Written for the LiveJournal community Watsons_Woes for their July Writing Prompts challenge. The prompt for day 18 was: Words, words, words: use five woe-related words that aren't included in one of the two Watson's Woes prompt tables (#1, #2), but you think should have been. Make sure to tell us the words that you chose.
I don't know about *should* have been, but these certainly could have been: arrest, assault, bite, bruise, stitches
_No Good Deed Goes Unpunished_
The arrest should have been straightforward, but the blackguard tried to run. I tackled him and he fought me, kicking and throwing his elbows back, landing several blows that were sure to bruise. Somehow my hand strayed near his teeth and he bit down, hard.
Lestrade took over then, directing two of his men to subdue the lout. "How bad is it?" Holmes asked, his jaw clenching in anger at the sight of my blood.
"It won't even require stitches," I assured him.
"You've just added assault to your crimes," Lestrade informed the glaring man as he was led away.