No Rest for the Weary
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Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters: Major John H. Watson, RAMC
Summary: Another offensive in the Great War
Warnings: Historical accuracy optional
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes:
April 15, 1917
Field Hospital 15
France (location classified)
‘It’s coffee, Sir. You look like you could use some.’
Major Watson looked suspiciously at the battered enamel cup. Had they not run out of rations days ago? Over-worked and under-supplied, his staff were doing their best to keep their field hospital functioning. Waves of injured and dying flooded in from the latest offensive.
Everyone was pushed beyond their capacities. Morale was abysmal. Cold and damp made matters so much worse.
Watson blew away the steam and took a tentative sip.
‘Thank you, Corporal. This is the best coffee I’ve ever tasted.’
The soldier beamed at his commander’s obvious lie.
capt_facepalm Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters: Major John H. Watson, RAMC
Summary: Another offensive in the Great War
Warnings: Historical accuracy optional
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes:
April 15, 1917
Field Hospital 15
France (location classified)
‘It’s coffee, Sir. You look like you could use some.’
Major Watson looked suspiciously at the battered enamel cup. Had they not run out of rations days ago? Over-worked and under-supplied, his staff were doing their best to keep their field hospital functioning. Waves of injured and dying flooded in from the latest offensive.
Everyone was pushed beyond their capacities. Morale was abysmal. Cold and damp made matters so much worse.
Watson blew away the steam and took a tentative sip.
‘Thank you, Corporal. This is the best coffee I’ve ever tasted.’
The soldier beamed at his commander’s obvious lie.
.oOOo.
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Date: 2011-07-10 12:58 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-07-10 01:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-11 04:42 pm (UTC)But what can you do with such an obvious prompt?
(Thanks for commenting!)
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Date: 2011-07-10 05:14 am (UTC)Is it wrong that my first reaction was to think of Baldrick coffee?
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Date: 2011-07-10 05:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-11 04:45 pm (UTC)Is Baldrick coffee as bad is that in this fic?
(I have been avoiding Blackadder Goes Fourth... I have been warned about the ANGST and have been told how brilliant it is, but I will have to find the right time to view it.)
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Date: 2011-07-11 07:37 pm (UTC)And let me add my recommendation. Blackadder Goes Forth is, in my opinion, a prime example of how a farcically funny thing can make a turn to something sad and serious and do it in line with the work as a whole, but not in bad taste (the way the Mitchell and Webb Holmes thing is in bad taste, to my mind.)
Do bring tissues, though.
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Date: 2011-07-10 05:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-11 05:52 pm (UTC)Thanks for commenting!
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