Fic meme - Prompt 1

[dimity_blue]

From leesa_perrie

Prompt: 2 + 6 - technology is great, except when it isn't

2. John Watson (Sherlock), 6. Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock)

We all know John and chip and pin machines!


"You've been fighting with the chip and pin machine again."

John finished hanging up his coat and turned. Of course Sherlock was lounging in his chair. He hadn't gone to Tesco. He hadn't tried to buy shopping. He hadn't done anything at all.

"Not just the chip and pin machine." John stalked into the kitchen, wondering if the kettle would throw a fit too. "The computer system at work, the ATM, my phone, and I couldn't use my Oyster card to get back home." He pressed the button on the kettle and stood back, then sighed as it stayed stubbornly silent with no sounds of water being heated at all. "So far, I couldn't get the shopping, Mr. Johnson is pregnant, I'm supposedly overdrawn at the bank, I butt-dialled Janine, and I had to get a taxi home." Wandering back into the sitting room, John added, "And the kettle's knackered."

Sherlock - the git - didn't even look up. "Your laptop's broken too."

"What - how... You hacked into it again, didn't you?"

"I didn't need to. Mr. Merriton objected to my investigating his wife's disappearance and tried to put an axe through my head."

"What's my laptop got to do with that?"

"Oh, he missed me." Sherlock finally raised his eyes. "You can borrow a kettle from Mrs. Hudson."

Comments

[leesa_perrie]

LOL! Poor John!!! Love the bit about the axe and John's laptop - and Sherlock is just so... Sherlock!!

Thanks! :D

[thisbluespirit]

:loL: That's just great! (Er, but not for John. Poor John.) ;-)

[suemc.livejournal.com]

You have Sherlock down brilliantly and poor John.

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I had to laugh when I saw who you'd chosen and the prompt you'd given. I'm really glad you enjoyed it. :oD

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

No, I think John was having a bit of a bad day. :oD

Thanks, Lost Spook! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Sue. I do love the way Sherlock reacts (or doesn't!) to things. I often think 'poor John' too!

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

Poor laptop. Hope Mrs. Hudson's kettle lasts long enough to brew a nice cuppa or I fear what John might do. XD

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

I think John deprived of tea would be a scary sight. :oD

Thanks, Debris!