| 5/26/07 The five times Holmes almost pounced Watson, and what he did
instead. 1. The morning Watson was wearing his adorable flowery dressing-gown and had a tremendous bed-hair and he kept sipping his tea as if the cup was the most important thing in the world. Holmes bit the inside of his cheek until it really hurt. He couldn't eat anymore and Watson gave him that worried look, which only made things worse. 2. The time Watson was humming a love song absentmindedly. Holmes listened to it for a while and joined the tune with his violin. Watson blushed. 3. ...which made Holmes want to pounce him again. Instead Holmes reached for the brandy bottle and kept drinking until he was "slightly too tipsy". 4. Watson helped drunken Holmes to bed and Holmes wanted to pounce him again. Instead he passed out. 5. Watson was wearing a hat which really brought out his big floppy ears, which Holmes thought were the most adorable thing in the world. Holmes really pounced him this time but later explained it was because some gentleman with a bicycle was coming straight at them. Watson didn't remember any such thing, though. Five signs that Watson is getting lucky tonight (Bonus points for including one that Watson hasn't learned to spot yet.) 1. Holmes removes his socks. Then his tie. Then the collar and the waist-coat. And then.... 2. Holmes is sitting on the couch wrapped in frilly red bands and ribbons wearing nothing else. He also has a little note saying "For Watson" attached to him. (Thanks to my pal Tubbs for this image :D) 3. All the pears in the fruit-bowl are pointing at Holmes' bedroom door. Watson always eats them before noticing anything suspicious. 4. Holmes is making impatient humming sounds and keeps biting his fingernails in frustration. 5. Holmes has stolen all the pillows from Watson's bed. |
| 07/07/07 Six things Holmes did when he realized he was in love with Watson.
1. Cried himself to sleep clutching his pillow 2. Travelled through rain and mud just to see him at his practice because he missed him so 3. Stared into emptiness and kept blushing a little every now and then 4. He let him sleep the whole morning 5. He stared Watson while he slept 6. Refused every pretty female client that appeared in his way Six experiments Watson let Holmes try out on him. (He still regrets that fourth one!) 1. Finding where he is most ticklish 2. The experiment of “How does Watson look like without the moustache” 3. Does Watson’s bloodtype match his in case of emergency 4. How long can two people go on communicating without words. The two month silence nearly drove him mad. 5. How much strawberries can Watson eat before feeling sick 6. How much chocolate does it take to cover the whole Watson with it Six scents that remind Watson of Holmes. 1. Chimneys 2. Toilet refreshment 3. Toxic poison 4. Oysters 5. Chocolate and strawberries 6. Pear shampoo Six reasons Watson loves Holmes. 1. He’s never deadly boring 2. He drives him mad (in many ways) 3. He smells interesting 4. He’s pretty and clean 5. He’s artistic and wise 6. He knows Watson better than he does himself |
| 11/23/07 Fives hats Holmes discarded before deciding to wear the
"ear-flapped travelling cap". (He thought he looked rather fetching in
choice number 2 until Watson began laughing uncontrollably)
1. Fisrtly, he didn’t want to ruin his fancy top hat while roaming around the bushes. 2. Nor that other fancy top hat, not to mention the third and the fourth. 3. The big Russian fur hat, it was a bit too big 4. Watson’s mongolian helmet he had brought from his travels. 5. His pink night cap. Five things that happened while H&W were "flying along en route for Exeter". (The train conductor was well paid for his silence at witnessing the fifth thing) 1. They played a game of Cluedo. 2. To avoid boredom, Watson started to tickle Holmes who punched him in the nose accidently. 3. Holmes tried to make the massive bleeding stop. 4. Holmes noticed how adorable Watson looks with two large cotton wads up his nose. 5. They locked themselves in the train’s tiny toilet and couldn’t get out without the conductor’s help. Five uses for Watson's field glasses. 1. To check if Holmes got himself stuck in the mud again. 2. Checking out the jockeys at the horse race, Holmes always notices and disapproves. 3. Spying the young couple living accross Baker Street. They have a bet with Holmes on how long it takes for them to kill each other. 4. To check if Holmes is still alive and if it’s time to go out there and get him away from the mud. 5. When asked about them, to start that story of “Now, when I was in Afghanistan I used to...” yet again. Holmes always sighs loudly, rolls his eyes, then goes detect more stuff on the window sill. Five things Holmes did with his winnings. (Watson loved the fourth one!) 1. Bought Silver Blaze for himself and named it Quick Johnnie. (Watson didn’t approve.) 2. Filled his drug supplies. (Watson approved even less.) 3. Bought a bowl of pears as an apology and watched it disappear in few minutes. 4. Booked two seats to the opera from the darkest and most secluded corner possible. 5. Bought yet another fancy top hat. |
| 12/28/07 Holmes' five strange New Year's Eve customs. (He made up the second thing, but Watson doesn't know that...)
