In this chapter Sherlock can't sleep. John helps him out. This chapter is rated PG for minor violence.
Sherlock is used to going without sleep during cases. His mind will continue to work like a machine throughout the night to solve the mystery he's been faced with. However, there are other nights when Sherlock's mind continues to whirl without a problem to occupy it. The gears of his machine-mind scrape and grind against each other, threatening to tear itself to pieces.
Sherlock's mind fixates on old memories.
Mummy is disappointed because Sherlock was asked to leave another primary school.
A woman's husband is accused of her murder. Sherlock tries to lead the police to the real murder, her jealous co-worker. They refuse to listen; the wrong man is still rotting in prison.
An angry classmate pushes Sherlock to the ground breaking his arm.
Sherlock stagers to the room he shares with John as the images continue to invade the detective's mind and overwhelm his senses.
John has always been a light sleeper. As soon as Sherlock pushes their bedroom door open the doctor is blinking awake.
"Sherlock?" John asks. "What's wrong?"
"The images," Sherlock replies. "They won't stop."
"Let me help you," John states pulling Sherlock on top of him and pressing their lips together. Sherlock's mind quickly quiets.
AN: Enjoy the first chapter of this series. Most of the stories will be stand alone. Reason number 2 will also be a BBC Sherlock story. I'll post it sometime tomrrow.
