Prompt #2 - Middles.
"Lestrade, of all the imbecilic, idiotic –"
"A-hem!"
I bit back my defense, watching the Doctor's eyebrows go ceiling-ward as he cleared his throat. Wonder of wonders, that insufferable detective's face flushed ever-so-slightly under the stern gaze.
"Well, I suppose I cannot expect every policeman to possess the immense knowledge that I –"
I grinned, ignoring the insult, as the eyebrows went higher (if that were possible), tanned fingers drumming on the table. Holmes sighed.
"My apologies, Inspector."
Interesting, Holmes's new fellow-lodger. Pity his main occupation at the moment seemed to be playing mediator between that genius and us mortals.
