This is a bit random but I got the prompt from a friend on Sunday x It should have a sequel – probably up by Saturday xx
They had just gotten out of yet another dangerous situation alive. As regular as this was becoming, John's nerves were still wired. It was a feeling he'd become accustomed to in Afghanistan. There, he shot people. This time he decided to calm his nerves using a bottle of whiskey.
This made him very drunk and unpredictable.
And likely to say something stupid.
"You're like a dolphin."
Sherlock, who usually ignored John when he was like this, actually paused at John's random and absurd statement.
"You're scarily intelligent, protective when you want to be, bloody vicious and have an amazing sense of direction."
Even Sherlock wasn't quite sure what to say.
"You're also really loud. Most people can't hear dolphins so that's a bit like when they can't hear what you're really trying to say – when you're not insulting them."
Sherlock actually tried to take the bottle off John.
"What am I?"
There was a brief moment of silence within which Sherlock firstly considered whether to answer his question (he concluded yes, John was likely to become increasingly annoying otherwise) and secondly decided upon an answer to the question.
"What am I?"
"I have considered many animals to describe you as, but I then realised there is only one I could use."
"What am I?" John was whining now.
"You're a bear."