1. Dressing up as Father Frost and bringing New Year's gifts just to see the childlike joy on Watson's face again. 2. Predicting the future from the postion of pear seeds on the plate. 3. Melting tin horse shoes and looking at the shapes of their shadows on the wall to see if he'll finally get lucky with Watson this year. 4. Building a big bomb that explodes in the middle of the living room. 5. Getting sloshed and passing out under the dinig table. Five things Watson insists on doing at the stroke (heh) of midnight. (Holmes doesn't like the third thing, but he's learned to keep quiet about it) 1. A friendly handshake. 2. A friendly manly hug with the slapping of backs that comes with it. 3. Singing Auld Land Syne drunkenly. (He always gets miffed if someone comments on his musicality.) 4. A chaste kiss on the cheek. 5. The not so chaste kiss that follows. Five embarrassing memories of the first (and last!) annual Baker Street New Year's Eve Soiree. (Hopkins blames it on the rum punch...) 1. Holmes was hanging upside down from the chandelier at some point. 2. Watson tried to heal Holmes' head wound but couldn't find his bandaging materials anywhere. 3. Watson found Lestrade and Hopkins who was covered in bandages in the broom closet. 4. Mycroft passed out under the dinner table. 5. Mrs. Hudson passed out on Mycroft. Five New Year's resolutions made by: Holmes (Watson will be glad of the second one) 1. Finally make a move about this feelings towards Watson - thing. 2. Buy more pears to Watson. 3. Get rid of that hideous pie stain on the ceiling that he had caused. 4. Buy more of those lovely flower tea cups to replace the ones he had broken. 5. Tell Paget to stop drawing those deerstalkers. Watson (It always seems so simple at the start...) 1. Finally make a move about this feelings towards Holmes - thing. 2. To eat more pears. 3. Get Holmes to re-paint the ceiling. 4. Buy new tea cups to replace the ones Holmes had broken, but something else than pink flowers because those weren't very manly. 5. Do his own illustrations. |
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2/8/08
Five other things written on the walls with bullets. (They only let Mrs. Hudson see the "V.R") 1. "Watson, remember to buy more cigarettes." 2. "Holmes, stop shooting shopping lists in the wall!" 3. Lestrade sucks (a drunken night) 4. Super Ninja Holmes Forever (another drunken night) 5. A heart in two pieces (Watson noticed it few weeks after he had gotten married) Five cases Holmes made Watson swear never to mention. (Especially the third one...!) 1. The Case of the Strange Odor Under Holmes's Bed (turned out to be a half eaten pear from two months back) 2. The Case of the Missing Reading Glasses (after turning the house upside down thrice, Holmes found them on his forehead)
3. The Case of the Exploding Christmas Goose (Holmes still starts to sulk if this is mentioned) 4. The Case of the Nightly Moustache Trimming (Watson woke up and interruted him on the fourth night) 5. The Case of the Whimpering Lovesick Detective Five things Holmes keeps under the jack-knife on the mantel. (He lets Watson believe it's mail) 1. Naked sketches of sleeping Watson 2. Sappy love poetry by S.Holmes 3. Evidence of his tax evasion 4. Secret recipe for pear tart with whipped cream 5. His childhood photograph Five reactions to Holmes' experimental beard. (Watson found Lestrade's reaction rather arousing...) 1. Mrs. Hudson screamed and started to whack him with a broom thinking him to be a burglar 2. The bird living on their window sill tried to make a nest in it 3. Lestrade tugged at it and commented on it's smoothness 4. Watson tugged at it and was rewared with a merciless tickling 5. Mycroft totally cracked up |
| 2/22/08 Five things that happened when Holmes, Watson, Lestrade, and Gregson
played "truth or dare". (The second thing made Lestrade avoid Baker St
for three weeks, crime be damned)
