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April 11, 2012

#Work

Silence caused thoughts that inspired words which always led to actions. If Sherlock could drown himself in work, he would. Oh, he so would.

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April 12, 2012

#Full

“You are so full of shit!” said John with bitterness. “Never denied that, have I?” drawled Sherlock from a couch, a syringe in his fingers.

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April 15, 2012

#Red

Others said blood was red. For Sherlock it varied from magenta pink (fingerprints; male; late thirties) to brown shade (dead; twenty hours).

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April 16, 2012

#Music

Playing violin is just a skill based on muscle memory, right position, rhythm and dynamics - for Sherlock only John's heart is a pure music.

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April 16, 2012

#Flying

For months afterwards John dreams of Sherlock flying. It's both the most horrifying nightmare and the wondrous dream. He wakes up screaming.

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April 18, 2012

#Reading

If every person was a book ready to be read by someone who knew the language, Sherlock found Irene Adler to be an undecipherable manuscript.

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April 23rd, 2012

#Monday

A night shift followed by chasing a kidnapper with a gun resulting in a twisted ankle wasn’t John’s idea of a nice Monday. Sherlock laughed.

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April 24th, 2012

#Monday

They run and John fires and Sherlock asks the most ridiculous question: “What day is it today?” John laughs: “With you it’s always Mondays.”

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April 24th, 2012

#Shadows

Disturbing cravings lurked at the edges of his mind, threatening to overwhelm him, but John was his lighthouse in the sea of dark shadows.

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April 25th, 2012

#Heroes

Sherlock can deny being a hero, having a heart or caring about others, but John knows that he’d have no other man to hold him when he dies.

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April 26th, 2012

#Heroes

‘Who came up with an idea that a true hero should die at the end?’ thought John, standing at Sherlock’s grave. People are idiots sometimes.

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April 27th, 2012

#Reflections

It took Mycroft years to reconcile himself with the fact that his younger brother was a mirror image of their mother: in eyes and insanity.

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April 30th, 2012

#Heat

Cairo sun is hotter than expected, the heat enveloping him like a sticky cocoon. For the first time in his life Sherlock dreams of London.

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May 5th, 2012

Prompt #18 - Trip

The suitcase is still half packed, Sherlock is lying on a sofa upside down, talking to the scull. And whose idea was it? John sighs. Right.

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May 7th, 2012

Prompt #19 - Romantic

“John, what is this? A candle and roses? Are you waiting for someone? And this wine? What does it… OOMF!” - “There, you get now?” -“Oh…”

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May 9th, 2012

Prompt #20 - Mischief

John's fist stings, as he watches Sherlock wipe blood from his face, "No more April's fool jokes!" "But it was funny!" Sherlock protests.

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Prompt #21 - Accident

John often remembers the day he met Stamford. He could have taken a different path and never met Sherlock. The thought gives him nightmares.

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May 13th, 2012

Prompt #22 - Truth

"I know the truth! He was real!" John yells, which makes Lestrade take a step back. "How dare you…" Everyone is avoiding his gaze. It hurts.

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May 19th, 2012

Prompt #23 - Beauty

Cigarette smoke curling up to the ceiling, Sherlock is lying on the bed, lithe, languid and shamelessly naked. "Beautiful," murmurs Trevor.

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May 19th, 2012

Prompt #24 - Move

"Don't move," says John, wiping the blood off Sherlock's brow. But the man fidgets in his seat, ready to spring into action. John sighs.

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May 19th, 2012

Prompt #25 - Family

"To be emotionally attached to a person because we share the same chromosome is stupid." Sherlock means Mycroft, but John thinks of Harry.

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May 19th, 2012

Prompt #26 - Panic

It's easy to act when there's no doubt. Sherlock stands on the very edge and looks down. He feels lightheaded and wonders if he's panicking.

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July 16th - 21st, 2012

Prompt #27 - Bread

Sherlock is constantly on the move, eating even less. Body is only transit. When a sudden sniff of baking bread makes him acutely homesick.

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Prompt #28 - Soup

Everyone is either hush around him or forcefully cheerful. They pretend to understand, but they don't. Sarah brings him a soup. John laughs.

