The Fortunate Storm

[donutsweeper]

Title: The Fortunate Storm
Fandom/Rating: Sherlock Holmes (ACD canon), rated G
Word Count: 100 words

Summary:
 They were merely taking refuge from the storm, nothing more.
Author's Note: Written for watsons_woes JWP#13 and as a result of capt_facepalm's bribe.

The rain began suddenly, without warning. One moment they had been meandering down the path and the next they were soaked to the skin and running for whatever cover they could find. The potter's shed was a fortuitous discovery on numerous levels, as it was dry, but also enabled the men a kind of privacy rare to come by in the post-Wilde world. As wet as they were, their clothes had to be removed, and huddling together under the lone blanket a prudent action considering the chill and lack of a fire. It was all completely innocent in nature. Truly.

Comments

[ride-4ever.livejournal.com]

Prudent! Uh huh. ♡♡♡

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yes! Prudent! Absolutely! :)

[ride-4ever.livejournal.com]

Meep! You are fast like a fast thing! I was editing my comment to write a longer comment, but LJ blocked the comment when I tried to post it because you had answered that fast. *pokes LJ with mild annoyance*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

evil LJ, let us edit!! :)

[ride-4ever.livejournal.com]

So...the rest of my comment was noting that "prudent" is a Fraserish word, and then saying that I particularly liked the historicity...and the innuendo...of "a kind of privacy rare to come by in the post-Wilde world" (and extra points for the double entendre of "rare to come by" heh heh).

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Hee thanks!

I think Fraser would have fit in rather well to Victorian-era England.

[ride-4ever.livejournal.com]

Victorian-era!Fraser...well, there's another plotbunny in the hutch.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*quietly and surreptitiously feeds bunnies*

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

Oh, I approve of that plot bunny!

And I am reminded of the 'Canadian shack' trope. Because nothing is more manly, in our post-Wilde, post-Stonewall, post-marriage equality world, than huddling for warmth.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Definitely not! :)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

There are no straights in foxholes.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

None whatsoever. :)

[ascendant-angel.livejournal.com]

Of couse it was totally inocent, what else could two unclothed men huddling under a blanket in small private space be? (smirk)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

What else indeed? :)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Lovely drabble. Well worth the calories!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Watson will just have wait to die another day