keep_counting: (sherlock)
keep_counting ([personal profile] keep_counting) wrote2011-12-19 04:42 pm

Fic: The Not-So-Mystery of the Not-So-Missing Christmas Tree (Sherlock) - (Nana Does Christmas)

Another 'Nana Does Christmas' fic :) this is another for [livejournal.com profile] fueschgastwho requested something christmassy with Sherlock and John friendship.


Title: The Not-So-Mystery of the Not-So-Missing Christmas Tree (or How Sherlock Tried - Unsuccesfully - To Steal Christmas)
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock, John, Mrs. Hudson
Rating: PG13
Warnings: Cursing. Sort of crackish
Genre: Humor/Friendship
Word-count: 527 
A/N: Christmas prompt for [livejournal.com profile] fueschgast
Disclaimer: I own nothing in relation to this
Summary: Christmas has hit Baker Street. It is not exactly a good thing



”Sherlock…”

”Hmmm…”

”Sherlock!”

”Hm.”

”Sherlock, would you look at me when I’m talking to you?”

“Hmhmmm…”

“Sherlock!” John nearly shouted, desperately resisting the urge to stomp his foot on the ground in exasperation. His flat-mates head snapped up from his phone, eyes finally settling on John.

“Yes?” He muttered, sounding as if his very patience was being tested. John tried not to imagine too many ways to kill him.
“What… happened to the Christmas-tree?”

“Christmas-tree?”

“Yes, we had a Christmas-tree.”

“Did we now,” Sherlock mumbled, distracted as his phone beeped. He frowned at the message, fingers moving incredibly fast to answer. John gritted his teeth.

“Yes, we did. It was here three hours ago when I went to work, and now it’s gone.”

“Yes, well, it’s clear that it’s not here anymore,” Sherlock said, sweeping his eyes dramatically around the room before returning to his phone. “Now, if you’ll excuse me, Lestrade will soon have more pressing matters for me to attend to…”

“No he won’t,” John muttered firmly. Sherlock’s eyes shot up.

“Yes he will.”

“No, Lestrade isn’t even at work today because it’s bloody Christmas and he specifically told everyone else not to indulge you and even Mycroft is determined that you should actually stay indoors this year and actually enjoy Christmas like any sane person!”

“But I don’t enjoy Christmas,” Sherlock protested, sounding like a petulant child. John raised an eyebrow.

“Is that why you got rid of the Christmas-tree that Mrs. Hudson had spent hours decorating?”

Sherlock snorted. “If she spent hours, it was only because she had some silly notion that every single orb had to hang in a very precise spot on each branch, which I’m telling you is ridiculous considering the weight of the ornament and the fragility of the branches, there’s no way it wouldn’t move at some point. Besides, it was taking up the entire room, it would have to be relocated anyhow.”

John sighed. “You know, sometimes I wish I was still in Afghanistan.”

“Well, if you think a war-zone is better than living with me…”

“Living with you is a war-zone,” John interrupted, too tired to even begin to be listening, especially when Sherlock was in a mood like this: a mood that usually reverted his emotional maturity at least twenty years back. He was about to say something more, when Sherlock’s phone beeped and the man in question let out a whoop of joy.

“Lestrade has found me a case!” He bellowed, jumping up from the couch in glee. “C’mon John, grab your coat, we’re…”

“No.”

“… What?”

“I said no. It’s Christmas. I’ve been at the clinic all day. All I want is to sleep, but now I apparently have to go get the Christmas-tree as well before I can do that, because you decided we had to relocate it.”

“I never said it was me!”

“Yes, you implied it rather heavily just before.”

Sherlock opened his mouth, then closed it, his fast mind replaying the conversation from before.

“But… you…”

John felt very mature as he resisted the urge to stick out his tongue, merely grinning wildly at his flat-mate.

“Merry Christmas, Sherlock.”
 

