“Mmm. You’re right,” Jim mused. “It will be. But we’ll see how you manage. More tea? Oh wait.” His smile dropped completely. “You broke the cup. 18thcentury, you know. Gift from the Queen. Or so I was told when I took it.” His eyes scanned the mess on the carpet before he toed the jagged edges.
Oh, oh Sherlock. It might have been smarter to break the cup and gouge his eyes out instead, eyes that flickered back to the trussed up man in the plush red chair.
“Now. What were you doing out in the snow? My hunch,” and he shrugged his shoulders very high before he shoved his hands into his pockets, “is that you were looking for a body. We should do that together! In about 15 minutes.”
He was bluffing. John would take at least twenty to get here, even in Mycroft’s car.
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“Mmm. You’re right,” Jim mused. “It will be. But we’ll see how you manage. More tea? Oh wait.” His smile dropped completely. “You broke the cup. 18thcentury, you know. Gift from the Queen. Or so I was told when I took it.” His eyes scanned the mess on the carpet before he toed the jagged edges.
Oh, oh Sherlock. It might have been smarter to break the cup and gouge his eyes out instead, eyes that flickered back to the trussed up man in the plush red chair.
“Now. What were you doing out in the snow? My hunch,” and he shrugged his shoulders very high before he shoved his hands into his pockets, “is that you were looking for a body. We should do that together! In about 15 minutes.”
He was bluffing. John would take at least twenty to get here, even in Mycroft’s car.