Caffeine Diary

Sweet Relief
By MonkeyBard
Rating: PG13
Length: 1393
Universe: BBC
Genre: Slash
Summary: Sherlock doesn't like the heat. John does what he can to help.
Date: 21 July 2015
JWP #21: Heat Rash. It's a muggy, hot summer and someone's reacting badly. Metaphorical bonus points for including salve/lotion/ointment and needing help applying it.
A/N: This came out in present tense. Don't ask me why. I beg your indulgence on the point.


( The summer is relentless. )

A Good Talking To
By MonkeyBard
Rating: G
Length: 221B
Universe: ACD
Warnings: Modern pseudo-science in a Victorian setting
Summary: Unusual bedside manner.
Date: 19 July 2015
JWP #19: While You Were Sleeping. Watson is presumed unconscious/asleep/comatose, but he can hear everything everyone says at his bedside.


( Watson heard voices in his fever. )

Sibling Exchange
By MonkeyBard
Rating: G
Length: 120
Universe: BBC
Summary: A sense of humour only a sibling could love.
Date: 17 July 2015
JWP #17: But Aside From That, Dr. Watson, How Did You Like the Trip to Switzerland?: Watson has been accused of having a “pawky sense of humour” by his flatmate. Incorporate humour into your entry in some way – even grim or black humour (characteristic of both medical people and police).
A/N: Inspired by a true story.

NEW MESSAGE
To: Harry Watson
From: John Watson

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Subject: Thanks, but…

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Harry,

Thanks for the birthday supper out. I was surprised by your offer, to be honest. I had a good evening and I hope you did too.

Thought I'd let you know I got mugged on the way home from the restaurant. Nothing serious. Couple of dumb thugs and the only harm done was to their faces and the screen on my mobile. So don't try calling or texting anytime soon. I'll let you know when I've got a new one. It'll be the same number.

~John

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RE: Thanks, but…
From: Harry Watson
To: Johnny W

Johnny-
Never would've happened if you hadn't insisted on having dessert.
Love,
H

Adage
By MonkeyBard
Rating: G
Length: 100
Universe: BBC
Summary: Beginning. Middle. End.
Date: 15 July 2015
JWP #15: That Old Saying. The old Egyptian saying "ابن الوزّ عوّام. (ibn il-wazz 3awwam.) ("The son of a goose is a swimmer.") is roughly the same sentiment as the English "Like father, like son." Whether it's one of these statements or another adage, include some classic saying in today's entry. Bonus points if you also manage to include a goose!
A/N: Take 2 on today's prompt. No geese this time, but at least I actually followed the prompt. Plus there's a Watson in this one.


( It started well. )

Wanderer
By MonkeyBard
Rating: G
Length: 522
Universe: BBC
Summary: Sally is not a cat person.
Date: 14 July 2015
JWP #14: Not So Cute. It's easy to be shmoopy when there are adorable baby animals involved. Try to create something shmoopy with a less-than-adorable and/or not-quite-a-baby animal.


( Sally was not a cat person. )

To the Rescue
By Monkeybard
Rating: PG - language
Length: 1597
Genre: Magical Realism, Slash
Universe: BBC
Summary: John meets a new friend and an old one.
Date: 12 July 2015
JWP #12: Doyle vs. Dogs: Toby notwithstanding, dogs got a raw deal in Sherlock Holmes Canon – shot, poisoned, thrown out windows, stung by jellyfish. Feature a dog in your entry in some way (preferably without dying) from any incarnation of Sherlock Holmes – Redbeard, Gladstone, the Dog that Did Nothing, or even an honorary "dog" like Clyde the tortoise. Needless to say, Sherlock Hound stories count.
A/N: Playing fast and loose with Welsh mythology and hoping my ancestors will indulge me yet again. Long enough to really need a beta, and yet not getting one.


( It was a rotten week and Sherlock's latest bullshit behaviour had tipped it over the edge. )


*A/N2: See last July's A London Fairy Tale.

Introductions
By MonkeyBard
Rating: G
Length: 221B
Universe: BBC
Summary: A first meeting.
Date: 10 July 2015
JWP #9: What’s All This Then? Use the POV of one or more of the police for today's entry.

( I'd only ever heard about him before that day. )

Shared Experience
By MonkeyBard
Rating: G
Length: 475
Universe: BBC
Genre: Slash
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Summary: They said they'd share everything.
Date: 8 July 2015
JWP #8: Poem prompt.

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

"I never saw a man who looked
With such a wistful eye
Upon that little tent of blue
Which prisoners call the sky,
And at every drifting cloud that went
With sails of silver by."

--Oscar Wilde

A/N: My mind fixated on the middle two lines and would not let go. Also, it caught the images from that uber-creepy deleted scene that keerawa linked yesterday. My brain needed to create a not-creepy antidote. So, yeah. This.


( The first time he wakes, it's dark. )

"A fearful battle render'd"
By MonkeyBard
Rating: PG13
Length: 1375
Universe: BBC-AU
Summary: The battle begins.
Date: 6 July 2015
JWP #6: Quotation Prompt. "Imitate the actions of a tiger." --Shakespeare, Henry V
A/N: Continuation of last year’s Silverfox 2.0 series. That would make this Part 6.
A/N2: Title from Shakespeare's Henry V, Act I, Scene 1
"List his discourse of war, and you shall hear
A fearful battle render'd you in music:"
Points if you can find all the other references, too.


( A double explosion shattered the tense silence of the sickly yellow dawn. )

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. )