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Sherlock was galloping through his deductions when Lestrade’s phone rang.

“Hold on,” said Lestrade, and then paused. “That’s odd.”

He showed the display to John.

Number withheld: please pass phone to Sherlock Holmes,” John read out.

“Don’t answer it!" shouted Sherlock.

John stared at him. “Is this something to do with Mycroft?”

Sherlock turned abruptly and strode away.



At the lab they bumped into Molly. Almost immediately her mobile rang.

“Um..?” she said gazing at the screen.

“Message for Sherlock Holmes?” asked John.

“Turn your phone off now,” said Sherlock.



There had been a determined dash through miles of London backstreets but the suspect had managed to get away.

“Damn,” said Sherlock. “We’ll have to-”

John’s phone rang.

“It’s that weird message again,” he said. He glanced up at Sherlock. “It must be relevant. I’m answering it.”

Sherlock lunged but it was too late.

“Hello? Yes. Yes, he is.”

He held out the phone to Sherlock in bewilderment.

“It’s your mother.”

Sherlock sighed. He took the mobile.

“Yes?” he said. He sighed again. “Yes, a scarf and gloves. Mummy, I am thoroughly wrapped up.”



“This is why I prefer to text,” said Sherlock as he handed the phone back to John. He looked at his colleague sharply. “Are you laughing?”

“No,” said John innocently. “I’m just a bit out of breath.”
Sherlock fanfiction: a 221B - a story 221 words long, final word beginning with "b". 221B form invented by ~KCScribbler (KCS).

It's funny - when I first watched Sherlock and heard the line, "I prefer to text", I thought: Oh, that's a reference to the Victorian Holmes always writing notes and sending off telegrams. However, what had never crossed my mind (until reading online articles recently) is that the original Holmes doesn't use the telephone, even though this would have been cutting-edge technology for him. He too prefers to text ^^

My other 221Bs can be found here.
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