#lilsherlockian1975

[captainelliecomb]

WIP Wishlist Round Fifteen

WIP Wishlists

Oh Lazarus, Were You so Afraid? by enemiesloversparadise @crowcoven (24,034 words, first posted 19 June 22, last updated 21 Aug 22)

Summary: He somehow smells it before he sees it. Whether that’s impossible and simply him sensing something wrong in the air, or as real as what he now sees he doesn’t know. What he does know is that the city is on fire, and the smoke carries the faint trace of green flame.

Jaime leaves Cersei at the end of season 6 instead of 7, and arrives early enough to save Tommen. My rewrite of seasons 7 & 8, where character arcs are payed off, timeline (hopefully) makes sense, and my favs get the endings they deserved.

Title from the song "Blood on my name" by The Brothers Bright.

Things I Love: Jaime actually dealing with the sept explosion, Tommen, queer Westeros, how Brienne and Pod relate to each other, Jon Snow and his politics, Sansa and Brienne’s friendship, the secondary pairings, the adventure of the story so far and potential to come. 

Play On by motorbike_on_the_avenue (42,379 words, first posted 27 April 22, last updated 25 July 22)

Summary: Problem: Cersei Lannister, pop-star extraordinaire has eloped and sailed off on honeymoon two weeks before she’s supposed to open the newly built King’s Landing stadium in London. She’s got engagement events booked solid, but all calls and texts to her phone go unanswered.

Plan: Jaime Lannister, Cersei’s twin brother and one of the two people she text to tell what was happening will pretend to be her for the two weeks. He’s spent his whole life hearing how him and Cersei are a mirror image of each other. All he needs is her diary so he can plan how to fool the public until she comes back.

Problem: Brienne Tarth, Cersei’s assistant and the only other person Cersei told about her elopement is not on board with Jaime’s plan.

Plan: Jaime doesn’t need her help; he used to be Cersei’s PR manager, before he went travelling for three years. He’s sure he can pick up where he left off.

Problem: He can’t.

Plan: After a failure, Brienne is now on board.

Problem: The more time he spends with his sister’s assistant the more time he actually wants to spend with her. These feelings certainly weren’t part of his plan...but just what will Cersei be coming back to?

Things I Love: The humour, Jaime and Brienne’s bickering, Brienne’s friendship with Margaery, the slow reveal of Brienne’s history, Brienne’s relationship with Cersei, the job choices for secondary characters, and the sheer entertainment of the setup.

unfiltered. by SeeThemFlying @seethemflying (27,326 words, first posted 17 Aug 21, last updated 18 June 22)

Summary: Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye - William Shakespeare, Love's Labours Lost.

Supermodel Jaime does a photo shoot with plus size model Brienne.

It makes him reconsider everything he knows about everything.

Things I Love: Brienne’s characterisation, Olenna Tyrell in all her glorious sharpness, Jaime’s inexplicable -- to him -- reactions to Brienne and to other people appreciating her, the punch of sexual tension, Jaime’s emotional softness set against his sharp words when he feels attacked, and the pining, conscious and unconscious.

when gold turns to rust by ifancymyselfawriter (3,216 words, first posted 01 May 22)

Summary: Brienne had heard tales of his valour and bravery and political genius, his beauty and style and humour. She had heard other tales as well, of his rage and cruelty and bloodlust. And, now she smiled at him for she did find him impressive and oh, how she craved an impressive enemy.

Things I Love: Complicated King Jaime, shades of grey when Brienne wants black and white, Brienne and her mission, the layers of intrigue, Shae’s view of how Tyrion uses her, and, of course, the sparring.  

and things we’ve never seen will seem familiar by lilsherlockian1975 (9,330 words, first posted 30 Dec 21, last updated 16 Jan 22)

Summary: Jaime's ghost is haunting the Lord Commander of the Kingsgard. Or perhaps it's not. Perhaps she is haunting him.

He smiles fondly now like he knows he’s gotten to her. “Until I met this stubborn wench who dragged me through the Riverlands and told me to fight. She reminded me why I wanted to be a knight in the first place and of the honour I thought I’d lost. She wouldn’t shut up about vows and oaths.” Biting his lower lip in that way that always makes Brienne’s tummy do flips, he steps closer. “We had this… bath together, you see. I bared my soul to this wench.” His eyes travel the length of her, taking her apart as they move. “And she bared herself, all her beautiful strength, to me. I had never seen anything quite like this wench.”

