Prompt: Parents
Warning: None
Rating: K
Length: 310 words
DISCLAIMER: Would I be here? No, I wouldn't.
I am, by my own right, sarcastic. I have heard that sarcasm is the lowest form of humor, but I just view it as another form of communication. When I think about it I realize that I got this form of communication from my step-dad, Shawn.
Shawn is not what you would call a conventional parent. He was one of the reasons I'm so tolerant of Sherlock. He acts more like a big brother or a favorite uncle. (He is both of these things, just not to me). Shawn is the kind of person that when one has the simple goal of a glass of orange juice, (when he refuses to buy more tea), and begins the process of achieving this goal by getting out the juice, to put the juice away when one proceeds to get the cup. And when you heave a sigh and perhaps roll your eyes and go the get the juice back out, he puts away the glass.
Because of this I know find myself with the annoying, (to Sherlock at least), habit of getting out the glass first and holding it while going to the fridge to get the juice.
I'm surprised he hasn't deduced why yet.
Shawn is also the type of person that when faced with a six-year-old who is very adamant about NOT putting away the groceries or cleaning out the dish-washer, will have them stand next to the fridge or cabinet and throw items, (yogurt, bowls, silverware, celery), at the young child's head, forcing the child to catch the item and quickly put it away before the next inevitable toss. If the child missed or dropped an item, say yogurt, then the child would have to live without yogurt unless Mum was feeling particularly nice. Which is something that never happened.
Needless to say I know have very good reflexes.
Short, yes. But all of these are going to be. hope you enjoyed!
-JC