Prompt: Song: Without You by Breaking Benjamin

Warnings: none

Rating: K

Pairings: none. not even implied.

Length: 330 Words


In the morning it was a normal day, (as normal as it gets for me). Most interesting days begin as normal ones but in this case the normal morning slowly turned into a normal afternoon. It then escalated into a–you guessed it - normal night.

Sherlock and I had just gotten into a cab after wrapping up yet another case. We were both still high on adrenaline, me smiling and on the verge of laughter, (NOT giggles), and Sherlock smirking – when a song came on the radio.

As the first chords and drum-beats filtered through the speaker I was no longer in the cab with Sherlock.

I was in my old bedroom; curled behind my bed in the corner furthest from the door, clutching a pillow and trying desperately to ignore the words coming from raised voices. They're pushing their way through my door.

"I ask her to do one little thing and she breaks down!"

Shawn. I can't hear the full response but I can tell that Mum is crying.

"That was your idea in the first place!" He's yelling now - but trying to control it, "Oh sure! Always blame me. Never her."

Another sob.

"Never perfect Harry. Never blame little Angel Harry."

I hold back tears wondering if he knows Harriet can hear him. Wondering if he cares.

In an effort to block out the noise I turn on some music. I close my eyes and try to only pay attention to Without You by Breaking Benjamin. It fails. The lyrics and words of my parents mixed together like the tears in the corner of my eyes.

I gasp when the music suddenly stops. And my eyes open. I hadn't been aware they were closed.

"…and that is why we should not watch a movie tonight, John," Sherlock finishes some rant that I didn't hear. At my gasp he looks at me. "John?"

"Whatever you say, I'm going to go to bed, when we get home." To calm myself down and force myself to forget.

Sherlock was clueless.

Of course.


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JC