Title: I Wanna Know Why
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Rating: PG-13
Length: 100 words
Content notes: Spoilers up to 3x03.
Author notes: A drabble. Written for the question challenge on fan_flashworks.
Summary: Even though he eventually forgives his friend, the question is still nagging at the back of his mind.



I don't care how you faked it, Sherlock. I wanna know why.

Even though he eventually forgives his friend, the question is still nagging at the back of his mind.

Sherlock should have told him; they were friends – hell, they still are, no matter how much of an idiot the great detective is sometimes. Most of times, really.

It's only when they're standing in the shadows of a bloodied sunset that he finally gets the answer.

Get away from me, John! Stay well back!

Something cracks inside his chest, but he doesn't cry. He's a soldier, and soldiers don't cry.