Tea Leaves

by YupThatsMySock

Coffee Shop AU. Sherlock's irritated when change comes to his favorite café in the form of a new barista, John, but finds life has more flavor with him around. A quirky romance told in 100- or 1000-word snippets. university!Sherlock, med-school!John

177. Inquiry

My goal for this chapter was to use as many prompts as I could.

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Inquiry

Sherlock plucked at his violin strings as Mycroft moseyed into the apartment. "You called, brother dear?"

Sherlock tuned the violin with dexterous fingers. "I have an inquiry, and I wanted to utilize your connections."

"And it was an inquiry so important that you had to skip…" Mycroft pulled out his mobile phone swiftly. "Your anatomy and physiology 201 class? Aren't you supposed to be dissecting a salamander right now?"

"Listen, Mycroft," hummed Sherlock, straightening the violin's bridge. "If I gave you a series of events, would you use your resources to assist me in finding a pattern or a common denominator?"

Mycroft thought. "…Gladly."

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Prompts were from

Javien Deluke, and they were: strings and the apartment

CharmingKarma, and it was: dexterous

Sailsiri Culnamo, and they were: swift, salamander, and utilize

FMAfreakx, and it was: mundane

CrimsonDuchess, and it was: mobile phone