No Man's Land

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Title:  No Man's Land
Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom:  Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters:  Major John H. Watson, RAMC
Summary:  Watson recalls a friend's parting words of reassurance.
Warnings:  (none)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: drabble for the July 20th 2012 A.A. Milne quote prompt

.oOOo.

Near Field Hospital 15
April 10 1916

‘You're braver than you believe…’

What has bravery to do with this?
Explosions… bullets and shrapnel flying every which way…
What old fool would venture into this smouldering desolation?
Bravery feels so much like fear, yet when a hopelessly ensnared man cries out from the kill zone…
Comrade or foe?
It hardly matters now. Just cut the wires!

‘…stronger than you seem…’

He’s too heavy to carry and must be dragged to safety.
If bombed-out craters can be called safe.
Ah. Now, there’s gas—
Gas masks on!
Sit tight.

‘…and smarter than you think.’

Holmes must never hear of this!

.oOOo.

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Comments

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

I'm sure Watson did not plan, per se, to run into the battlefield. He just reacted and then found himself in over his head.