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Title: Exquisite Agonies.
Author: [personal profile] thesadchicken
Rating: G.
Universe: ACD.
Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes.
Summary: Watson pines for Holmes. Intensely.
Word Count: 211.

Author's note: I hope this is Gothic enough and Cheesy™ enough.

Prompt: Going Gothic: Gothic novels/Romance – a popular source of entertainment! Incorporate this genre somehow into your work today, or even create your own bit of gothic fiction! Bonus point if you go extra cheesy.

The castle loomed over the dark horizon, tall and threatening and beautiful, and my heart ached at the sight. There, in the blackness of the ancient towers, Holmes was investigating a most disturbing case – an incident involving bloodsucking creatures and deadly apparitions.

But I was not there for the case. The macabre fascinated me, as it always did, but tonight something stronger than the thrill of an unsolved mystery roiled in my chest. I had decided to tell him – no matter what he thought, I could be silent no longer – tell him what exquisite agonies tortured my soul late at night; tell him how I heard his name each time the wind whispered against my window; tell him that when the moon shone bright I thought of his eyes, and that when his eyes shone bright I wished for a swift and merciful death.

I arrived at the castle near midnight. I heard a wolf howl, and an owl screech. Holmes was at the top of the stairs, as if waiting for me. Nature Herself held her breath as I moved towards him, a single tentative step. But when his eyes shone bright in the moonlight I found I had lost my words, and my confession remained stuck in my throat.