from close range. She has always been the more violent of the two of us. Still, her aim hadn’t always been that good back then and it meant I became very good at dealing with tennis balls hurtling towards my head. Facing a hundred and forty mile an hour serve from a professional player has little on the fierce temper of my sister. Still, without her I wouldn’t be where I am today.Which was where exactly ( ... )
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Looking forward to more!
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At the moment I'm hoping to post a part a day while my muse continues to play ball. So far, so good. :)
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(Also Wimbledon is one of the OP's favourite films. She watches it pretty much every year, usually just after the last British player has gone out...)
Loving this so far
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Lets just hope that you won't have to watch the film Wimbledon for as long as possible. Come on Murray!
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“On better thoughts,” Holmes said, “pack it in, take a long shower, get a back rub and spend the evening watching something mindless on the telly.” Then he walked away, just like that.
Bloody hell, John thought. He had literally no idea what had just happened. Was that what people meant when they said that Holmes was abrupt and strange? And why had he come over here in the first place? What had been the point? What had been his motivation?
Shaking his head he shrugged is shoulders and rolled them a few times before retrieving another ball. Arm up, ball up, racket up. Racket down, ball down, beer can… down.
Blimey.
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*Translation - Leave me alone, go away!
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(or as The Creature would put it, pissoffbuggeroff!)
beer can... down
Hee! Five minutes in Sherlock's company and he's already a better player. Love it. Can't wait for more of their interaction.
Am also curious as to which role Lestrade is playing. Body guard? General nagger? Brother/agent/coach's boyfriend?
Also, Go Murray!
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Pissoffbuggeroff. How did I not think of that when I was writing it. That's just perfect. Should I ever anon and clean it up I'll have to put that in as the unofficial translation. :)
Of course John's a better player due to Sherlock. Because its Sherlock of course. He makes Johns better regardless of universe. :D
As for Lestrade... well, you'll just have to wait to find out. ;)
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