"I just don't see how this whole lot can just overlook something that obvious!" Sherlock fumed, tightening his scarf as they headed for the door.

"Well, not everyone of us is as intelligent as you."

"Of course no one is, but really..."

Sherlock was particularly testy about this particular case. Lestrade had called Sherlock in, demanded, really, that the detective come down to New Scotland Yard immediately. Something about needing to solve a case. No, it couldn't wait. Sherlock had been absolutely livid to be torn away from an experiment that he had been working on for the past four hours without rest. Sherlock had been torn from the experiment rudely and, according to the consulting detective, the experiment was ruined now. On top of the ruined experiment, the vital clue that Lestrade had been missing had been right under his nose. And so, Sherlock was slightly testy today.

Consumed in his anger, John supposed that Sherlock's mind wasn't exactly on paying attention to surroundings rather than pouting over a lost experiment. Well, he supposed that after Sherlock tripped, anyway.

The detective's foot caught the lip of the doorframe. He stumbled forward, catching himself on the nearby filing cabinet. John resisted a laugh when Sherlock whipped his head around to look at the door, looking half contemplative and half angry.

"What idiot put that there?" Sherlock grumbled, shoving his hands into his coat pockets.

"Probably the idiotic builders," John replied in a faux solemn voice. "You know how they are."

Nostrils flaring, Sherlock turned and stalked out of the room.


Clumsy and angry. Yay! Thank you thank you thank you for all the suggestions for my next letter. I decided on which one. Haven't written anything past this, so I'm not sure which will come first here, but it will either be Sherlock's Embarrassed or Sherlock's Empathic.

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