Prompting Part XXXIV

[sherlockbbc_fic]

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Comments

Re: Wedding Planner Sherlock

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe Harry has money (I've seen fics with her as a lawyer, when she has it together), and of course she knows this Holmes guy is the best, so she wants to do her brother a favor, maybe as a 'sorry I couldn't be less shitty when you came back from Afghanistan / thanks for always being there for me while my life was totally fucked up' type gift.

Of course, Harry is also aware of Holmes's reputation and thinks maybe her little bro needs a nudge in the right direction from a totally objective third party to the fact that Mary is never going to be what he needs in life to make him happy, because lord knows she and Clara have tried broaching the subject (subtly and not-so-subtly), and John can’t get mad at her for meddling this time because it's not like he knows the first thing about wedding planners in the first place, much less Holmes.

So John ends up mentioning it to co-workers or friends (Stamford, oc's, whatever), they all seem weirdly hesitant and John can't understand why, until someone mentions Holmes's reputation and John does a little googling. Which pisses John off, now Harry's real motives behind such generosity are obvious, considering she was never thrilled by the idea of her brother marrying Mary, but it's too late, the cancellation fee is ridiculous and besides, Mary's been so excited at the prospect, if John calls it off it's gonna seem hella suspicious--we're perfect for each other, John, whatever in the world could you be worried about?

So John's already on high-alert defensive, he'll just DARE this posh prick who doesn't know the first thing about either him or his fiancee to open his mouth and tell them they shouldn't get married... And they walk into Sherlock's studio, Sherlock takes one look at them, smirks smugly, takes a deep breath and--John does or says something that just totally surprises Sherlock and stops him in his tracks. And Sherlock really turns on the 100% Scorching Deductive Gaze as he re-assesses, and he's quiet for so long that it starts to get awkward and slightly creepy, then suddenly claps his hands once in delight and immediately starts going off top-speed about "We'll be wanting the X as venue, naturally, usually it's booked three years in advance, but I just had a client reschedule for medical reasons," and "for flowers, there is obviously no choice except Y," etc.

And John feels a bit bowled over, Sherlock's not even really soliciting any opinions from either of them, but he supposes that's what the man's being paid to do, and as long as Mary's not upset at being told what she wants for her own wedding...John's just unutterably relieved Holmes hadn't refused to plan their wedding, take that, Harry you cow.

ANYway, in the end John and Mary split (at least semi-?)amicably due to reasons (John realizing he's becoming more and more attracted to Sherlock the more time he spends with him "planning," John-and-Mary stress!fight reveals last minute irreconcilable differences, idgaf as long as it makes sense and ostensibly respects Mary's character), and after all this time John realizes he's now more upset at the fact that all this planning was for naught and he won't have a reason to see Sherlock anymore and all Sherlock's hard work, which he seemed so genuinely excited about, will go to waste, BUT.

It turns out Sherlock was planning his and John's wedding all along, and hadn't bothered to say anything about how unsuited John and Mary were for one another because it was so glaringly obvious that it clearly had to be a set-up by his meddlesome older brother, attempting to play matchmaker by sending in a supposedly suitable prospect under the guise of a fake client, Mycroft has tried it before. Frankly, Sherlock had though John was playing/teasing with his rigid adherence to the "my and Mary's wedding" story, and his gentlemanly chaste behavior toward Sherlock in the meanwhile, not even a kiss! was just to ratchet up the sexual tension for the inevitable consummation (some strangely personal/provocative comments Sherlock made in reference to "John and Mary's" wedding night make a lot more sense, now).

Of course, now Sherlock's biggest disappointment is that he had stopped behaving unbearably toward his brother since meeting John, and apparently for no good reason...