Things I Love: The creepiness of Brienne’s point of view in the first chapter, the twisting little details, Brienne’s broken heart, Pod and Sam worrying about her so, everything that comes after.

#wip wishlist #jaime x brienne #enemiesloversparadise #motorbike_on_the_avenue #seethemflying #ifancymyselfawriter #lilsherlockian1975 #game of thrones #asoiaf

[asteraceae-blue]

I was tagged by @bourbon-ontherocks to show my 4 favorite ships and let my mutuals assume what my concept of romance is 🎉

Dana Scully and Fox Mulder, The X-files

2. Kate Beckett and Rick Castle, Castle

3. Ruth Wilder and Sam Sylvia, GLOW

4. Joyce Byers and Jim Hopper, Stranger Things

Bonus 5. Molly Hooper and Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock

I present to you, smol ladies and their idiot men (ok, Stana Katic isn't that smol, but she squeaks in there in comparison to Nathan Fillion)

Tagging @mizjoely, @miabicicletta, @jomiddlemarch, @hobbitsdoitbetter, @mel-loves-all, @fibrochemist, @lilsherlockian1975, @perfectlyloudbouquet2, @theleftpill, @muffin-n-waffle, @sagiow - have some fun with me!

#could also be science nerds and their cop boyfriends if I included ALL of my ships #Booth and Brennan #Crossing Jordan

[miz-joelys-sherlollilists]

Hi! I’ve been searching high and low for a specific fic and so far been unlucky… The main thing i remember is Sherlocks secret brother is the antagonist and seems to have a talent for pretty much telling the future, but he never once saw Molly in Sherlocks life. I know he told Sherlock he’d never have children.

Any help would be appreciated! It was always one of my favourites but I lost the bookmark! Thank U!

Could it be Sibling Disorder by the marvelous @lilsherlockian1975?

#sherlolly #desperately seeking fics

[wildlingoftarth]

9 people you'd like to know more

Thanks for the tag @pretty-thief !

last song: Man I Am by Sam Smith (off the Barbie soundtrack) (housecleaning music 🧽)

currently watching: Old seasons of Project Runway and Top Chef

currently reading: Just finished Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng and started Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse. Also working my way through Packing for Mars by Mary Roach.

current obsession: Jaime x Brienne (forever and always), Gwendoline Christie (ditto), Good Omens, Succession/Roman x Gerri, the aforementioned Barbie soundtrack, Kim Petras, Carly Rae Jepsen, my dog.

Tagging: @ilikeblue @bussdowntarthiana @samirant @pearly--rose @seethemflying @lilsherlockian1975 @halfagod @renee561 @jennabarton

#ask meme

[jaime-brienne-fic-exchange]

Fic Exchange Roundup: Fantasy and Sci-Fi AUs Pt. 2

guide me on my way amongst the stars by NaomiGnome for ice_connoisseur

The both of them walk in space and time and the intervals in between them--it was their duty and their honor to keep everything in balance, to be agents of the Three Eyed Raven. There was no room for--whatever this was---they both knew it.  “You don’t need to go,”  He laughs and climbs atop his horse, “You’re a terrible liar, Blue.”  Four times that that Time Travel agents Jaime and Brienne meet by chance and the one time they don't.

Keep by LionStar (Mel_Sanfo) for majicienne

After a close call Jaime confronts Brienne.

Finest, Furthest, Most Unknown Edge by captainellie for leakypaintpen

For the rest of her days, Brienne will never know what causes the crash. All she wants, more than her own survival, is for the Stark girls to be safe. Instead, they're trapped on an alien planet filled with unknown danger. Then she finds the man, bound, and battered, and broken. The biggest threat may not be the planet itself but whatever horrors follow a fallen Lannister.

Shangri-la beneath the summer moon (I will return again) by LadyRhiyana for djelibeybi

“What does he have on you?” she asked her future-self, bristling protectively. “This is some kind of foul Lannister scheme, isn’t it? Blackmail? Coercion?” She gripped the hilt of her sword, outraged at the thought. “Did he defeat you in a duel and force you to marry him? Let me protect you!” There was a moment of silence. “Dear one,” the Kingslayer said, his eyes dancing with wicked laughter, “I’d forgotten how intense you were.”

Guaranteed Perfection by languageintostillair for auntie_social

Oathkeeper had a reputation for making every couple’s dream wedding come true. It was the company’s promise: Guaranteed Perfection. But nothing was going to save this wedding. Not even time travel.

stars around my scars by Roccolinde for theworldunseen

It takes Brienne Tarth three applications and a formal complaint to get her admission letter to King's Academy. She lasts less than a year. It is only the beginning of the story.

