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Sherlock Holmes (reasonbackward) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2011-06-17 03:30:00

Entry tags:

jade, sherlock holmes

WHO: Sherlock Holmes & Jade
WHAT: Reunions & kittens
WHEN: June 17th
WHERE: Sherlock's apartment
RATING: PG
STATUS: In Progress

Sherlock had been certain the second that Jade had been sent back last time that was never going to see her again. It was an unreasonable reaction considering the way that people arrived and disappeared here all the time, but it was still the one that he had had. Now that she was back, he wasn't entirely sure how to react to the situation. He was happy, of course. Happy, however, was not exactly the right word to describe it. Sherlock had always struggled with descriptions of his emotions. It had always been much easier to pretend that he didn't have any. But that option was almost completely off the table anymore so he had to try and figure out how to deal with these things that he couldn't put words to.

But even as conflicted as his feelings were, there wasn't anything that could make him avoid the reunion that he'd been waiting so long for. Even if the waiting left him pacing the flat with half grown kitten pouncing at his feet every time that he paused for so much as a moment to let Frida locate a target.

Luckily, the knock at the door managed to distract them both long enough for Sherlock to break from from the kitten's attack pattern and for her to get distracted by a rather large dustbunny.

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givenachoice
2011-06-17 08:02 am UTC (link)

After having visited with Cas, as well as gotten him to help her move past her drug addiction - yet again - in a manner much faster than she would have struggled with otherwise, Jade had made her way to her apartment for some much needed rest that didn't end in her being woken by some fellow hooker for a meeting she had very nearly missed. It wasn't until after she had gotten some sleep, a hot shower, and a meal, that she finally made her way to Sherlock's. She had told him she would be stopping by and he had insisted the door was always open for her, but she still couldn't help but knock when she arrived.

Truth be told, Jade was a little nervous at seeing Sherlock again. Time didn't seem to have passed for her, really, during her departure from the city. She still remembered everything, at least now that she was back, that had been happening when she'd left six months earlier. However time clearly had passed for the others present and, although he hadn't said anything, Jade worried that Sherlock had managed to find someone else in the time she'd been gone. She knew it was ridiculous, not because she didn't think Sherlock capable of finding someone else but because she was all but certain that he would have mentioned it if that were the case, but still she worried.

However she didn't shy away from the door, not before or after she'd knocked. She simply stood there, anxious and excited to see him again and worried that he wasn't going to be nearly as happy to see her. Yet as the door opened and a small smile stole across her features, Jade's worries seemed to fade. He was there, he had answered the door. That alone was more than enough to assure her that he had nothing to hide and certainly wasn't trying to avoid her by any stretch of the imagination.

"Hey, you," she said simply when the door swung fully open to reveal his lank form beyond it. Her eyes sparkled with a touch of humour as she added, "I guess I should have thought of something a little wittier to say but impressive catchphrases has never really been my strong suit."

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reasonbackward
2011-06-17 08:29 pm UTC (link)

Witty wasn't something that Sherlock was too worried about. He had more than enough witty for the both of them when it was called for, and this moment didn't need any of it besides. Though, it would have been nice if his brain had given him anything to say at all rather than just staring dumbly at her as if he had suddenly developed selective mutism between opening the door and finding her standing there. The lingering hesitation in his body language was well compensate, though, with the goofy smile that had crossed his features. He'd had this dream several a time, but now that it was actually happening, he was at a loss for exactly what to do or say.

Luckily, Frida was more than happy to break the awkward silence for him as she darted out from where she had been crouched behind his legs and pounced on Jade's shoes, claws finding next to nothing to grip onto on the sandals that she was wearing, resulting in her tumbling off of her target's feet, doing a backwards roll and ending up on her back for a split second before righting herself to her feet and dashing back into the apartment.

"Well," Sherlock said with a sheepish smile and a soft chuckle. "I suppose that's a better hello than any verbal greeting I could come up with," He said, looking back up at her for an extended moment before stepping forward and wrapping her in a hug. It was hardly a gesture that was natural for him, but with everyone consistently dying and or leaving as of it, it was one that he was getting a lot more used to. "I missed you."

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givenachoice
2011-06-19 06:21 am UTC (link)

Jade sucked in a breath of air as tiny kitten claws scratched along the top of one of her feet. It wasn't enough to draw blood but it was definitely more than enough to send a tendril of pain surging through her leg to her brain. Fortunately the lack of a significant scratch meant the pain was gone almost before it had really registered and Jade laughed lightly as the kitten took off in another direction. Her gaze flickered from the animal to Sherlock, eyes shining with merriment and her smile a fond one as she returned the hug. She was vaguely surprised he'd actually made such a move - that really wasn't something she remembered him doing very much the last time she'd been in the city - but she also wasn't going to complain.

"I missed you too," she answered honestly. Yes, she had spent her time in Purgatory with little more than vague memories of her time in Colligo but those memories had certainly included the man standing in front of her now. She had convinced herself at the time that he was nothing more than a figment of her imagination. After all, why would someone as wondrous as Sherlock Holmes ever want anything to do with someone like her? However it had been him and Cas that, while she hadn't really believed they existed, had missed the most. And hugging him now, knowing he was very much real and she hadn't simply imagined him, made some part of her feel peace in a way that she hadn't in what felt like far too long.

"Mind if I come in?" she asked lightly after a second or two. She knew she didn't really have to ask. Simply stepping inside would hardly earn her a look or a request to leave. However the question, as inane as it might seem, bought her a few more seconds to figure out just how much of her time spent away from here that she wanted to explain and how much she would rather simply ignore in lieu of not scaring him off or, even worst, disgusting him.

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