Convalescence

[capt_facepalm]

Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom:  Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters:  Dr John H. Watson, MD, recently of the Army Medical Department
Summary:  Another terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day
Warnings:  (cliché, cliché, cliché)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes:  July 20th writing prompt


Transitional Home for Veterans
Southampton
November 6, 1880


Unable to perform these actions for himself, the young officer grimly endured his morning shave and ablutions.  His necessarily bland diet failed to tempt his appetite.  Strengthening exercises left him hurting and fatigued.  The pitying looks from the other patients and the intolerable cheeriness of his carers was becoming increasingly harder to face.

Mistaking his need for solitude as piety, they wheeled him into the chapel.  He vowed, as soon as he could manage it, he would seek his place among the Empire’s loungers and idlers.  Surely, even the worst day in London would be better than another day here.

.oOOo.

Please sign the get-well-soon card

 

Comments

[monkeybard]

A nerf-bat is just a foam bat. But since I'm a child of the '70s when Nerf products were all the rage, "foam bat" is just too generic for me. Suffice to say, you can let out a lot of anger and frustration with very little damage when you're weilding a nerf-bat. ;-)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thanks for clearing that up! Watson could certainly use a nerf-bat, especially once he moves to Baker Street!