Disclaimer: Don't own. Sherlock Holmes, 2009, is © Guy Ritchie and is based on the series by Conan Doyle. The story was written by ALadInSane (link on my bio).


It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.

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Love and lust are dissimilar emotions, even if they appear alike to the casual observer. And while he may obsess about her and desire her, he has not and on no account will ever feel anything of those softer passions.

Holmes does not delude himself; in truth, he never has had a tender thought of The Woman. Distrust and desire are the only sentiments he has ever felt concerning her, perhaps with some stomach-wrenching jealousy or the awful impression of defeat thrown in.

And he knows that Watson, as charming and kind as he is, cannot understand this simple fact. The doctor would prefer to believe that they were two tragic lovers, bound to be separated by birth and profession until they both pass into the next life, than reconcile himself to the bitter truth. Dear Watson, who refuses to acknowledge the reality; that Holmes and The Woman have never felt anything more or less than respect, albeit grudgingly earned, for the other.

Though most people upon hearing this would be dismayed and pitying, Holmes does not mind. His acute and highly sensitive mind knew this from the start, from the first day he saw her, she who was thought to be the most lovely and most dangerous woman on Earth. And by far the most alluring . . .

And perhaps she was. But Holmes had something better than a woman's touch. As long as his bottle stayed full and his syringe was kept ready, he had all that was needed between the hazard and triumph of a case. At least, that is what he informed himself, in drunken hazes when it seemed that all Holmes wanted was her. It appeared to be true, until that one fateful sighting in the boxing ring.

Maybe it was meant to be, he tells himself now. Maybe this is not a bad thing, after all . . .

With The Woman, you never know what could happen.


Once again, this is written by a friend of mine, ALadInSane, not me. Go to my bio to find a link to her page.

Over & Out,

Pepper