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Crossing
By MonkeyBard
Rating: G
Length: 100
Universe: ACD
Summary: The long road home.
Date: 4 July 2015
JWP #4: The Well-Travelled Watson. "Travel and foreign lands." Use this however it inspires you.

It begins with a train. Crossing borders. Crossing the continent. The constant thrum of steel wheels against steel rails. The hypnotic rhythm a mixed blessing from mountains to coast.

A ferry follows. Crossing the Channel. The relentless slap and swish of salt water against the hull. Lulling. Never quite numbing.

Another train. Crossing from port to station.

A hansom cab crossing the city.

A door. A step across one threshold.

Seventeen stairs that have never looked longer, never felt steeper.

I cross the last threshold into an empty flat. I can no longer call it a home without my friend.

Date: 2015-07-05 05:22 am (UTC)
methylviolet10b: a variety of different pocketwatches (Default)
From: [personal profile] methylviolet10b
That's one trip I'm sure Watson wished he'd never had to take. Poor fellow.

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