The Baker Street Boys

[donutsweeper]

Title: The Baker Street Boys
Fandom/Rating: Sherlock Holmes (ACD canon), rated G
Word Count: 200 words

Summary:
 They were still his boys in every way that mattered.
Author's Note: Written for watsons_woes JWP#22. Title from Holmes referring to the Irregulars as "my Baker Street Boys" in The Adventure of the Crooked Man.

Mr. Holmes may be gone, but that don't mean we ain't still his Baker Street boys. Sure, the gov ain't here to hire us for his investigations, but we got eyes, we still see what's going on out there. When a creeper set to make our street his home we started making nuisance of ourselves by bumping into folks like we was picking their pockets, and running in the streets bothering the horses until the respectable folks got bothered enough to complain. Soon there's extra Bobbies making the rounds and no creeper's sticking around where there's coppers about so problem solved.

We watch over Mrs. Hudson too. She's always good for a few shillings if we carry her bags, but even if she weren't we'd still help. She did right by us when we was working for Mr. Holmes, it's only fair we return the favour.

We ain't forgotten about the Doc neither. He might not be at Baker Street no more, but he's still ours and we ain't letting him go. The man don't pay attention enough when he's out and about doing his doctoring so we watch his back, we keep him safe like Mr. Holmes'd've wanted us to.

Comments

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Thanks for another fine Wiggins fic. It's very convincing, too.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Of course Wiggins is no longer a precocious child by the time of the Hiatus, as a young man he can still affect the people around him and Mr Holmes early influence on him has instilled a good sense of responsibility. Wonderful!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[thewhitelily]

Awww, just one more way in which Holmes's influence survived him. Even when he wasn't really dead. :)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it :)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Grubby, foul-mouthed guardian angels.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Exactly :)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

This is lovely. Holmes would have been proud of them on his return.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I'm sure he would be :)

[caffienekitty]

This is genuinely touching.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks so much! :)