Hello, dear readers
I've been reading Elfenwesen's 'Making the Connection' and floppybelly's 'Oneword Prompts: Sherlock' (both of which are awesome, I would suggest reading them) and have been inspired to try my hand at it as well. Floppybelly was kind enough to over me my first prompt. If you happen to stumble across this and enjoy it, please feel free to offer me a prompt.
So here it is for your enjoyment. :)
Prompt: Swing
It was a chill, windy evening. John pulled his coat tighter around himself to stave off a shiver in this damp London weather. He followed quietly behind Sherlock, to what would be the third crime scene of this sort. It was now clear they had a serial killer on their hands.
Now, murder would leave a normal person feeling grim or sad or any other of a plethora of negative feelings. Sherlock, on the other hand, didn't see the murder, or at least usually gave the impression that he didn't see the murder. He saw the potential to spar with a mind that might prove a challenge to his brilliance. But this particular series of crimes scenes had left even the strange and brilliant Sherlock Holmes subdued.
A quiet rattle of chain called John's attention back to the crime scene. A lonely swing swayed and creaked eerily in the background. Goosebumps rose along John's arms and he hunched shoulders slightly. It would be a while before he could associate swings with pleasant memories again.