Fanfic: Not English But Angels

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Title: Not English But Angels

Chapter: 10/20 - Stumbling Around The Fringes

Pairing: Sherlock/John

Rating: NC-17/E overall

Wordcount: 17.5 K (this chapter)

Warning: Gore (Tilly Briggs section)

Summary: Three new cases ought to be enough to keep Sherlock occupied but John has a new girlfriend. Which is bad news for brain work.

“What the hell were you thinking?” John finally growls, pacing away from Sherlock as if to restrain himself from violence, only to storm back again, right in Sherlock’s face. “Did you have to put it like that?”

“Why did I tell your girlfriend I need you? And that you’d be spending the night with me?” Sherlock asks, deliberately obtuse. “Because it’s the truth.”

“Yeah …” A little of the fight drains from John and he shakes his head. “But did you have to make it sound so …”

Delighted at John’s discomfiture (because it means something, even if John won’t admit it), Sherlock assumes an expression of absolute innocence: eyes wide, brows raised, gaze direct.

“So what?”

John grimaces, his shoulders sag and he looks away. “So gay,” he mutters, under his breath.

LINK: Ch 10: Stumbling Around The Fringes