JWP 2019 | Day 22

[thesadchicken]

Title: Sweetness
Author: thesadchicken
Rating: G.
Universe: ACD.
Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes.
Summary: Mrs. Hudson is away and the house smells sweet.
Word Count: 100 (+ alternate ending).

Author's note: sickly-sweet drabble. You have been warned.

Prompt: Sweet tooth: Today's entry should include candy/dessert/sugar/chocolate in some way.

Mrs. Hudson was away and yet the house smelled sweet – caramel and cream and childhood memories. The wind and rain pushed against the windows, but 221B Baker Street was immune to their threats. Watson was in the kitchen, shirtsleeves rolled up to his elbows, flour powdering his cheeks. Holmes was watching him, leaning against the door – he rarely stood still for so long unless working on a case.

Watson had decided to bake. The weather was ghastly, and Holmes was restless – ‘We both need cake,’ Watson had laughed. So he baked, and Holmes watched, and for an evening all was well.

ALTERNATE ENDING:

So he baked, and they ate, and as night fell over Baker Street a kiss was stolen – lips that tasted of chocolate, skin that glistened like honey, and eyes that melted into each other.