A Pound of Flesh A Pound of Flesh by alone_dreaming Rating: Strong PG-13 for implied violence, gambling, a bad word or two, and because I felt a bit squick when writing it. Characters: Holmes and Watson Warnings: Deals with difficult topics, bad Shakespeare references, movie-book hybrid universe and non-descriptive nudity Note: This is in response to [info]strainconductor 's request for a fic where Watson gambles himself into trouble and Holmes saves him. Initially, it was meant to be fluffy and heroic but it got quite morbid on me and, now it's, well, downright dark in some ways.