darnedchild: (Pen of DC)
DC ([personal profile] darnedchild) wrote2016-12-23 08:39 am

Twelve Days of (Sherlolly) Christmas - Ten Lords a-Leaping

Summary: Normally I do not write fic in this format but A) I wanted to try something different, B) I wanted to do something quick, and C) I want chocolate. One of those really has nothing to do with the other, sorry. Anywho, in theory there will be twelve completely (probably) unrelated ficlets in a text script sort of format that are only connected by the Twelve Days of Christmas in some way. Enjoy.

Rating: G

A/N - I don't even know.

Ten Lords a-Leaping

Sherlock: This is a nightmare.

Molly: Shh. Your parents will hear you.

Sherlock: I’m sure they’re already well aware of how much I detest the ballet.

Molly: It’s the ‘Nutcracker’. Everyone loves the ‘Nutcracker’.

Sherlock: Obviously, they do not, as I can personally attest to. What’s the point?

Molly: You like dancing.

Sherlock: I enjoy doing it, not watching others leaping and wobbling about in a subpar performance. Look at the lead, she’s barely participating.

*The lead ballerina is performing perfectly.*

Molly: Hush. Your Mum and Dad are enjoying themselves. Just . . . deduce something until it’s over.

Sherlock: What, exactly, do you think I can deduce from here? I mean, yes, I know the couple in front of us are fighting because she’s been having an affair with his business partner; but I knew that within ten minutes of our being seated.

*The couple in front of them both turn to look at Sherlock and Molly. The woman looks horrified, the man is furious. He soon turns to glare at his wife.*

Molly: Sherlock! The dancers. Deduce the dancers.

Sherlock: So far we’ve seen ten male dancers, two of them are-

Molly: Silently. Not out loud.

Sherlock: But-

Mummy Holmes: William Sherlock Scott Holmes, if you open your mouth again, I will bring your baby book to show to Molly the next time we come to the city.

Sherlock: You wouldn’t dare.

Mummy Holmes: And the album with all the photos from your pirate phase.

*Sherlock continues to look mutinous.*

Mummy Holmes: And the summer when you were three, and insisted on running around bare bottomed every time we turned our backs.

*Molly covers her mouth to keep from laughing. Sherlock pales and looks ill.*

*Mummy Holmes waits for a moment to make sure her threat has worked. Then she returns to watching the ballet.*

*Molly reaches out and takes Sherlock’s hand.*

*Daddy Holmes winks at her over Mummy’s head.*



A Partridge in a Pear Tree / Two Turtle Doves / Three French Hens / Four Calling Birds / Five Golden Rings / Six Geese a-Laying / Seven Swans a-Swimming / Eight Maids a-Milking / Nine Ladies Dancing / Ten Lords a-Leaping / Eleven Pipers Piping / Twelve Drummers Drumming

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