The Word Association Meme

[wishingsock]

Nearly everyone has played a version of this game. Someone says a word, and you have to say the first word that comes to mind after hearing the other person's. Today we're going to have a little bit of a twist on this game in.......

The Word Association Meme!

THE RULES
1. Reply to this post. In the subject line write out character name, fandom, and any preferences. In the comment field, post with a word. Any word at all. If you're having trouble coming up with one, the The Random Word Generator is here to help.
2. People replying create a scenario based on association of the word you wrote out.
3. Fun ensues.
4.???
5. Profit

Comments

[consulting_freak]

[Even as John explains that he's not abandoning him, Sherlock can't seem to feel very convinced.]

You're sure Mary won't mind? It's hardly good for a marriage to take calls at all hours of the night and disappear for days on end, but we both know that I'm no expert in this subject.

[He isn't trying at all to mask the bitterness in his voice.]

So, this is what you meant when you said things could no longer be the same between us.

[you_dont_work_alone]

[John wanted to deny those things but he couldn't.]

Mary is a good woman. Hopefully, she'll understand. What you do is important. And you're important to me.

[consulting_freak]

Not that important. Not anymore, anyway.

[He's of course referring to the second statement about importance and not the first. (Why yes, he is a child.)]

[you_dont_work_alone]

[John leans across the table a little.]

Yes, you are. When you... do you know what your death did to me?

[consulting_freak]

It did wonders for your romantic life.

[He has a good idea what John means, but he's still feeling bristled from the whole Mary thing. He'd routinely checked on (stalked) John during the three years of his absence to make sure nothing bad had come about.]

[you_dont_work_alone]

[John's look is hateful for a moment. Then he looks away.]

It ruined me, Sherlock. I'm not even sure how I went on.

[But that's John. He soldiers on.]

And I don't know where I'd be right now if it weren't for Mary. She saved me. You saved me. Can't you understand that?

[consulting_freak]

[He really doesn't want to stop being the upset one, but John has to know exactly the right thing to say to shut him up. It's probably a good thing.]

Then I'll thank her, but I won't like her.

[He's not accustomed to being replaced, but there's a first time for everything. If he just lets himself take the time to think about things in an unselfish way, he would come to the realisation that this is best for John.]

[you_dont_work_alone]

[John doesn't know what to say to that. Part of him wants to yell at Sherlock and call him a selfish jerk, but he's also just glad to have the man back, even if he is behaving that way.

In the end he says nothing. He hasn't even touched those little pastas he was talking about and the garlic bread is cold by now.]

[consulting_freak]

[He's still in a terrible mood about the whole thing, but the intensity of it has subsided to something manageable thanks to John's skill at calming him down. The fact that John hasn't been eating his food since that little almost explosive exchange does not go unnoticed. He waits for several awkward seconds of silence to pass between them before he says anything about it.]

You should finish your food.

[He'd ordered a coffee, indicating his mind needs to focus on some unspoken task.]

[you_dont_work_alone]

[He sighed.]

Not very hungry.

[And this was getting awkward.]

I'm sorry.

[consulting_freak]

[His bottom lip twitches slightly in the way it does when he's considering acting in a way that makes him uncomfortable.]

Right.

[He starts to stand up and tugs his coat even.]

Give my regards to Mary.

[you_dont_work_alone]

Sherlock...

[John gets up as well.]

You'll be at Baker Street, won't you? I'll come to see you tomorrow.

[consulting_freak]

We'll see.

[He has no intention of leaving Baker Street unless things become a problem.]