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Prompt #29 - Salad

"Strawberries, tomatoes and… what's that green thing?" "Capers." "Good god… Fine. At least you are getting your vitamins." Sherlock snorts.

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Prompt #30 - Meat

The smell of scorched meat rises bile in John's throat, when he enters their flat. He coughs, "Do I want to know?" "Not really." "Okay."

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Prompt #31 - Wine

First time Sherlock gets dunk, it's an experiment, and he is only 11. Later he blames Mycroft because he made Merlot sound so alluring.

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Prompt #32 - Write

No written word is safe, so Sherlock composes symphonies and long pieces of poetry and stores them in his Mind Palace to be polished later.

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Prompt #33 - Shopping

John finds shopping soothing. It is all about a clear purpose and the set rules. Checking things off brings the pleasure of accomplishment.

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Prompt #34 - Clean

Neither of them had clean hands, metaphorically speaking. But John's sins came from trying too hard and Sherlock's - from not caring enough.

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Prompt #35 - Antique

"Our grandfather's," Sherlock says, noticing John's lingering look on Mycroft's pocket watch. "Sentiment," he sneers. John hides a smile.

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Prompt #36 - Silk

For months after Irene's death the only consulting detective dreams of silk ropes and porcelain cups, and even he can tell what that means.

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Prompt #37 - Spice

Sweat and spices. Sherlock smells like a complete stranger after Egypt. He even wonders if he would ever be able to wash off the smell.

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Prompt #38 - Lush

A swirl of lush curls makes John stop and search for a familiar face. But a pair of blue eyes are meeting his own and he is disappointed.

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Prompt #39 - Tan

John is stunned to see a tan line on Sherlock's ring finger. "It was for the case," Sherlock says dismissively, which makes John frown more.

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Prompt #40 - Shoes

His instinct that made John pause. There was no sound, no movement. Only a pair of shoes, wrong size, warned about the intruder. But who?

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Prompt #41 - Suit

John prefers jeans, jumpers & comfortable shoes because wearing a suit reminds him of wearing a uniform. Of pretending to be someone else.

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Prompt #42 - Jacket

A leather jacket is an unfamiliar weight across his shoulders, almost a living creature, as Sherlock dons a new disguise. And a new face.

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Prompt #43 - Tie

Sherlock never wore a tie. John thought he even didn't have one, until he opened his friend's wardrobe - the sock index paled in comparison.

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Prompt #44 - Hat

At the bottom of the wardrobe John finds a deerstalker. The very one that Sherlock hated so much. He wishes he could deduce what it means.

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Prompt #45 - Rain

Rain. Running. Narrow alleys. A thrill. Adrenaline rush. Huffed out laughter and giggling comments. John doesn't feel cold. He feels alive.

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Prompt #46 - Pillow

It's 3am, John is tired and almost trips over Sherlock in the darkness, who is sitting in the nest of pillows on the floor - "I'm thinking."

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Prompt #47 - Bed

Bed means sleep. Sleep is a waste of time. Time is his priority. Priority is is to destroy Moriarty's web. Sherlock naps on the floor.

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Prompt #48 - Blanket

This time it was John who was sitting in the ambulance, fighting nausea and clutching a shock blanket around his shoulders. It wasn't real.

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Prompt #49 - Closet

John finds a syringe. He yells, threatens, reasons, but he is ignored. "How many secrets more are there in your closet?" Sherlock is silent.

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Prompt #50 - Duvet

Snow lies in thick layers over the tombstone. John is loath to disturb it. Somehow he finds it appropriate for Sherlock to have a duvet.

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Prompt #51 - Lamp

John squints at the newspaper print. He curses his deteriorating sight wondering if he needs glasses. Next day he finds a lamp on his table.

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Prompt #52 - Fireworks

Tiny fireworks behind his eyelids and his head is bounding. John opens eyes to Sherlock's worried face and says "No more chasing over ice".

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Prompt #53 - Sea

Sherlock is fascinated. He treats John as a sea - essential, underestimated, hidden depth, calm on appearance, but dangerous under surface.

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Prompt #54 - Sand

Sometimes Sherlock wonders if it is possible to measure time a grain to a grain of sand. He watches time pour in an hourglass. Too slow.

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