JWP 2019 | Day 15

[thesadchicken]

Title: Insanity.
Author: thesadchicken
Rating: PG.
Universe: Ritchie!verse.
Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes.
Summary: Steel your mind, Holmes.
Word Count: 100.

Day 15: Quote Prompt: “Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.” (Ray Bradbury) Use the quote however it inspires you, it does not need to be directly included in the fill.

Watson waited for daylight to draw Holmes away from his fevered visions, and as he sat there, he wondered… What must it be like inside that great brain, when all the answers were out of reach and all the paths lead to nowhere? What was it like for the man who saw everything, when the answers evaded him?

Blackwood had warned him – warned them both. Steel your mind. Watson shook his head: no, that meant nothing, Blackwood was mad.

And yet… and yet sometimes Watson feared that Holmes stood on the very brink of madness himself. A single step… and then insanity.

Comments

[monkeybard]

“The border between madness and genius is very narrow.”

[thesadchicken]

Indeed!

[methylviolet10b]

A valid concern, particularly for this version... :-)

[thesadchicken]

Yes! One of the things I love about this version is the emphasis on how terrible it is to be inside Holmes' head

[gardnerhill]

Especially when your mind lives a few years ahead of everyone else.

[thesadchicken]

Yes, exactly! ~

[mightymads]

Watson is there to keep Holmes from that step :)

[thesadchicken]

Yes *wipes tears from eyes* ♡

[smallhobbit]

Steel your mind, Holmes, or it may be stolen from you.

[thesadchicken]

Exactly! Haha

[debriswoman]

Well put.

[thesadchicken]

Thank you!

[capt_facepalm]

The mind of a genius is a fragile thing.
I like your Watson's voice here.