Tales Woven With Care

[donutsweeper]

Title: Tales Woven With Care
Fandom/Warning/Rating: Sherlock Holmes (ACD canon), DEPRESSING FIC WARNING, rated G
Word Count: 200 words

Summary:
 Watson falls back upon his skill as a storyteller.
Author's Note: Written for watsons_woes JWP#11.

As a doctor I understood the inherent dangers of both pregnancy and childbirth, but I never expected to face such tragedy first hand; not in the manner in which I did. I was forced to say goodbye to my dear, sweet Mary shortly before midnight. Intellectually, I knew that in all likelihood I would be doing the same for our poor daughter before dawn but I refused to acknowledge it. Instead I held the tiny babe my arms and embraced my new role as a father by spinning a fanciful tale of the life we would be living together. I told her of the numerous dolls she would have, the ribbons I would buy for her hair and how I was completely certain that without a doubt she would grow up to be as beautiful as her mother. We lived a lifetime together, she and I, in those stories I that wove together in those few hours we spent together.

It was foolishness, of course, desperate blatherings of a grieving man and it did nothing to assuage the emptiness I felt when morning came and I found myself neither a father nor a husband but rather completely and utterly alone.

Comments

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Heartbreaking - and all too real in that time.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

It sadly was :(

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

What a thoughtful and moving fic. Thank you for writing it so well.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it :)

[methylviolet10b]

Oh, oh, oh. So sad. Well done, you.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

This is a beautifully written sad vignette.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[caffienekitty]

Owwwww.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Lovely - very poignant.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!