Title: A Messy Business - 29 of 30
Characters: Sherlock, Lestrade, John, will include Mrs. Hudson, Mycroft, etc.
Rating: G
Word Count: 221B each (the drabble format I invented for the ACD Holmes fandom years ago)
Warnings: crack fic, fandom trope (see full prompt at link and below), basic episodic spoilers, basic ACD canon spoilers, speculation
Summary: Drabble series fill for for the sherlockbbc_fic meme prompt John is turned into a toddler/young child. He doesn't remember who he was, but he does know that he trusts and loves Sherlock. He likes Mrs. Hudson and Lestrade and, much to Sherlock's annoyance, he even likes Mycroft... Title comes from Prompt #1: Beginnings are always messy.
"So…no reason to panic just yet, then?" Lestrade ventured after an awkward moment.
"No," Sherlock agreed, tucking the stuffed cat into John's arms as the child yawned and snuggled against him. "This is an unexpected development, but as you so uncharacteristically observed, Lestrade, John has already aged gradually in only…eighteen hours, since his transformation. While the re-transformation was supposed to take place in twenty-four hours and now apparently may be delayed, the process will not take months or years."
Lestrade would have thought the man would be freaking out more, over the idea of his flatmate being in this state for a few weeks rather than hours, but to his shock Sherlock looked fairly gleeful about the entire thing.
Wait.
"You're not going to use this new opportunity as an experiment, Sherlock," he warned, trying his best to look threatening even though they both knew he couldn't stand against the Tide of Sherlockian Intimidation. "Just because –"
"Really, Lestrade." Something akin to bitterness tinged the detective's voice. "I expect such things from Anderson, but you? Do you really think I would traumatize a child just for the sake of my own curiosity?"
The DI squirmed slightly. "Well I'm just looking out for John, and you can't deny that it crossed your mind, now can you?"
Sherlock had the grace to blush.
