A/N: Written for the Sherlock Meme on livejournal.


Candy Floss

"What are you eating?" John glanced up at his flatmate, who was leaning against the entrance to the kitchen and watching him with a frown. John shrugged.

"It's just candy floss. I saw a bag while I was out, and realized I hadn't had any in years." He pulled another fluffy clump off of the mound in the plastic bag and placed it on his tongue, enjoying the taste and the feeling of it melting. Blue had always been his favorite flavor. "Do you want some?" He picked up the bag and held it in Sherlock's direction.

Sherlock just shook his head. "No." John blinked.

"You don't like it?"

"Not particularly." Now John was frowning.

"Who in their right mind doesn't like candy floss."

"Well, obviously, I don't. I've never had any, and I don't intend to start eating it now, and be like the rest of you fat, gibbering idiots who wander around eating it at carnivals."

John decided to ignore the insult and go for the larger issue. "How do you know you don't like it if you've never had it."

"Because when I was younger, I- tried the bit of the fluff in pillows. To test the texture. It was disgusting." John stared. "It was for science."

"Just take some." Sherlock glared at him but walked forward anyway, reaching into the bag to tear a piece off. He shoved it into his mouth and walked away without another word.

When John couldn't find the still half-full bag later that evening, Sherlock remained suspiciously silent on the matter.