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Title:  Of Mutual Concern (II)
Author: [info]capt_facepalm
Rating:
PG-13
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters: Dr Watson, Mr Johnson
Summary: A previous drabble seen from another point of view
Warnings: (cliché)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 31st prompt: (Write an add-on scene to one of your own stories. I chose yesterday's drabble.)


‘Hello, Dr Watson.’

Facing me was a rather rugged street tough, his bowler hat askew and gold tooth gleamed with his smile.

‘Shinwell Johnson’s my name,’ He eyed my raised walking stick. ‘I’m a friend of Mr Sherlock Holmes.’

Johnson’s name was familiar, but we had never met in person.  Holmes found the scoundrel‘s unique acumen as indispensable as his fists.

‘Good day to you, Mr Johnson.’

‘This neighbourhood is bad for a gentleman’s health. Mr Holmes is worried about you.’

‘He needn’t be. I’m not looking for trouble.’

‘Maybe not, but in the Docklands, trouble is looking for you.’

.oOOo.

Is it August yet?

Date: 2013-08-01 05:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com
You made it!

Date: 2013-08-01 06:14 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] hagstrom
It's august now!
And I like -very much- this little thing you've got going on here...is there any chance of expanding it?

Date: 2013-08-01 06:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] goldvermilion87.livejournal.com
Good job! :-)

Date: 2013-08-05 11:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
*limps across the finish line*
*reaches for proffered water bottle*

Yay!

*flails weakly*

Congrats to you too!

Date: 2013-08-05 11:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Yay! August!
I'm glad you enjoyed this bit. Shinwell Johnson is intriguing is he not? I've wanted to write Watson's first meeting with him for a while. Expansion? Possibly in the future. Too many works in progress at the present.

Date: 2013-08-05 11:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Thanks!
I like that in post hiatus years, Holmes relies on other people to do his dirty work. Poor Watson, his position usurped by a goon.

Date: 2013-08-06 02:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com
(accepts a foil blanket and a banana)

Well, I did volunteer to write one of the prizes, so I'd better rest up and get ready. Ain't quite over yet.

Date: 2013-08-06 03:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Aha!
If I get a chance I will request something from you.
Although, perhaps I should not. The last two people who promised me fic prizes have since disappeared from the interweb.
Very mysterious! Perhaps I have stumbled upon the "Deadly Prompt" (a la Monty Python's "Killer Joke").

Date: 2013-08-07 04:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com
Oh, could be worse. I once had an editor sit on one of my stories for 2 years (in the printed-zine days), and when I asked for the story back so I could send it to another zine, she did - and committed suicide within the week. I've always wondered...
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