The Slippery Slope

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Title: The Slippery Slope
Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters: Dr John H. Watson
Summary: It all starts now
Warnings: (none)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 1st 2014 prompt: Danger: Slip/Fall Warning Sign

.oOOo.

In the darkness Dr Watson failed to see the blood on the floor. His feet flew out from under him instantly. He reached for the workbench but the rickety thing collapsed on him, trapping him as the shelf overhead slowly shifted; various items sliding inexorably toward him.

Plates shattered.

Bottles burst.

Where had the cobra come from?

Watson woke with a gasp.

The fall had been real. His wrist had been broken. The rest? Either fever or side effects from his fellow-lodger’s apothecary. Four to six weeks, Stamford had said. Watson sighed. It was going to be a long month.

.oOOo.

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Comments

[monkeybard]

Oh dear! What a way to start the month. Poor Watson. *evil grin*

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! This month is has started off with a BANG!
*refer to my usericon for evil grin*

[pompey01.livejournal.com]

I feel a little bad for snerking but this was just too fun not to. Let the whumpage begin!

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

I wanted to poke at the fourth wall without actually breaking it!

[med_cat]

Haha! I was beginning to wonder at the atypical for you overabundance of whump, when I came to the punchline ;)

And I see you couldn't resist joining in the challenge, hee hee :)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Overabundance of whump is atypical for me, you say? Interesting. I must try harder in the future!

[med_cat]

Indeed, you were rather piling it on :P

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Oh, the poor dear!

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Yes. He'll be lucky to survive the next month!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

But what about the poor cobra?

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Alas for the drabbly word-count restrictions.
I had all manner of increasingly improbable and whump-worthy items lined up to fall on Watson. (Including a cannonball for the finale!)

[med_cat]

Oh, you must expand this drabble to a vignette sometime, then! :D

[debriswoman]

Poor doctor:-(
Vividly penned:-)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I was borrowing from the typical scene where the hero is trying to be stealthy and accidentally stumbles into all the noisiest items imaginable.

[methylviolet10b]

Brava! A lovely start to JWP. And leave it to you to whump Watson with a near-Rube Golbergian contraption of hallucinatory objects. ;-) Watson's in for quite a month at your hands, isn't he?

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

'Tis a miracle for the ages; that Watson can survive July at all!
Who would have guessed that we could all be so sick cruel?

[hagstrom]

Four to six weeks?? Oh God, let's hope Holmes get's an interesting case soon then!
I'm quite ready to read all of your excellent creations for this month! Excellent first fill!

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
And yes, Holmes needs to be distracted from his new hobby of "Helping Watson heal up".

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

Excellently written as always. :)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

I've had some good teachers!
Thanks!

[ancalime8301]

Haha, aww, poor Watson!

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Poor Watson! July is just not a good month for him!