Normally it would have been well-hidden, but his shirt is ripped from throat to elbow, and it's enough for her to see that near the front of his throat, at the base near the collar bone, there is definitely a bite mark. And it's definitely human. And it definitely would have been hard enough to hurt.
Again, Sally isn't fast but she also isn't stupid. She pays even closer attention than normal to the Freak and his pet for the rest of the night, but by the time they fuck off she hasn't seen anything else out of the ordinary. Which is worrisome all by itself when she thinks about it. How long has this been going on?
She makes a list when she gets home. It's late and she'd love to go to bed, but there are so many reasons to do this. On the one hand, someone could be in trouble (even if he's ex-military and out to be able to take care of himself), and further, if she can prove this, the Freak could get sent down the river. Even if he doesn't, even if that mysterious and fucking annoying thing happens where there are inexplicably no legal consequences for his crimes, hopefully no DIs at the Yard will work with him anymore. And as long as he's out of her hair, well, what more can Sally ask for?
So she makes a list of every single injury she can ever remember Watson sporting. There are a lot, and it takes ages. After a little while she stops trying to put them down in chronological order, and just writes severity and location. Anything hidden by his clothes she can't be sure about, obviously, but she's noticed when he winces when something hurts.
- Limp, severe - Black eye, minor - Broken wrist - Broken ribs? - Bruises around the throat, minor - Bruised cheekbone, minor - Bruised forearm, severe - Laceration on jaw, minor - Two black eyes and tender nose, severe - Tender shoulder, minor
On and on and on and on.
Once she's pretty sure that's all of them, she goes back and starts crossing off the ones she can be reasonably certain were for a case. Either something she saw herself, or something Lestrade or Philip saw happen. One of those black eyes was definitely from the Buckley case last month. The thing with the greenish cuts on seven of his fingers was, Lestrade swore up and down, necessary and painless. She doesn't know how long she sits there, going over every Freak-related case in her head, until she's certain she's accounted for every injury she possibly can. Then, just to be fair, she crosses off half of the minor injuries that could (theoretically) have been caused by the crimes the Freak doesn't tell them about. Then she goes back and counts.
More than half of Watson's numerous injuries are not case-related.
She can't prove it, of course. But that bite mark was compelling. She'll have to wait, and watch, and hope he's not able to cover up everything so that Sally can help him.
Re: Second fill: Mini-fill part 3
Again, Sally isn't fast but she also isn't stupid. She pays even closer attention than normal to the Freak and his pet for the rest of the night, but by the time they fuck off she hasn't seen anything else out of the ordinary. Which is worrisome all by itself when she thinks about it. How long has this been going on?
She makes a list when she gets home. It's late and she'd love to go to bed, but there are so many reasons to do this. On the one hand, someone could be in trouble (even if he's ex-military and out to be able to take care of himself), and further, if she can prove this, the Freak could get sent down the river. Even if he doesn't, even if that mysterious and fucking annoying thing happens where there are inexplicably no legal consequences for his crimes, hopefully no DIs at the Yard will work with him anymore. And as long as he's out of her hair, well, what more can Sally ask for?
So she makes a list of every single injury she can ever remember Watson sporting. There are a lot, and it takes ages. After a little while she stops trying to put them down in chronological order, and just writes severity and location. Anything hidden by his clothes she can't be sure about, obviously, but she's noticed when he winces when something hurts.
- Limp, severe
- Black eye, minor
- Broken wrist
- Broken ribs?
- Bruises around the throat, minor
- Bruised cheekbone, minor
- Bruised forearm, severe
- Laceration on jaw, minor
- Two black eyes and tender nose, severe
- Tender shoulder, minor
On and on and on and on.
Once she's pretty sure that's all of them, she goes back and starts crossing off the ones she can be reasonably certain were for a case. Either something she saw herself, or something Lestrade or Philip saw happen. One of those black eyes was definitely from the Buckley case last month. The thing with the greenish cuts on seven of his fingers was, Lestrade swore up and down, necessary and painless. She doesn't know how long she sits there, going over every Freak-related case in her head, until she's certain she's accounted for every injury she possibly can. Then, just to be fair, she crosses off half of the minor injuries that could (theoretically) have been caused by the crimes the Freak doesn't tell them about. Then she goes back and counts.
More than half of Watson's numerous injuries are not case-related.
She can't prove it, of course. But that bite mark was compelling. She'll have to wait, and watch, and hope he's not able to cover up everything so that Sally can help him.