A Moon of Me by catherineflowers for lilsherlockian1975

It's a Modern AU with magic, but Brienne and Jaime meet in the most mundane way.

#Fic Recs #jaime x brienne fic exchange

[jeni2727]

@youmaycallmecas tagged me.

love at first sight or slowly growing fond of someone | love letters or mixtapes | hand kisses or kisses on the cheeks (why aren’t forehead kisses a thing? I want forehead kisses *pouting*)| understanding each other without words or finishing each other's sentences | gazing into each other's eyes or looking away blushing | longing to be with someone again or spending every second together | laughing together or crying together | someone running their fingers through your hair or gently playing with your hand | surprise kisses or long tight hugs

@therealbucky05 @fibrochemist @lilsherlockian1975 and anyone else who wants to do this

#it’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these #tag game #feel free to reply

[simplyshelbs16xoxo]

"Aren't you going to invite me in for coffee, Miss Hooper?"

She narrowed her eyes and smirked. "Coffee? Or coffee, Mr. Holmes?"

He wrapped his arm around her waist and bent his head. "Well, I'm not really thirsty," he whispered.

Blame It On Logic (x)

for @lilsherlockian1975 ♡

#sherlolly #lilsherlockian1975 #my edits

[pennywaltzy]

Sleep And Let Sleep (An “A Knighthood, A Baby, A Wedding, A Life” Story)

So this was written to cheer @lilsherlockian1975 up. ::hugs:: I hope it helps.

Sleep And Let Sleep - Sherlock stays up with their sick daughter since Molly needs to work the next day, but Molly ends up returning the favour.

READ @ AO3 | SERIES PAGE

The sun was shining through the window, settling gently on her sleeping figure. He had been up all night trying to let her sleep, taking care of their daughter’s nausea and fever, but it seemed the worst had passed. It was nothing alarming, just some stomach bug, but little Natasha had been crying off and on an entire night and while he had been up longer than she had, she had a twelve-hour shift coming up and needed as much sleep as possible.

She stirred and he moved to reach over and brush her hair out of her face. Natasha was balanced on his chest and she was finally asleep, and now her mum was waking up. “Morning,” he murmured as Molly opened her eyes.

“Good morning,” she said, giving him a smile. “She’s finally asleep?”

“I did everything I could to let you get some rest,” he said. “It worked, didn’t it?”

“It did,” she said, sitting up and reaching over for Natasha. “She looks so peaceful now, and I know her tummy was sore last night.”

“I was on the phone with John and he said it wasn’t anything serious. He even offered to come over if she didn’t go to sleep by two in the morning,” he said, handing their daughter over. “So she was in the best hands.”

“Of course she was. Her father was taking care of her.” Natasha began to stir and Molly started humming, rocking her in her arms to get her to go back to sleep. Sherlock watched until he yawned and his eyelids began to flutter closed and his breathing began to even out.

The next thing he knew it was darker than it had been earlier and there was some bustling around in the room. Molly was there, looking over the bassinet at what he assumed was their daughter. “Aren’t you supposed to be at work?”

“You were so tired and Martha had to run errands so I called in, said I got the bug that Natasha had,” she said. “I’ve been trying to let you catch up on some rest like you did for me last night.”

“You’re a dear,” he said as she came over and curled up next to him. He wrapped his arms around her and pressed a kiss to the top of her head. “We’re going to be running on little sleep for the next few months, I fear.”

“We are, but once she says her first words we’ll feel like it was worth it,” she said, looking up at him.

“Ten quid says it’s Mummy that she says first,” Sherlock said with a contented smile.

“Shouldn’t you be betting she says Dad first?”

“I think she’ll recognize who the most important person in the family is, just like her father.” He leaned in and kissed her softly. “And she’ll react accordingly.”

“Just like her father?” she murmured.

“Well, maybe not just,” he replied before kissing her again. She kissed him back and melted into him, and at least for a time, it was just the two of them in their own little world.

#sherlock #sherlolly #mollock #fanfic #fanfiction #sherlock holmes #molly hooper #my au: a knighthood a baby a wedding a life #lilsherlockian1975

[aviss]

Trope Mash-up 63 & 90? Bramie

Everybody knows/mistaken for couple/unexpeted virgin

Jaime has just opened his own Law firm with his brother where they can finally work out of the shadow of their father, Tyrion representing big companies and making lots of money and Jaime working on hard cases, most of the time pro-bono just to piss of their father.

