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Title: Ratcatchers
Author: [info]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...

Date: 2012-07-27 06:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com
Awwwww *hearts fic* Lovely.

Date: 2012-07-27 07:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
Just a few words and very sweet.

Date: 2012-07-29 05:35 am (UTC)
debriswoman: (Dog)
From: [personal profile] debriswoman
Very nice:-) And still leaving no pun unexploited, I perceive.

Date: 2012-07-29 06:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com
Even the dogs did their duty during the war.

Date: 2012-08-07 04:09 pm (UTC)
methylviolet10b: a variety of different pocketwatches (Default)
From: [personal profile] methylviolet10b
Very nice direction with this prompt. Rats were a horrific part of WWI trench warfare.

Date: 2012-08-07 07:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Thanks!
And, you were warned about the puns, yes?

Date: 2012-08-07 07:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Teehee!
You said duty!!!

Date: 2012-08-07 08:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
No corner of headcanon unrecycled!
WWI Watson hates rats!
(Link to more rats here!)

Date: 2012-08-07 08:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Awww, thanks!
Puppies bring out the best(?) worst(?) in me!

Date: 2012-08-07 08:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
More proof, not that it was needed, that I cannot write schmoop.
Harrumph.

Date: 2012-08-07 10:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
Maybe not schmoop, but quite close.

By the way, may I friend you?

Date: 2012-08-07 10:52 pm (UTC)
debriswoman: (Dog)
From: [personal profile] debriswoman
Yes, but it was in the small print. Should have read through more carefully...

Date: 2012-08-07 11:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
I would be honoured!

Date: 2012-08-08 04:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com
Heh heh heh-heh-heh. That was pretty cool, Butthead.
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