An Ask box ficlet I made for mylittlecornerofsherlock (tumblr) on bus # 1 from work to home. Cleaned it up a little and posted it here.
Originally posted to AO3 on 2014-11-21.
The day after The Fall, John found a cat near death on 221B's stoop.
Even though he was sure it was going to die, nursing it- her- back to health gave him something else to concentrate on besides… He named her 'Sherlock' anyway. She ended up outliving, at least with him, her namesake.
He knew people kept giving him strange, worried looks when he told them he had to "Go home and feed Sherlock", but her constant affection helped keep at bay the loneliness and nostalgia that the words themselves never failed to evoke. Her presence helped bring back a little of the warmth that had left 221B when the true 'Home' of it had died.
Three years after the loss of the love of his life and the appearance of His replacement, John walked into 221B with an exhausted "Good evening, Sherlock."
The customary "Meow~" came from below scratching fingers with an accompanying "Good evening, John."
Both Sherlocks found themselves on the stoop in a blink. Sherlock looked down at Sherlock and Sherlock looked up at Sherlock. The cat meowed at the human as if to say "This is your fault." The human didn't know how to respond to that, so he didn't.
A moment later, the door opened again and one strong, tanned hand curled under the cat's belly, lifting it against a chest caved from hunching, and the other curled around the back of the human's neck. Sherlock-the-man found himself being hauled in for an unexpected and rough, angry kiss.
"You bastard," was growled against his lips. But as John's face was wet, Sherlock didn't point out the contradiction. Instead, he simply, wisely, kissed John back. Sherlock-the-cat's yowls of annoyance from being squashed between them went largely ignored in favour of a snog five years too long in coming.
FIN
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