a/n: 10th response to Hades' awesome challenge.

Prompt from Catherine Spark - THIN ICE. NO SKATING.

A case reaches a sad conclusion.


THIN ICE. NO SKATING.


THIN ICE. NO SKATING. The end of the case.

Watson stood with head bowed. Such a desolate space,

A hollow victory. The missing youngster had been found,

But no celebration, just a body on hard, frozen ground

And an ice-rimmed gaping hole, linked by a skating blade's trace.

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Since sunrise, alerted by worried parents, a frantic race

Against time; hoping that with sharp minds and God's grace

They would locate the boy, warm and dry, safe and sound.

THIN ICE. NO SKATING.

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His big brother's skates were gone. The hunt moved on apace

From popular local skating ponds, to this almost forgotten place.

Lestrade gazed at the gently wrapped bundle in the snow, and frowned.

Turn back time; return the boy to his friends, and away from the cold depths, drowned.

One more duty to perform, a broken-hearted constable and his wife to face.

THIN ICE. NO SKATING.

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