#second stain

[johnlockslegacy]

“[...] a mere trifle, but the sort of thing you take an interest in, queer, y’know, and what you might call freakish.”

— Lestrade to Holmes, The Adventure of the Second Stain

[hudders-and-hiddles]

we also have our diplomatic secrets

we also have our diplomatic secrets

OUR 

SECRETS

holmes disclosing

right in front of the prime minister

that he and watson have secrets they wish to keep from the world

i need to lie down

[sarahthecoat]

The Second Stain

Watson warns us this is “a guarded account, vague in certain details” and then spills all the juicy gossip about the state secrets, holding back only the sender of the document and the actual contents. 

Apparently both Mr Trelawney Hope and his wife Lady Hilda are hotties... ;)

I really enjoyed Lestrade’s glee at presenting Holmes with the puzzle of the stains, he knew they didn’t match because the rug had been moved, but why and by whom?

Lady Hilda is a bit of a puzzle too. She’s clearly, deeply in the wrong about the document, yet even before learning that she was blackmailed, Holmes is doing his utmost to bring her around to cooperate, so he can shield her from the consequences of her misdeed. I get the feeling that she tried his patience, he had to use the same “I give up” technique on her that he had earlier used on her husband. 

now, the real question is, WHO was Lucas’ spy within the office, and is Watson even now concealing what must have been the followup case?

[hudders-and-hiddles]

My mind filled with admiration for this extraordinary man.

ACD canon Watson wears his heart on his sleeve

[hudders-and-hiddles]

every watson in every universe will be utterly delighted on the rare occasion he manages to surprise his holmes

[hudders-and-hiddles]

holmes, any time a woman shows up in the flat:

[hudders-and-hiddles]

endowed with every beauty of body and mind

watson, can you chill your thirst for two god damn seconds?

[hudders-and-hiddles]

watson starting out second stain grumbling like, listen up, fuckfaces, holmes and i are trying to have a quiet retirement in the country--had to come all the way out here to bloody buggering sussex just to have a bit of a cuddle--and we still can’t get a single damn moment of peace because y’all heathens won’t stop bugging me about this fucking story i promised you a while back, so fine, i will write the damn thing if you will promise to leave us the fuck alone