He has a reputation as a Casanova though he doesn’t know where it came from; in reality, he’s never been with a woman and has never wanted to be with one until he hires Brienne as a paralegal to help him with his cases. 

After a rocky start, they become friends and start spending more and more time together. There is a rumour in the office that Brienne has reformed Jaime and they have started dating.

Jaime really, really wants to be with her but has no idea how to make it happen, women have always chased after him and now he has no idea how to flirt, or even what to do once he has managed to ask her out.

He ends up confessing all this during an office party when he has a couple of drinks, Brienne doesn’t mind teaching him everything. 

Send me tropes

#tropes meme #ask meme #jaime x brienne #lilsherlockian1975

[mizjoely]

Spoiler!!

He savagely deduces her because he’s worried about how much room she’s taking up in his mind palace.

(send me “spoiler!” in my ask box and I’ll respond with a vague hint from one of my WiPs, whether published or unpublished)

#dis is mine #mizjoely vagueblogs about her wips #lilsherlockian1975

[youknowmymethods]

Content Creator Interviews 2019: Master List (Complete with gratuitous gif of Sherlock looking hot, just because)

As some of you know, early this year a group of people in the Sherlock and Sherlolly fandom got together to conduct a series of interviews focusing on fan content and its creation. The result was twelve interviews, posted over three months, where writers and artists talk about their work, the fandom and show, and their own processes. I’ve finally gotten around to doing a master list of them to make it easier for anyone who’d like to read through them. Check out the links below:

OhAine interviews likingthistoomuch

 Likingthistoomuch interviews OhAine

 theleftpill interviews kstewmanipulation

 thisisartbylexie interviews writingwife-83

 ellis-hendricks interviews geekmama

 geekmama interviews ellis-hendricks

 ashockinglackofsatin interviews sunken-standard

 vermofftiss interviews mizjoely

 writingwife-83 interviews artbylexie

 OhAine interviews ashockinglackofsatin

 lilsherlockian75 and mrsmcrieff interview each other

 theemptyquarto interviews hobbitsdoitbetter

#sherlock and sherlolly content creator interviews #sherlolly #sherlock #content creator interviews #ohaine #likingthistoomuch #theleftpill #kstewmanipulation #thisisartbylexie #writingwife83 #EllisHendricks #geekmama #ashockinglackofsatin #satin_doll #sunken_standard #vermofftiss #mizjoely #lilsherlockian1975 #MrsMCrieff #theemptyquarto #quarto #hobbitsdoitbetter #Amalia Kensington (amaliak01)

[readstoomuch]

Thank you sherlollyians

Just received this in the mail! And I wanted to say thank you to all the sherlolly writers out there for helping me thru a very difficult time. You don’t know me. I never had the nerve to speak to any of you. But each and every one of you helped save my life. I was in a dark place. The show “Sherlock” sparked a tiny flame that reminded me it wasn’t all darkness. But this fandom was a constant light helping guide me back by giving me something to look forward to all the time. A new story. The next chapter. A new writer. Constant reminders that the story isn’t over! So THANK YOU ALL!!! And I hope you all know that when I look at this mug (which is going on my desk for everyday use) I will be seeing all of you as much as the characters that we all love. (And lilsherlockian1975? This came from the place where your husband directed me for the t-shirt. Expecting that soon. This turned out so cool! Please thank him for me). I know there are plenty of writers I didn’t tag...how does one basically tag an entire fandom? Actually, I’m not sure I tagged this at all correctly. I’ve never tagged anything before. Well, I’ve never posted anything before so here goes nothing...

#mizjoely #darnedchild #mrsmcrieff #lilsherlockian1975 #writingwife-83 #hobbitsdoitbetter #sherlolly

[sunken-standard]

B,C, & Z fandom Q's 😊

From this ask meme.  Thank you, Lil

B - A pairing youinitially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind

By now everyone knows how I came toJesus with Sherlock and Molly (Sustain, basically), so I won’trehash it again.  It took me a while to decide if this qualified, but @soyeahso gave me the nudge (not on purpose or anything, more likeshe walked by me and the breeze caused me to trip and fall, slapsticstyle) to finally see what this Reylo business is all about.  Ihadn’t even bothered with the movies (because fuck Disney) until shewrote a fic I wanted to read, so I had to watch them to understandwhat was going on (full disclosure: I still haven’t read the ficbecause I got ideas and I don’t want to inadvertently absorbsomething that came from someone else until I get my head around themmore firmly).  

