a/n: I neither own nor make any profit from Sherlock BBC. This is another reply to Ennui Enigma's challenge to write an alternative 221B , a response to Book girl fan requesting the line "do you two ever stop fighting?", and also makes up the third part of a challenge from Serinah; regarding Sherlock and something broken; in the forum, Mrs Hudson's Kitchen.(follows on from the previous 2 chapters)
221words; original 221B format devised by KCS
Mrs Hudson has not had a good birthday. Sherlock and John have twice failed to ensure her present stays in one piece. Has the best landlady in London finally had enough?
Broken 3
Two days since her unhappy birthday,
Too much to expect, from that pair
One presentless, partyless birthday
Because they, perhaps, didn't care.
~0~
To let it upset her was silly;
To simply forget them was wise;
One day, she assumed, they would surely
Be aware they'd caused tears in her eyes.
~0~
Tomorrow she'd visit her sister;
Two weeks to survive on their own.
One hoped that her absence might make them
Be sorry she'd birthdayed alone.
~0~
Two sounds caused the sorrowful lady
To angrily move in a flash;
One was a muffled expletive
Before a loud bone-shaking crash.
~0~
Too furious now, she sped upwards,
Two steps at a time (till the last);
One moment before flinging open their door,
Berating her tenants, aghast.
~0~
Two tenants stood frozen, bewildered;
Too startled at what they beheld.
One glare at them both was sufficient;
"Be quiet!" their landlady yelled.
~0~
"To think that I bring you refreshments!
To think that I answer your door!
One day, will you ever stop fighting?
Behave! I can't take any more!"
~0~
Two seconds, and then she refocused;
Two seconds revealed her mistake.
One overturned ladder, one birthday-themed banner
Beneath it, a beautiful cake.
~0~
Too flustered and happy, she stumbled
To take back the words she had spoken.
One beaming physician, one Holmes bearing gifts;
"Behold! Here's your present; not broken!"
~0~