Title: What's Wrong?
Series: Whose Woods These Are
Characters: John, Sherlock
Rating: PG
Word Count: 221B (I didn't come up with this device, but I am thankful to whoever came up with it :))
Warnings: None
Tense: Past
Summary: Sherlock forgets something very important. Not slash.
John was annoyed, Sherlock decided. It wasn't his clothes that gave it away (although the crumpled jumper did help Sherlock decide this). It was the look on the doctor's face.
The day had gone as most days did. They were boring, and people offered little entertainment value to Sherlock. He had spent most of the day informing John how bored he was. The doctor had in turn rolled his eyes and answered along the lines of "bugger off, Sherlock."
After analysing John for the better part of an hour, Sherlock could not figure out what was bothering him. It was just an ordinary (boring) Tuesday. But Tuesdays were like that. Nothing important happened on them.
Finally, he asked John.
"It's my birthday, you prat! I wouldn't expect you to remember that. I've only been your flatmate for two years! I guess it's not important enough to put in your bloody mind palace," he spat.
Sherlock never liked birthdays, and he told him so. In a quieter voice he added that he was sorry. He supposed John didn't think he was serious because he laughed. It was not a happy laugh, but a forced one. Sherlock knew he was in trouble.
"I won't forget next year," he assured John.
"It doesn't matter," John decided, and he laughed heartily.
Now, Sherlock was bemused.