Ngl, I don’t understand what the puritypolice are so up in arms about over the pairing.  Like, sure, I getwhy they don’t like Kylo (I don’t like Kylo, but he’s still acompelling, textured character and I see a lot of potential in theredemption story/ backstory) and where some of the criticisms arecoming from.  But real talk: the way the stories are set up, they’regoing to end up together.  It might be tragic, but it’s going to beconfirmed as a romance.  I can’t see the franchise building it uplike they did just to be like “nah, they’re not into eachother.”  I mean, maybe it’ll go out on something like “Bendecides to become a sexless Jedi monk to repent for his past whileRey is too busy playing Fagin to a clowder of force-sensitive urchinsand fighting whatever’s left of the First Order to even poop withoutreading Death Star Mark 18 plans and force-projecting to scrape Porgleavings off the hull of the Millennium Falcon while on the shitter,”but they’re going to at least address the feelings clearly beingtelegraphed by both characters.

C - A pairing you havenever liked and probably never will

I mean, Sherlock and Irene just doesn’tdo it for me, but I’ve read a few fics years ago that made me hatethe idea less.  Another pairing I just can’t get into as a seriousthing is MorMor.  I mean, if it’s just crack, I’m a tits-out,anything-goes shipper, but as a for-real thing, I don’t even likeMoran as a character (mostly because I’m hung up on sticking to canonas strictly as possible, and canon Moran is not the guy people ficabout).  Others, in other fandoms: Sam/ Gabriel in Supernatural,Vash/ Meryl in Trigun, Nathan/ Duke in Haven (and Imean, I love reading about two dicks touching, but I never got asexual vibe from those two like I have with some otherstrictly-bromance-on-screen slash pairings), Kurt/ Blaine in Glee (do not get me fucking started; Ryan Murphy is a coward and let his thirst for Darren Criss ruin a different ship that could have been groundbreaking).  I don’t really like MCUanything (except the Thor movies, I liked them a lot andRagnarok made me feel like I was six years old again in thebest way possible), so none of that does anything for me, canon shipsincluded.  There are probably more, but I can’t even remember all the fandoms I’ve read fic for.

Z - Just ramble aboutsomething fan-related, go go go

Switching gears again, I’m reallyenjoying the 13th Doctor.  I stuck it out for a few seriesafter Moffat took over, but I just hated it.  I won’t get into it,but I didn’t even like the Victorian interspecies lesbian detectives,even though I would normally be all over that shit.  It’s Moffat.  Ijust can’t with him when there’s no one around to temper his…him-ness.

But 13.  I like how she’s the virtuouspart of the Doctor, but she also has just a hint of sharpness/abrasiveness (past plain old assertiveness) and I think that’sconsistent with 9 and 10 (don’t know about 11 or 12 because Idisliked 11 so much I never made it to 12).  I like how they’re notplaying up her gender at all.  No cheap laughs, no talk oflimitations, no sudden personality change to make her signal morefeminine.  I love that she’s blunt, but not mean.  She’s not a mom oran older sister or sexualized in any way and it’s just so refreshing. I’m not so into the new look of the TARDIS, but it does give me avery early-80s low-budget scifi vibe, so it’s not 100% terrible (Istill like 9 & 10’s TARDIS the best; I was into the aquaglowiness and organic vineyness of it, like some kind of alien templereclaimed by nature).  And the companions are all interesting (thougha bit one-note, imo, but we’re only a few episodes in and sometimesit’s nice to have someone clearly defined by a few consistent traits,rather than a trainwreckeverything-to-everyone-as-long-as-the-plot-mandates-it character likeMoffat excelled at creating).

So yeah, I’m really happy with the wayit’s turning out.  I had a good feeling about it beforehand, becauseI loved Broadchurch and Torchwood and I was not disappointed with what we got.

#from an ask meme #lilsherlockian1975

[holidaysat221b]

Rec of the Week - 4/13/22

Over the years we’ve had a lot prompt fills submitted to us.  I thought it would be nice to shine a spotlight on those individual submissions.  Please give the author or artist a bit of love.

A Shoe In by @lilsherlockian1975 -   Mummy conspires. Molly simply exists. Sherlock gets distracted. I insult an entire state.

