Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Fanfic: A Further Extract from Watson's Diary

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Title: A Further Extract from Watson's Diary
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: G
Length: 271
Author notes: The original Watson's Diary was co-written with thesmallhobbit. This fic is also for the May 2016 prompt: hiccup at watsons_woes.
Summary: Watson has a severe bout of hiccups. Luckily he has friends to assist him.

Sunday

I have now been hiccupping for three and a half days.

I have tried everything in my search for a cure: holding my breath, sipping water, sipping vinegar. Nothing has helped. But Holmes, the dear fellow, is attempting to assist me by giving me unexpected shocks. Explosions in the sitting room, Holmes dressed as an assassin jumping out of my wardrobe. That sort of thing.

My nerves are in shreds but the hiccups are still robustly in place.


Monday

Mrs. Hudson has decided to join in with the unexpected shocks! God bless her—what a woman.

Just after Holmes had engineered a particularly impressive explosion—which sadly had no effect whatsoever on my muscular spasms—Mrs. Hudson rushed upstairs with an upturned broom and chased us both around the sitting-room.

I have to say that I was indeed startled, but unfortunately the hiccups have not departed.


Tuesday

They have gone! The hiccups have gone!

Holmes was pursuing me down the entrance hall with a sabre when Mrs. Hudson burst out of her broom cupboard and threw a bucket of cold water over the two of us. It was only later when I was wringing out my vest that I realised the hiccups had finally stopped!


Wednesday

Strange.

I took Mrs. Hudson a small bouquet of flowers today to thank her for her thoughtful actions, and she insisted she had not known I was suffering from hiccups. However, she did emphasise she was fully prepared to throw cold water over me whenever the situation seemed to call for it.

So kind. I am indeed most fortunate to have such sympathetic acquaintances.