221B fic: The Memorable Palace

[marysutherland]

Sherlock BBC

Rating 12 (implicit slash)

Spoilers: for A Scandal in Belgravia

Summary: Sherlock doesn't notice everything.

"I trust your brother is as good as you claim," Harry Pointdextre said, once he and Mycroft were alone. "Can't say he has much to recommend him otherwise."

"No?" Mycroft said, raising an eyebrow. "Which was doubtless why you were surreptitiously checking him out during our conversation? I thought Dr Watson would be more your type."

"Excellent chap, but far too short. You know my tastes, Mycroft. But I'm not sure it's quite the thing to tease your little brother if he is inexperienced in the bedroom department."

"I wanted to distract him from deducing your preferences. But Sherlock's not a virgin; he's simply given up sexual encounters."

"Can hardly be for lack of offers, I'm sure. From either side of the fence."

"He claims he prefers to focus on the life of the mind. I suspect it's more that he's hopeless at sex. No quicker passion-killer than someone realising that their partner's mind is currently focused on bloodstains. Multitasking is not advisable on those occasions."

"Well, let's hope he can still sort out Miss Adler and deal with those photos. Thanks for your help, as well, Mycroft. And, under the circumstances, if you'd like a quick tour of the palace's private rooms, I'd be happy to show you round now."

"I'd be delighted. Starting, one presumes – hopes – in your bedroom."

Comments

[jenny-starseed.livejournal.com]

Bad-in-bed!Sherlock goes against fanon, a lot of us want to think he's amazing because he seems to be the jack of all trades kind of guy. He doesn't fail at most things. But now I almost want to see that fic where Sherlock is an awkward jerk in bed.

[marysutherland.livejournal.com]

I tend to imagine Sherlock as either brilliant at things or hopeless at them, so I've always liked the possibility that Sherlock avoids sex because he's just not very good at it. One of my fics, Impure genius (http://archiveofourown.org/works/267422) explores that idea a bit (among many other themes - it's a long fic).

For some other (rather better fics) about Sherlock having problems in bed, I'd recommend Messages Unspoken (http://fengirl88.livejournal.com/20713.html) by Kate lear and fengirl's stories (http://fengirl88.livejournal.com/20713.html), especially In Transition (http://fengirl88.livejournal.com/7901.html).

[jenny-starseed.livejournal.com]

I'll check those out. Thanks for the links. :)