Original Prompt - Fluff, maybe smut : Molly gets a pedicure. Sherlock discovers he has a bit of a foot fetish.  - @shadowyqueenbeard 

#sherlolly #sherlolly prompt of the day - rec #prompter: shadowyqueenbeard #author: lilsherlockian1975

[elennemigo]

Of course, you're always fine. You've been fine every time I've asked since I've been back." Sherlock pursed his lips. "Let's talk about you for a moment, shall we?" He paused. "You won't give me the time of day. You work with me, yes. You hand me reports, you run tests, certainly. But when I inquire about your personal life... fine.

Unlawful Impresonment by @lilsherlockian1975 (Published on FF Sep 11, 2015)

Molly and Sherlock forced to stay together in an interrogation room till they talk things out for once. With the rest of the gang observing!. One shot.

Funny and sweet! For the Sherlolly TBT. :)

#sherlolly fic #lilsherlockian1975 #sherlolly tbt #unlawful imprisonment #one of my favorites! #go read! #myficrecs

[mousedetective]

Congrats, sweetness! May I have a Sherlolly story, please? All the hugs and all the kisses, Lil

Aww, thank you, hun! This is going to be an explicit fic in part 2, but as I said, I can’t brain writing much more than foreplay right now, so hopefully it will come Friday. This part is suggestive but not too much so I’m not tagging it not safe for work.

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An Overabundance Of Cherries (1/2) - When Sherlock Holmes thinks of Molly, he associates her with cherry-printed clothing.

Read Chapter 1 @ AO3 | Buy Me A Coffee? | Send Me A Prompt

He would never admit to snooping. Not that he needed to; he was a consulting detective, he was sure most people assumed he did so anyway.

But most people never let him use their bedroom as a bolthole, either.

He’d noticed Molly would almost always tidy it up before she let him in if he showed up while there was some semblance of her being awake enough to do so. He did try, at times, to be courteous of the hour. And there were times, of course, when he was gracious enough to share the sofa with the cat if it was too late in the hour, and lay awake and think. And it worked well for a time, this arrangement, even after her engagement to Meat Dagger, though he doubted the man himself approved. Molly never breathed a word, though.

Though...she didn’t let him stay the night. If she wanted to spend the night with her fiancee, he came to his bolthole finding a tidy bedroom and an empty flat.

And then, he would snoop.

He had wondered what the attraction was, beyond the physical. Beyond the rather pale resemblance. Was he a kind man? Did he treat her well? Was he gracious to her friends and kind to what little family she had left, scattered to the wind as it was? Had he even met he sister in Berwick-upon-Tweed or heard stories of her nieces who she only really knew through photographs?

To be honest, he wondered why he knew of them. Why she had told him. Why he had listened and cataloged the information and the pictures of Grace and Tabitha and settled it firmly in her room in his mind palace where all the pertinent information about her went. He and Molly weren’t friends, not really. They could have been, possibly, if things had been different. If he had allowed it.

Perhaps he should have.

No use for it now.

It was in one of those times where he was alone in the flat where he found something out of place. Something...intimate...out of place. Oh, her bedroom was always tidy, so clean he’d expect she could probably perform surgery in it with a low chance of patient infection. But sticking out of the hamper was a brassiere.

A cherry patterned brassiere.

He flashed back to the first time he saw her, in Stamford’s office. Not officially on duty, just hired, probably having just been warned against angering him. Hair pulled back in a sleek bun, slightly off center at the nape of her neck, simple black skirt that ended just above the knees, white button down blouse with no frills, and the cherry print cardigan he would soon come to associate with her. Even then he had been struck by the thought she was soft, and he could bend her to his will.

He should have known differently.

He fingered the brassiere and thought absently about doing more. It was true, he had those thoughts from time to time. He did his best to ignore them, as they held no place in his life. Carnal thoughts would simply slow the scientific process, do nothing more than complicate things. Complicate everything.

And she wasn’t his to have.

She was someone else's.

Greedy bastard he might be, he wouldn’t hurt her by putting her in a position to make her break a vow she’d made. She promised herself to someone else, and they could be friends. Nothing more.

The brassiere went in the hamper, the lid closed, and he tried to forget about it.

Tried, being the operative word.

#Sherlock #sherlolly #mollock #sherlock holmes #fanfic #fanfiction #my stuff #Multipart: An Overabundance Of Cherries #answering asks! #Sherlolly Spring Fling #lilsherlockian1975