Fic: Fancy that! A birthday gift for impulsereader

[bradspyjamas]

Title: Fancy that!
Author: bradspyjamas
Beta: ​The incomparable kizzia 
Rating: PG13
Status: 221B fic - complete
Disclaimer: Sherlock belongs to ACD, the BBC, Moffat and Gatiss - no copyright infringement intended.
Summary: In which there are costumes!

This can all be blamed on Mark Gatiss’s twitter profile picture and, having read Red Sky at Morning , me having many thoughts about what Sherlock might have worn in such a universe.

This is a present for impulsereader – author of Red Sky and many other wonderful Sherlock fics. Happy Birthday my dear. I hope you have a lovely day tomorrow.

Fancy that!

Sherlock frowns, freezing in the doorway. John – clad in an extremely well cut black tuxedo – is laying out an assortment of clothes on their bed.

‘What are they for?’

‘You.’

‘I said I wasn’t going.’

‘And I say you are.’ John’s tone is army sharp, commanding. ‘Get ready. You’ve got five minutes.’

Four minutes later Sherlock is outfitted and following John into a cab, a small smile crinkling the kohl round his eyes.

The smile turns to a smirk when, having arrived at the hotel and been ushered into a room heaving with costumed people, he finds himself face to face with his brother, wearing a large, curly wig.

‘Happy Birthday, Sherlock.’

‘Indeed, Mycroft … or should I call you Humpty?’

Mycroft sighs. ‘Sire will do … Pugwash, since I’m dressed as Charles the First. Now where is your better half? I must thank him for ensuring all Mummy’s meticulous planning hasn’t been wasted.’

Sherlock looks around to see John leaning against the wall, watching him with an intensity that sends heat through his entire body. Mycroft forgotten he whirls away in a flurry of coattails, weaving deftly through the other guests until;

‘Jack Sparrow,’ John’s voice thrums with desire.

‘Captain Jack Sparrow, Mr Bond,’ he retorts silkily. ‘See something you fancy?’

‘Definitely,’ John pulls him close, ‘Captain. You make a beautiful buccaneer.’

*********** 

Mark is playing Charles the First in “55 days” at the Hampstead Theatre in London – hence this costume:



I feel obliged to say that the idea of Benedict wearing kohl eyeliner and dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow is … well, let’s just say that appealing doesn’t even begin to cover it. And Martin as Bond … gah, I’m broken!

Comments

[bradspyjamas.livejournal.com]

*grins - I like debates*
As far as I am concerned it doesn't matter what she's up to. He is being unfaithful and, on the assumption that she hasn't said it's ok (given how he reacted to Sherlock pointing his actions out) that makes him abhorant to me. I don't care if she is doing the same thing to him, or he thinks she is, that would just make me dislike her as well, not think their actions were acceptable.
Yeah, I do feel quite strongly about people being unfaithful. I've had it happen to me and I've seen just how much damage it can do to other people. It makes me feel sick.

[quarryquest.livejournal.com]

I understand what you are saying, and I am not going to say anymore otherwise I might get myself into hot water ;-P

[bradspyjamas.livejournal.com]

You won't - I don't get offended easily :)
Plus I can see that Anderson, apart from the unfaithfulness, is probably a perfectly nice person. After all it can't be easy having some posh voiced civilian rampaging around your crime scenes and telling you you're an idiot (or any other variation on that theme) in front of your colleagues. My reaction to him is purely personal and therefore, if you're being Sherlockian about it, flawed because it is an emotional reaction rather than a considered one.