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“Oh look,” said John. “There’s a bee.”

“Hmmm,” Sherlock agreed, noting the colour of the abdomen, the hairs prevalent on the thorax. “ Anthidium maculatum. Wood carder bee,” he added at John’s mildly exasperated look. “One of many species of solitary bees.”

“I thought bees live together in a hive?” John said, watching the little creature as it clambered up a stem.

“That’s a common misconception,” Sherlock said, rifling through a cabinet in his mind palace for the correct information. “In the UK, there are around two hundred and seventy species of bee, and two hundred and fifty of those species are solitary bees.”

“Huh,” John said, peering even closer. “So this little lady doesn’t have a family and friends to go back to?”

“Little gentleman,” Sherlock corrected. “And no, probably not. He might spend some time with a mate, if it suits him, but for much of his life he will be alone - flying from one flower to the next, foraging, and doing exactly as he wishes.”

“Sounds a bit lonely,” John said, and Sherlock snorted.

“No need to romanticise the bee, John. I assure you, he is quite content with his solitary life.”

“I’m not so sure,” John mused, and they both watched as the bee moved on to a different stem. “It’s all very well visiting all these places, seeing all these things. But with no-one to share them with? Not sure I’d like that.”

“Really? I would like it just fine,” Sherlock said, and this time it was John who snorted.

A bit peeved, Sherlock eyed him. “What?”

“You? You go mad when you don’t have someone to talk to - so mad that you start talking to inanimate objects. You love explaining about things you’ve seen, things you’ve learned. And you like having a place to come home to every night, with someone familiar there. We’re flatmates, remember - though I’m pretty sure you don’t need help with the rent. You are no more a solitary bee than I am.”

Sherlock stared at him.

John was still watching the bee, though his cheeks had gone a bit pink. “What’s it doing now?”

With some difficulty, Sherlock brought his attention back to the insect. “It’s collecting the tiny hairs from the stem of the plant. Wood carder bees use those to build their nests.”

“So… this one did find someone to go home to, after all,” John said slowly. He was watching Sherlock from the corner of his eye, and inexplicably, Sherlock blushed.

“I… I suppose he did,” he said, and made sure to keep his eyes fixed on the delicate fluffy body in front of him, that flew around against all laws of physics.

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The lovely @alifetimeaheadtoprovethat drew this little doodle for me, so I decided to write a little ficlet to go with it <3 This is our entry for the @sherlockchallenge this month (prompt: One).

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100 Words for Facial Expressions

Absent: preoccupied

Agonized: as if in pain or tormented

Alluring: attractive, in the sense of arousing desire

Appealing: attractive, in the sense of encouraging goodwill and/or interest

Beatific: see blissful

Bilious: ill-natured

Black: angry or sad, or see hostile

Bleak: see grim and hopeless

Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern

Blissful: showing a state of happiness or divine contentment

Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent

Brooding: see anxious and gloomy

Bug eyed: frightened or surprised

Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed

Cheeky: cocky, insolent

Cheerless: sad

Choleric: hot-tempered, irate

Coy: flirtily playful, or evasive

Crestfallen: see despondent

Darkly: with depressed or malevolent feelings

Deadpan: expressionless, to conceal emotion or heighten humor

Dejected: see despondent

Derisive: see sardonic

Despondent: depressed or discouraged

Doleful: sad or afflicted

Dour: stern or obstinate; see also despondent

Downcast: see despondent

Dreamy: distracted by daydreaming or fantasizing

Ecstatic: delighted or entranced

Etched: see fixed

Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible

Fixed: concentrated or immobile

Furtive: stealthy

Gazing: staring intently

Glancing: staring briefly as if curious but evasive

Glaring: see hostile

Glazed: expressionless due to fatigue or confusion

Gloomy: see despondent and sullen

Glowering: annoyed or angry

Glowing: see radiant

Grim: see despondent; also, fatalistic or pessimistic

Grave: serious, expressing emotion due to loss or sadness

Haunted: frightened, worried, or guilty

Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism

Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, or resistant

Hunted: tense as if worried about pursuit

Impassive: see deadpan

Inscrutable: mysterious, unreadable

Jeering: insulting or mocking

Languid: lazy or weak

Leering: see meaningful; also, sexually suggestive

Meaningful: to convey an implicit connotation or shared secret

Mild: easygoing

Mischievous: annoyingly or maliciously playful

Moody: see sullen

Pained: affected with discomfort or pain

Pallid: see wan

Peering: with curiosity or suspicion

Peeved: annoyed

Petulant: see cheeky and peeved

Pitying: sympathetic

Pleading: seeking apology or assistance

Pouting: see sullen

Quizzical: questioning or confused

Radiant: bright, happy

Roguish: see mischievous

Sanguine: bloodthirsty, confident

Sardonic: mocking

Scornful: contemptuous or mocking

Scowling: displeased or threatening

Searching: curious or suspicious

Set: seefixed

Shamefaced: ashamed or bashful

Slack-jawed: dumbfounded or surprised

Sly: cunning; see also furtive and mischievous

Snarling: surly

Sneering: see scornful

Somber: see grave

Sour: unpleasant

Stolid: inexpressive

Straight-faced: see deadpan

Sulky: see sullen

Sullen: resentful

Taunting: see jeering

Taut: high-strung

Tense: see taut

Tight: see pained and taut

Unblinking: see fixed

Vacant: blank or stupid looking

Veiled: see inscrutable

Wan: pale, sickly; see also faint

Wary: cautious or cunning

Wide eyed: frightened or surprised

Wild eyed: excited, frightened, or stressful

Wistful: yearning or sadly thoughtful

Withering: devastating; see also wrathful

Woeful: full of grief or lamentation

Wolfish: see leeringand mischievous

Wrathful: indignant or vengeful

Wry: twisted or crooked to express cleverness or a dark or ironic feeling

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edgelordsstuff

4 years ago

I found a similar one

peter wearing one of those monkey leash backpacks which tony is holding on to. tony wearing one of those monkey leash backpacks which stephen is holding onto. oh and they are at disneyland.

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edgelordsstuff

4 years ago

Lol so me😂

"sorry English is not my first language" I say. As if I make any sense in my first language

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edgelordsstuff

2 years ago