Fic: Because I Could Not Stop for Death (Sherlock/Elementary/The Sandman, PG)
Title: Because I Could Not Stop for Death.
Author: Prochytes.
Fandom: Sherlock/Elementary/The Sandman.
Rating: PG.
Characters/Pairing: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Joan Watson, Clyde the Tortoise, Death of the Endless.
Disclaimer: Not mine at all, any of it.
Summary: She kindly stopped for me.
Word Count: 100 (drabble).
A/N: No serious spoilers. Originally posted on AO3 in 2017.
You are surprised to see me,” he said.
“Yes.” Light shivered in her ankh.
“You expected me in Samarra.”
“No.”
He frowned. “What?”
“Would you like to feed your tortoise?”
“I do not own that tortoise.”
“Really?” She smiled. “Achilles cannot catch him.”
“I do not follow.”
“Well, you are quite high.”
“Explain.”
“You are my brother’s creature. I was surprised at seeing you at all.” She rose. Watson approached, a cane in his hand and a frown on her lovely face. “Give my best to the Doctor. I do not expect to see them, either.”
The tortoise inched forward.
FINIS
Author: Prochytes.
Fandom: Sherlock/Elementary/The Sandman.
Rating: PG.
Characters/Pairing: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Joan Watson, Clyde the Tortoise, Death of the Endless.
Disclaimer: Not mine at all, any of it.
Summary: She kindly stopped for me.
Word Count: 100 (drabble).
A/N: No serious spoilers. Originally posted on AO3 in 2017.
You are surprised to see me,” he said.
“Yes.” Light shivered in her ankh.
“You expected me in Samarra.”
“No.”
He frowned. “What?”
“Would you like to feed your tortoise?”
“I do not own that tortoise.”
“Really?” She smiled. “Achilles cannot catch him.”
“I do not follow.”
“Well, you are quite high.”
“Explain.”
“You are my brother’s creature. I was surprised at seeing you at all.” She rose. Watson approached, a cane in his hand and a frown on her lovely face. “Give my best to the Doctor. I do not expect to see them, either.”
The tortoise inched forward.
FINIS