Title: the difference between lightning and the lightning bug
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Mark Twain
Warnings: mentions of violence
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 110
Pointofview: third
Prompt: BBC Sherlock, John, jumpers
There's an art to being underestimated. John learned that at school. Wear innocuous clothing and no one expects you to knock them down with one punch, or beat them so viciously they won't walk for months.
John knows that he's not a large man. But he's quick, and he's sure, and he's really good with a gun. Really good without a gun, too, but to look at him – you'd never know it.
And the clothing he chooses to wear is a large part of that. Death in a fuzzy jumper… well. He tags along beside Sherlock, always on guard, and eyes pass right by him. He does so love being underestimated.