sherlockbbc_fic | Prompting Part XXXV

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It’s dangerous to lie to Sherlock Holmes about anything, which can make it tricky to get away to film the background scenes. This is why my character has a job. The morning after the business with the cabbie, I run out to “the clinic”. I don’t need to wear yesterday’s clothes; the wardrobe department will provide a duplicate outfit.

I take the tube. In the early years of the show, there was no tube, but it didn’t matter, because Sherlock was too young to ride it by himself. It was only added after several years on the air, for budget reasons. Even so, it’s a rather abbreviated version of the real thing, one of the most obvious ways this miniature London differs from the real thing.

I get nervous on the way. When I saw Mycroft at the crime scene, he didn’t give me even the faintest sign that he cared about my killing the cabbie one way or another. I wasn’t really surprised; Sherlock would have easily picked up on anything weird between me and his brother. I wonder how Mycroft can do this, simultaneously pull all the strings and then appear in Sherlock’s world, cool as ice. He’s cool—or cold—in the real world, too…maybe that’s the secret.

“Work” is a high-security soundstage set up as a warehouse. Somebody hands me my lines, Mycroft comes in through a side door, and we do the scene where he asks me to spy on Sherlock for money. Where I think he’s some kind of arch-enemy or criminal mastermind. After we’re done, he turns away, as though he plans to just go right back out the way he came.

“Wait,” I say.

He turns, looks at me with an expression of weary patience. I suddenly don’t know what I was going to say.

“I—that man. The cabbie.”

Mycroft raises his eyebrows. “What about him?”

“He’s dead.”

“Mm, quite.”

“Did you know that was going to happen?”

“Why does that matter?”

“I just want to know if I…did I do the right thing?”

He frowns. “Did you do what you would have done if it were all real?”

I consider this, consider Sherlock, the pill, the gun.

“Yes,” I say at last.

“Then, you did the right thing. Good day, Mr. Wilson.”

This gives me no kind of satisfaction, but of course he goes on his merry way.

I love this! And John's POV has always been my favourite. :)

Does it mean anybody in the show can die for real or it's just for some particular people who actually come there to die?

I liked Sherlock's reaction. Finally, he's got somebody very special in his life.

Please update soon!

Ah! I love how suspenseful and dark you're making this! And I LOL'd for real at John's fortune cookie. Can't wait to see how the rest of this unfolds. But seriously, poor Sherlock. D:

Hey, I'm glad you're liking it! I just wanted to reassure that I am still working on it...I've realized a need to write a bit further ahead before posting to make sure all the pieces fit together.

Also, I just re-read the prompt and realized I totally screwed up the part about having Brook try out for the role of Watson...sorry about that, argh. :-(

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