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alexcat ([personal profile] alexcat) wrote2017-08-29 05:14 pm

Drabble #17: With Feeling (Sherlock Holmes)

For [profile] outercorner

Title: With Feeling
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes
Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from these characters.
Rating: PG
Author: Alex (alex_cat_45@yahoo.com)
Type: 100 word Drabble
Note: August 2017 Drabble. Prompt: Lullaby. For [profile] outercorner
Summary: Sherlock plays.

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WITH FEELING

He was playing the violin, but not the discordant noise he usually played. I think he played that godawful racket to annoy me. But tonight he played a lullaby, one of the sweet songs I remembered from my childhood.

“What is the occasion? Tired of driving me mad?” I asked.

“I had word that my mother is dead. She sang it to me and Mycroft when we were small.”

Feeling awful for my sarcastic comment, I expressed my condolences. He looked at me, no emotion on his countenance, and said, “Perhaps I shall feel sorrow if I play long enough.”