Title: A Late Night Visitor
Author: Mysteryfan28
Summary: A slightly different take on the hospital scene from Heroine.
AU Joanlock.
Rated: PG
Disclaimer: Don't own any of the characters, this is just for fun.
Fandom: Elementary
It was one o'clock in the morning and Sherlock Holmes laid in his hospital bed unable to sleep and bored out of his mind when there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" he said, expecting to see one of the three nurses who had come into his room to check his vitals throughout the night. To his surprise it wasn't one of the nurses who had came into his room but Joan Watson.
"Watson, what are you doing here?" Sherlock whispered.
"Gregson told me what happened and I came to check on you." Joan told him. She sat down on one of the plastic chairs by Holmes' bed and asked: "Sherlock what were you thinking? You could have overdosed and died!"
"I assure you, Watson. I had no intention of dying and leaving you." Joan snorted and rolled her eyes. "You are not the first person to make that kind of promise, Sherlock. It's not an easy promise to keep."
"Are you saying that you don"t believe me?" Sherlock asked. Joan shook her head
"It's not that I don't believe you, it's just I know that there are some promises that no one can keep. And not dying is one of them!"
"Watson, would you stay with me?" Joan glanced at the closed door.
"What if a nurse comes in?" Sherlock smirked.
"If anyone asks I could tell them that you're my girlfriend, if that makes you feel better."
Joan laughed. "I don't think that will work Sherlock, since I told the nurse on duty that we work with the NYPD."
"What, she thinks that the people on the force don't have relationships with one another?"
"I don't know," Joan admitted. "But don't worry, I'll stay with you anyway." She told Sherlock.
"Thank you, Watson." Sherlock said sleepily. Joan smiled, squeezed his hand and went to look for some blankets for the couch.