JWP #11 ~~~ Tender eyes

[alaylith]

Title: Tender eyes
Theme: July Writing Prompt #11 - July 27
Prompt: 



Author: alaylith
Rating: PG
Universe: BBC
Characters: John
Word Count: 293
Summary: John meets a pair of puppies.

A/N: The picture is just soooooooooooooooooo cute! I had a cuteness overload and am unable to think of a proper fill for this picture. o_O
Must... look .. away... from.... these... eyes... *looks at the picture again*

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww....


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John feels like he is walking to his execution.

The sun shines, the wind is warm and the people on the streets are laughing and talking.
And he feels cold dread settle in his stomach and the phantom pain flares in his leg.

His left hand shakes, too.

But he made his decision and he will go through with it – it is the only way he can go.
Does not mean it is an easy way.

As he turns the corner he hears the excited yelps of puppies and his eyes fall on a boy sitting on the sidewalk with a box at his side.
A small sign reads ‘Puppies looking for a good home’ and sometimes a little eager head reaches out of the box to see the big world.

John walks around the boy and looks down into the box to see five puppies jumping, playing and making a loud of noise.

There are two puppies in the corner, one brown and the other white, which draw his attention. The white one is smaller and leans against the bigger brown one, fast asleep. The brown one looks up and looks John directly in the eye.

John is bemused to easily recognize the expression in the eyes of the small animal – love, trust and especially protection.
That is something he has often seen in the eyes of family members of his patients or of soldiers keeping a vigil at the side of their sleeping comrades.

It is the same expression Sherlock had in his eyes when he asked John what was troubling him.

Unexpectedly tears sting his eyes and John quickly turns away to continue down the road – the tender eyes of a small pup (of Sherlock) haunting him on his way.

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwww, I want to hug John after reading this.

[alaylith]

Me too, but there are still some things (John!hurt) to be done before we can have our happy end. *pats John on the head*

[azuhra.livejournal.com]

Oh puppies! I don't know whether you've meant it or not, but there is a theme in all of your prompts with John in that he is distracting himself with the things around him. I like it, it works very well in what you're doing.

And, is John going to that illicit surgery we saw happening a few prompts back?

[alaylith]

Or from a different point of view - John is reminded by everything around him of his secret.
He connects everything to it - he is haunted by his secret.

Even if you try to distract yourself, your worries and fears always find a way to gnaw at you - even if you are looking at soooooo cute puppies. *huggles puppies*

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, back to John's dilemma...
Nice way to tie in this awkward prompt.

[alaylith]

Awkward? It's sooooo cute it can't be awkward. XD

But yes, tieing it into a larger story was not that easy. ._.