1. It was revealed that Gregson had a secret stash of cannabis in his bowler hat. 2. Holmes was dared to kiss both inspectors but poor Watson was left without, which resulted in sulking 3. Holmes almost jumped out of the window, but Watson prevented it. 4. Watson showed where his war wound *really* was AND revealed what his middle name *really* is 5. At the end of the night Lestrade got hit on his head by the bottle they had been spinning to tell the turns. Five reasons Mycroft was banned from the confectioner's. (He's not the least bit ashamed about reason number two...) 1. They still remembered the big fat boy with a piggy nose drooling at the display window. 2. His top hat was leaking with toffee. 3. He couldn’t repress the delighted squeal at every flawour. 4. All the children were scared of the man going “Me first! Me first!” when the shop was opened. 5. Strange sugary stains around his mouth. Five things Holmes said in his sleep that revealed his feelings for Watson. (The fifth thing made Watson kiss him...) 1. John, my little strawberry face... 2. Aww, Watson...stop being so cute, you make me blush. 3. Watson, will you marry me? 4. In vain I have struggled, but it will not do! Watson, you must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. 5. Dammit! I swear, I’ll eat anything you say! Just kiss me! |
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4/18/08
1. Giggle-Jim 2. Gandalf the Grey 3. Grumpy 4. Giacomo 5. George -- how boring. Five names Mother and Father Holmes considered before settling on "Sherlock". (Mycroft suggested the first one) 1. Whaa-Whaa-Wally 2. Hieronymus 3. Trycroft 4. Paris (because Mama said he came to mumsie's belly there, but then father said he could well be called "A stinky Opera box" then) 5. Sherplock (because father didn't want his son to be called "Plocky" he secretly removed the "p" from the name) Five names Mrs. Hudson calls Holmes behind his back. (Holmes concedes she may have a point with the second name.) 1. The Total Loss 2. The Necessary Evil 3. Mr. Strange Odor 4. The Late Night Ear Killer 5. Sweetheart Five names Holmes called Watson while in the throes of passion. (Watson made him sleep on the sofa for the third name) 1. Unnngh-fggghhh-ungh! 2. Jo...! (After this Watson kindly pointed out he was not called 'Joshephine') 3. Watty!! (Poor Holmes didn't know he had been called that by his school bullie's all his childhood) 4. Dearest little pear! 5. My sweet little moose! Bonus: Five names Holmes called Mycroft when they were children. (He still slips up and calls him the fifth name) 1. Little My 2. Mymsie 3. Crofty-croft 4. Silly-head 5. The Whale (this one of course behind his back, though Mycroft surely knows as he always does) Five pet names for Holmes that Watson considered then discarded. 1. Sheridan 2. Holly 3. Nosie 4. Shermy 5. Yummy-face |
Inspired by the Russian Sherlock Holmes series with Livanov and Solomin
Watson was listening to this Holmes – chap babbling something and
another about a strange chemical test to Stamford and himself, while at
the same time he was eyeing the place which now had a great potential
in becoming his future home.
He started to wander around the flat and looking at the furniture - the odd little decorative things, which included for example two beautiful, but dead, butterflies hanging on the wall. Then he noticed that below them was some poor fellow’s skull in a jar. “That is a bit strange.” Watson thought, but it wasn’t as if Stamford hadn’t warned him. He climbed up the nice little stair case and stuck his head inside the the first door. “There are two separate bedrooms and an accomodating living room”, said Holmes. Watson now inspected the other room which undoubtedly was Holmes’ bedroom while the room he had first peeked in was used as some sort of library and study. “You shall have to move all these items away from the other room then.” Watson said and noticed he was already speaking as if he had made the decision of moving in, which truth be told, he really had. Holmes made a strange sound not much unlike “Eep.” and looked at him in alarm. “I shall do nothing of the sort.” he said abruptly. “Then we have no other choice than to sleep in the same bedroom.” said Watson and was sure that Holmes got the remark as a joke he intended it to be. “Suits me just fine.” Holmes said. |
