AN: The story was originally written with the use of the Dancing Men font and can be found here. This is a 100 word drabble for this prompt on sherlockbbc_fic. The story is based on the moment in the Great Game where John calls Sherlock and Sherlock makes rather interesting moves (about 44 minutes into the episode).

Of dancing men and soldiers.

I watch him.

Moving to the unheard music of his own mind. He dances, but not for me, never for me. He dances for her.

For his harsh mistress.

For the game.

And now he dances for him too.

For his soldier.

For the impossible love.

And I watch him too.

Standing perfectly still, listening to the silence in his mind, where there was once war now there is only dancing. He listens to him.

To his dancer.

To the impossible love.

And I watch them.

All there is left for me is to dream of dancing men and soldiers.