I used to be so good at responding to reviews and PMs... *weeps* I'm sorry!
Fighting Spirit
"What did you do?" asked John, more interested than he thought he'd be. He'd never had much interest in other people's tales of romance, but having spent time with them, he'd come to care about Sherlock's quiet, confident parents.
"Well, first I tried to show him that his ideas of love and security had been conflated. Having been engaged to Belinda since he was eighteen, she'd become a constant in his life, which both intimidated and comforted him. He didn't want to leave her."
"How did you win?" questioned John.
Anita's smirk was vulpine. "I wasn't afraid to fight for David."
Prompt was from my mother, and it was: vulpine ("My favorite word!" she says. "I'm not surprised," I say.)