[identity profile] exbex.livejournal.com 2011-12-19 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
<3 I love their bickering :)

[identity profile] keep-counting.livejournal.com 2011-12-20 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
It's the best thing about them ;)

[identity profile] thymelady.livejournal.com 2011-12-19 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Heeee, they're so married. Oh wait! ;-)

[identity profile] keep-counting.livejournal.com 2011-12-20 09:10 am (UTC)(link)
They really are :D (and your icon! *gush*)

[identity profile] thymelady.livejournal.com 2011-12-20 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
:-D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Tillykke! Grattis!! ♥ ♥ ♥
Edited 2011-12-20 11:57 (UTC)

[identity profile] keep-counting.livejournal.com 2011-12-20 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Mange tak! :D :D

[identity profile] traveller-19.livejournal.com 2011-12-19 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
AWWW! I love these two. Sherlock is so...Sherlock. :P So cute!

[identity profile] keep-counting.livejournal.com 2011-12-20 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
Hehe, thank-you! :D
fueschgast: Text reads "higher brain malfunction ... insert coffee" in irregularly alternating lower- and uppercase. (non-fandom: coffee)

[personal profile] fueschgast 2011-12-19 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh god, I feel so stupid. I think I don't get the ending.

[identity profile] keep-counting.livejournal.com 2011-12-20 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
Sherlock says: "If she spent hours, it was only because she had some silly notion that every single orb had to hang in a very precise spot on each branch, which I’m telling you is ridiculous considering the weight of the ornament and the fragility of the branches, there’s no way it wouldn’t move at some point. Besides, it was taking up the entire room, it would have to be relocated anyhow.”

And then heavily implying that it was HIM that moved the tree, even though he'd denied it earlier ;) it was a bit unclear, so don't feel stupid darling! :)

ext_830484: (Love Actually ; Mark and Juliet)

[identity profile] the-silverdoe.livejournal.com 2011-12-20 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
“Living with you is a war-zone,”
Hee! =)

Also love Sherlock harassing poor Lestrade to get a case even if it's Christmas.

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! =D Join the 18+ gang! Dammit, we're supposed to be adults now. ;)
I'm writing fiiiic for you, though I'm not a 100% sure that it will be done by the end of today...

[identity profile] keep-counting.livejournal.com 2011-12-20 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
(your icon! :D :D)

haha, I couldn't imagine it any other way :D murders don't just stop at Christmas! Of course there's work!

I AM SO TIRED. Is it usual to feel this tired when you're eighteen? xD I've had a good, but VERY tiring day and I am so ready for it not to be my birthday anymore. One of the good things about turning older this close to Christmas is that the focus quickly shifts :P

Oh! You didn't have to, but thank-you so much :D looking forward to reading it - and just have it done when you can ;) I still haven't gotten around to writing your christmas-prompt, though I'm planning on starting tomorrow :P
ext_830484: (Christmas)

[identity profile] the-silverdoe.livejournal.com 2011-12-21 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! :D I still have a crush on Andrew Lincoln... *facepalm*

Lol, I've no idea. Ah, well, this year I didn't mind turning 'older', but sometimes it does feel weird. Luckily for me, they turn on the Christmas decorations in the street on my birthday, so it makes me happy. Silly me. =P Glad you had a good day!

I'm such a failure, the fic is so not finished. *head desk* Plus I overslept and now I have to go out. You'll probably have it as a birthday/Christmas present. ;)

[identity profile] keep-counting.livejournal.com 2011-12-21 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay for pretteh :D

You are not a failure - I have had MORE THAN A MONTH now to write your christmas-prompt AND I HAVEN'T STARTED YET xD I'm planning on having it up on the 24th or the 25th though - and as I said, take as long as you need. The fact that you would even think of writing me fic is present enough :)
ext_830484: (North & South)

[identity profile] the-silverdoe.livejournal.com 2011-12-21 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Procrastination rules my life. ;)

You deserve it! Plus you wrote me such a cute fic for my birthday. :) Yours is going to be angsty though (it's the Snape/Lily one you asked me for ages ago) so if you want happy fic instead, give me another prompt, I can still switch fics. =P

[identity profile] keep-counting.livejournal.com 2011-12-21 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Tell me about it ;)

Oh no, angst is fine (as you've probably noticed, I am very addicted to it in fact). And yay, Snape/Lily :D :D