JWP FIC: State of Mind (BBC-Sherlock)

[monkeybard]

State of Mind (BBC-verse)
Author: MonkeyBard
Rating: PG
Summary: Time and distance.
Characters: John Watson
Warnings: PTSD symptoms
Word count: 100
Date: 8 July 2013
Prompt: Forced perspective: Either use the concept in your story, or find an image that uses this technique and use it as the basis for the story. (If the latter, please include a link to the picture if possible; we'd love to see it!)
A/N: This would probably be considered a cheat on the prompt if I were playing for points and prizes. Since I'm not, I'm calling it fair enough. ;-)

John heard the buzzing whine before he saw what caused it. The weird noise sent a shiver down his spine and put a twist in his stomach. Sudden panic such as he'd not felt in months gripped him and he spun around, desperately seeking cover.

That was when he spotted it, when reality slammed him back into the present. Not Afghanistan, but Hyde Park on a summer afternoon. Not the sound of a distant, fast-approaching shell. Only a boy and his father playing with an R/C helicopter.

Time hadn't yet healed all wounds, but it had allowed him some perspective.

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Whether it's a cheat or not (and to my mind it's not) the image is great - the helicopter looming disproportionaly large in John's thoughts.

[monkeybard]

Thanks! I like your argument and seize upon it. ::seizes:: ;-)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Your response is more than a fixed two dimensional picture. It moves through time and space and is a wonderful vignette.
Definitely not a cheat! (And I know from cheating!)

[monkeybard]

Thank you so much!

[ascendant-angel.livejournal.com]

I really like this and certainty wouldn't call it a cheat it does play on the prompt John sees the toy helicopter as something different and much more dangerous than its reality.

[monkeybard]

Thank you!

[pompey01.livejournal.com]

oooh, ouch. John gets slammed with a hearty dose of PTSD and you still get the prompt in there.

[monkeybard]

Thanks!

[maestress83.livejournal.com]

This isn't a cheat, it's a great drabble.

[monkeybard]

Thank you!

[methylviolet10b]

This is great - and I agree with everyone else, it isn't a cheat.

[monkeybard]

Groovy. Thanks!

[bwblack.livejournal.com]

I don't see it as a cheat at all. I think it's great either way. The chopper would take on epic proportion in John's PTSD mind. Totally. Well done.

[monkeybard]

Thank you!

"Not a cheat" seems to be the consensus, so yay that, too!