Ratcatchers

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Title: Ratcatchers
Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom:  Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters:  Major John H. Watson; McCann (Watson's orderly)
Summary:  Trench life in WWI
Warnings:  Things that go yip in the night
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: (cliché-ridden)

.oOOo.

‘Can I keep them, Major Watson?’ pleaded Corporal McCann. ‘They’re just helpless wee bairns. I’ll train them on the rats, sir! Rats are a big problem, you said so yourself!’

And so it came to pass that Private Whiplash and Private Snowbell joined the 15th Field Hospital. Snowbell excelled in her ratting duties, while Whiplash was McCann’s dog through and through.

It was Whiplash who led the rescuers to his master when their ambulance overturned. But it was Snowbell who stayed with Watson each night, keeping him company after he discharged McCann and sent him, and Whiplash, home to Inverness.

.oOOo.

Please leave a wee message by way of lamp-post...

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Awwwww *hearts fic* Lovely.

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Awww, thanks!
Puppies bring out the best(?) worst(?) in me!

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Just a few words and very sweet.

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

More proof, not that it was needed, that I cannot write schmoop.
Harrumph.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Maybe not schmoop, but quite close.

By the way, may I friend you?

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

I would be honoured!

[debriswoman]

Very nice:-) And still leaving no pun unexploited, I perceive.

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
And, you were warned about the puns, yes?

[debriswoman]

Yes, but it was in the small print. Should have read through more carefully...

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Even the dogs did their duty during the war.

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Teehee!
You said duty!!!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Heh heh heh-heh-heh. That was pretty cool, Butthead.

[methylviolet10b]

Very nice direction with this prompt. Rats were a horrific part of WWI trench warfare.

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

No corner of headcanon unrecycled!
WWI Watson hates rats!
(Link to more rats here!)