Title: A Study in Magical Flowers

Author: Shinju Tori

Character(s): Sherlock, John, Moriarty, and others

Genre: AU, romance, hurt/comfort, friendship, humor and I'm not really sure what else…

Summary: This is the story of a lost Prince, a magic flower, a genius noble turned thief, and a vicious old man who will stop at nothing to keep the magic of the flower for his self.

Spoilers: None in particular unless you've never seen Sherlock or Tangled…

Disclaimer: I do not own Sherlock as it currently belongs to Moffat and Gatiss and Tangled belongs to Disney…

Rating: T for John's potty mouth and…graphic situations later…

A/N: I cannot even begin to say how tempted I was to have Jim in a dress. Seriously, I was but I decided against it because of Westwood. Also I changed the date of when the lights appear because in my opinion it should've taken Eugene and Rapunzel longer to get to the city than just over night. Enough rambling from me, ALLONSY~!

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Chapter 2: "Father" Knows Best

Father Jimmy wasn't really his father. His parents (as John had been told numerous times by Father) had been killed by bandits who wanted him for themselves. He was taller than John by a foot (at least), had pale skin, dark slicked back hair and cold dark brown eyes, and had an addiction to wearing expensive Westwood suits. Jimmy also had a habit of swaying his head as he spoke, like a snake, as well as drawling his words. If Jimmy hadn't been so kind to John he would've scared the crap outta him. (Still did when Jimmy got angry at him though. Last time he had hurt John's left shoulder and even now his shoulder, and oddly his right leg, sometimes hurt…)

John let his hair tumble out the window and winced as Jimmy stood on a loop of it. He gave his hair a few sharp tugs to let John know it was okay to pull him up. "Johnny~! I got you some more tea!" Jimmy cheerfully said as soon John pulled him into the tower. John gave him a tight smile as his cheek was painfully pinched between Jimmy's fingers. "That's good Father!" He gritted out between his clenched teeth.

Jimmy smiled fondly at him and made a familiar twirling gesture with his hand. John sighed recognizing the gesture as his sign to turn around and let Jimmy run his fingers through his hair. "Flower~! My song~!" Jimmy cooed, his fingers running roughly amongst the silky ginger strands. John sighed and softly sang the song that his father had him sing to make him feel better.

Jimmy gave a contented sigh as John finished and started to put away the tea when John asked "Father? Um…I was wondering…My Birthday is in a few days…" Jimmy gestured for him to continue before making his way over to the only mirror they had in the entire tower. "I was wondering…?" John blurted out.

Jimmy gave him a disapproving look in the mirror and so John repeated slower, "Is it alright for me to go see the lights? The ones that only appear on my birthday?" Jimmy laughed turning around, shaking his head and told him,

"You want to go outside? Why, Johnny...!

Look at you, as fragile as a flower

Still a little sapling, just a sprout

You know why we stay up in this tower?"

John started to say "I know but-!" when Father Jimmy interrupted him, caressing John's cheek possessively saying,

"That's right, to keep you safe and sound, dear

Guess I always knew this day was coming…

Knew that soon you'd want to leave the nest!

Soon, but not yet!

John interrupted pleading "But-!" before Jimmy cut him off, shushing him with a finger and a snake-like smile,

"Shh!

Trust me, pet

Father knows best!

Father knows best,

Listen to your father,

It's a scary world out there!

Father knows best,

One way or another,

Something will go wrong, I swear!

Jimmy started rattling things off to John, who was looking more and more frightened,

"Ruffians, thugs

Poison ivy, quicksand

Cannibals and snakes

The plague!"

John's eyes widened, as he yelled, frightened, "No!" Jimmy grinned wildly at him and crowed "Yes!" Once more John tried to interrupt "But-!" Jimmy continued over his protests,

"Also large bugs

Men with pointy teeth, and

Stop, no more, you'll just upset me!

Father's right here,

Father will protect you!

Darling, here's what I suggest:

Skip the drama,

Stay with papa!

Father knows best!"

Jimmy turned away, waving a hand carelessly, fake tears glittering in his eyes,

"Go ahead, get trampled by a rhino!

Go ahead, get mugged and left for dead!

Me, I'm just your father, what do I know?

I only bathed and changed and nursed you…

Go ahead and leave me, I deserve it!

Let me die alone here, be my guest!

When it's too late,

You'll see, just wait,"

Jimmy turned back around and swept John into a tight embrace that left John gasping for air,

"Faaaaather-! Knows best!"

Jimmy laughed and pinched John's cheeks before continuing,

"Father knows best

Take it from your pops

On your own, you won't survive…"

He critically listed various faults of John's that made him shrink under Jimmy's gaze,

"Sloppy, underdressed

Immature, clumsy!

Please, they'll eat you up alive!

Gullible, naïve!

Positively grubby!

Ditzy and a bit, well, hmm vague!

Plus, I believe,

Gettin' kinda chubby…"

John was dragged into another of Jimmy's suffocating hugs as Jimmy cooed,

"I'm just saying 'cause I wuv you

Father understands

Father's here to help you

All I have is one request!"

Jimmy's tone and expression were light as he gently lifted John's face up so that their eyes met and inquired "John?" John hesitated before quietly responding "Yes Father?" Everything about Jimmy darkened dangerously as he sharply told John, "Don't ever ask to leave this tower again."

John sighed, his eyes dropping to the floor as he whispered "Yes, Father…" Jimmy sighed and squeezed John saying, "I love you very much, my dear flower." John knew the ritual and gently kissed Jimmy on the cheek before responding, leaning his forehead against Father Jimmy's breast bone, "I love you more." John didn't notice Jimmy's cruel smile as he crooned, "I love you most!" and kissed the top of his head.

He tapped John's nose as he chirped,

"Don't forget it!

You'll regret it…

Faaaaather! Knows best!"

Jimmy made a shooing gesture saying "Now off to bed with you! Father will be here all~ night long if you need him~!"

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Reviews are nice…They make me feel…Fluffy…Also I'd like to extend my most sincere thanks to experiment13 for chatting with me via PM so that I could get my mind juices flowing again! See ya next time with the introduction of Flynn Ryder! (AKA our lovely Consulting Detective~!)