Title: Scoring Brownie Points
Fandom: Sherlock
Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Rating: G
Length: 442 (2 x 221: first 221 ends at "badges".)
Content notes: Genderswap
Author notes: Apart from a 60 word 15th century, religious orders, ACD Holmes AU for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
sherlock60, this is my first go at genderswap.
Summary: Johanna is looking through one of the Holmeses' family photo albums.
Johanna turned over a page of the album. “You were such an adorable toddler.”
Sherlock scowled but didn’t look up from fiddling with her phone.
“Those sweet little shorts! And those sandals!”
“Sorry? What’s that?” Sherlock glanced up briefly. “You were telling me you want to sleep on the sofa tonight..?”
Johanna turned over another page. “Ohhh! Look. At. That. Little. Face.”
This time Sherlock straightforwardly glared at her. “If you want to end our relationship, Johanna, you’ve only to say.”
Johanna grinned, keeping her eyes on the photograph.
“Oh, don’t make such a fuss. I thought it was very kind of your mother to let me have a rummage through the family albums while we’re staying here.”
Her gaze wandered to another picture.
“And they’re not all of you. Who’s the little girl in the Brownie uniform? A cousin, is it? She looks just like you.”
“Looks just like—” Sherlock rolled her eyes. “That is me.”
Johanna looked up and frowned. “You? Were in the Brownies?” She glanced back at the photo, perplexed. “Were you undercover?”
“Interesting suggestion, but no.” Sherlock gave her a tight smile. “Look, admittedly I had some problems with…”
“Being nice? Thinking of others? Doing good deeds?”
“...the social aspect.” Sherlock gave Johanna a very hard look. “But I enjoyed the activities—working towards my badges.”
“Right…” Johanna studied the photo more closely. “So what was the occasion here—your… ‘swearing in’, was it? All the Brownies and adults look very serious.”
Sherlock stood, and came and peered down over Johanna’s shoulder for a moment. “Quite the opposite actually. It was my drumming out.”
She went and sat down again while Johanna stared at her.
“Your ‘drumming out’..?”
Sherlock nodded. “For bringing the Brownies into disrepute. My parents were heartbroken.”
“But I thought that sort of thing was a myth…”
Sherlock shrugged a little and looked away.
Johanna’s bewilderment changed to anger. “Bloody hell. Fancy doing that to a small child. God knows I’m aware of what a pain you can be but—”
She paused as she spotted the smile on Sherlock’s face.
“Oh, I see. Very amusing. Happy you’ve got your own back, are you?”
“Yes, thank you. I am.”
Sherlock’s smile got wider, and Johanna grinned just a little in return. She looked down at the photo again.
“So what was going on in the Brownie picture then?”
Sherlock looked thoughtful. “As far as I can remember, I had volunteered to give a talk in front of the mayor about the importance of being involved in your community.”
“Really?” Johanna wrinkled her brow. “To be fair, I thought the drumming out story was more believable.”
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Fandom: Sherlock
Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Rating: G
Length: 442 (2 x 221: first 221 ends at "badges".)
Content notes: Genderswap
Author notes: Apart from a 60 word 15th century, religious orders, ACD Holmes AU for
sherlock60, this is my first go at genderswap.Summary: Johanna is looking through one of the Holmeses' family photo albums.
Johanna turned over a page of the album. “You were such an adorable toddler.”
Sherlock scowled but didn’t look up from fiddling with her phone.
“Those sweet little shorts! And those sandals!”
“Sorry? What’s that?” Sherlock glanced up briefly. “You were telling me you want to sleep on the sofa tonight..?”
Johanna turned over another page. “Ohhh! Look. At. That. Little. Face.”
This time Sherlock straightforwardly glared at her. “If you want to end our relationship, Johanna, you’ve only to say.”
Johanna grinned, keeping her eyes on the photograph.
“Oh, don’t make such a fuss. I thought it was very kind of your mother to let me have a rummage through the family albums while we’re staying here.”
Her gaze wandered to another picture.
“And they’re not all of you. Who’s the little girl in the Brownie uniform? A cousin, is it? She looks just like you.”
“Looks just like—” Sherlock rolled her eyes. “That is me.”
Johanna looked up and frowned. “You? Were in the Brownies?” She glanced back at the photo, perplexed. “Were you undercover?”
“Interesting suggestion, but no.” Sherlock gave her a tight smile. “Look, admittedly I had some problems with…”
“Being nice? Thinking of others? Doing good deeds?”
“...the social aspect.” Sherlock gave Johanna a very hard look. “But I enjoyed the activities—working towards my badges.”
“Right…” Johanna studied the photo more closely. “So what was the occasion here—your… ‘swearing in’, was it? All the Brownies and adults look very serious.”
Sherlock stood, and came and peered down over Johanna’s shoulder for a moment. “Quite the opposite actually. It was my drumming out.”
She went and sat down again while Johanna stared at her.
“Your ‘drumming out’..?”
Sherlock nodded. “For bringing the Brownies into disrepute. My parents were heartbroken.”
“But I thought that sort of thing was a myth…”
Sherlock shrugged a little and looked away.
Johanna’s bewilderment changed to anger. “Bloody hell. Fancy doing that to a small child. God knows I’m aware of what a pain you can be but—”
She paused as she spotted the smile on Sherlock’s face.
“Oh, I see. Very amusing. Happy you’ve got your own back, are you?”
“Yes, thank you. I am.”
Sherlock’s smile got wider, and Johanna grinned just a little in return. She looked down at the photo again.
“So what was going on in the Brownie picture then?”
Sherlock looked thoughtful. “As far as I can remember, I had volunteered to give a talk in front of the mayor about the importance of being involved in your community.”
“Really?” Johanna wrinkled her brow. “To be fair, I thought the drumming out story was more believable.”
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And it's worryingly believable that Sherlock would have been drummed out. I don't blame Johanna for falling for that one ^_^
I did watch that episode of Dear Ladies, but I couldn't get passed the fact that they weren't actually ladies. :( It's very cool, however, that nobody in their village seems to mind.
PS. I didn't know that you could be drummed out of the Brownies.
And you can't ^_^ At least, I don't think you can ^^" I suppose a misbehaving Brownie would just be quietly told that she couldn't come to any more meetings. Something to discuss with Small Hobbit ^^
I guess I was just taken in for the moment.