Fic Rec: Breakfast Declarations

[sanguinity]

Title: Breakfast Declarations (AO3) (LJ)
Author: hoc_voluerunt
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Length: 824 words
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1980)
Author's summary: Holmes makes a little confession over breakfast, and Watson does a lot of internal giggling.

Reccer's comments: The Whitehead and Pickering television adaptation of 1979/1980 is one of my favorite Holmes/Watson pairs — scfrankles described them recently as "a charming version of Holmes and Watson—devoted to each other, with a nice line in banter," and I can't improve on that.

This little story is note-perfect in its execution of Whitehead and Pickering's teasing, affectionate push-pull. I'm of two minds as to whether Whitehead's Holmes would ever say "I love you" aloud, but if he did, this is precisely the way it would go down. Fans of the series will recognize these two as utterly themselves, but no specific knowledge of their canon is needed to appreciate this bit of humorous fluff: you only have to appreciate a Holmes and Watson who truly, sincerely, enjoy each other, and are not shy about letting it show.

Author's tags: First Kiss, Fluff, Humor

Comments

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Hee! That was adorable :)

[sanguinity]

I'm glad you liked it!

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Pleased to hear my description of them passed muster - you do know the chaps so much better than I do ^____^

You know, I read this fic a while ago and was puzzled as to which Holmes and Watson it was. Because of the year I thought it might have been the Tom Baker Holmes. (With the greatest of respect, it works a whole lot better when I'm not imagining Tom Baker as Holmes ^^") So thank you for introducing me to this lovely 'verse with your fic. And I'm glad to see this rec because it sent me back to reread the story and leave kudos this time ^_^

[sanguinity]

Arguably, your description of Whitehead and Pickering was heavily influenced by my perception of them, so... :-)

Heh, I've only visually skimmed the Baker Holmes, but yeah, that pair doesn't easily exchange with this one. There are a number of adaptations that are just specific enough in their characterizations/physicalities that you almost do need to know the specific adapt the author is riffing from. I'm glad you had the context to enjoy it properly this time!

[ancientreader]

That was delightful -- thanks for recommending it!

[sanguinity]

I'm glad you enjoyed!