To Plan Tears
When you give Sherlock Holmes a challenge, more often than not, you would either get a well-worded insult thrown to your face or you would get a game-faced detective who would rather die than fail.
And Sherlock Holmes sees everything as a bloody challenge.
That's why, when John Watson asks him to be the best man in his upcoming wedding to Mary Morstan to show him just how much he loves him and how important he is, Sherlock Holmes took that as 15% John Watson cementing their brotherhood and 85% I-Will-Blow-Them-Away-With-My-Best-Man-Speech.
"Is there any reason why you've invaded my flat at this ungodly hour just to stare heatedly at my film collection?" Molly sighs, leaning against her bedroom's doorframe in her pajamas as she watches the love of her life engage her DVD shelf in a glaring contest.
"It is your day off tomorrow." he responds matter-of-factly.
"Okay…?"
"So I suggest you call one of those 24-hour delis and order food for the both of us. We'll be spending the night going through every romantic drama you own." He smirks. "Considering you've spent years wallowing in your unrequited feelings for me, I'm more than certain that you have an extensive selection of those kinds of movies."
"You're a git."
"This is useless!" Sherlock exclaims, standing up in the middle of the 6th movie. Molly had slept somewhere between the 3rd and 4th movies, but has since woken up and is currently tearing up at the incredibly heart-wrenching scene in front of them. Sherlock, however, is way past his tolerance limit, having only stared bored and annoyed through more than ten hours of cheesy lines, overly acted confrontation scenes and ridiculously embellished confessions of love. "How the bloody hell could you have ever enjoyed these… atrocities?!"
She rolls her eyes, standing up to get herself a glass of water. "You still haven't told me why you're doing this. You hate romance and sentiment and movies in general and yet you've just spent half-a-day watching them continuously."
"I am trying to observe and gain more knowledge on these things. But so far, all I've seen are pathetic excuses to rob the masses of their money. Perhaps we should forego the romantic genre and broaden our range to all dramatic movies."
"Why are you doing this? Did you for some reason finally find a need to cry?"
He smirks, skimming Molly's shelf again. "Oh, don't be ridiculous. I'm not going to cry. But in two months, about 70 people will."
She frowns. "What in the world are you talking about?"
He doesn't answer her question. "Stop it with the interrogation and come watch with me. I need to see the severity of the crying that the movies would cause you so I could judge which are best to use as reference."
Note: This is once again inspired by a television series that the author loves. Any guesses?
In this wave, the author would like to dedicate every note to thanking the people who have started the challenges too, and also to those who are planning to join, and also to those who are still thinking about it. The more the merrier, as they say, and it definitely inspires her to see people express desire to participate.