Dec 05, BBC Sherlock, Peppermint Cocoa

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Title: Peppermint Cocoa
Author: stonepicnicking_okapi
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Length: 100
Characters: Lestrade, Sherlock, John
Relationship: pre-Mycroft/Lestrade
Rating: Gen
For: Day 5 adventdrabbles: Peppermint Cocoa
Summary: Sherlock makes a deduction about Lestrade's cocoa.


Lestrade stirred the contents of the paper cup with a red-and-white-striped stick while he spoke.

Sherlock interrupted.

“Mycroft has finally made his affection known.”

John gasped. “How—?”

Sherlock smirked. “That’s not coffee he’s stirring. It’s Hotel Chocolat’s dark cocoa supreme. Lestrade wouldn’t spend that kind of money on a hot beverage, so it’s a gift, and that,” he nodded to a thermos flask on the desk, “is not his. Arrived this morning. With a note?”

“Hand delivered,” said Lestrade. “And, yeah, there’s a note.” He turned the cup where written in an elegant hand was:

SOD OFF, BROTHER MINE!

Comments

[smallhobbit]

Brilliant! Mycroft knows Sherlock only too well!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Sassy, no? My years of doing the Cheers ficlets I think have given me a natural affinity for drink prompts.

[misbegotten]

Hahahaha! Well done!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you very much! And perfect icon is perfect (yours).

[ancientreader]

I should really know better than to read a drabble of yours with coffee in my mouth. Nicely played, friend, nicely played!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Hee, hee! Glad you liked it!