if_inconvenient | Entries tagged with @mixed

Conversations with Mr Mayer are always so delightful. Sherlock returns home happier than he left, just like last time, resolves to look into that fellow's collection of mysteries—just like last time—and reluctantly shelves the project in favour of more pressing matters. Just like last time.

At least, on this iteration, the pressing matters are much more pleasant. Cal should be arriving any minute now.

He has not spoken to Cal in six days.

It is a ridiculous measurement. Plenty of more important things have happened since then. Tony is now CEO of Stark Industries. Virginia Potts has, with some reservations, accepted a position as his personal assistant. She is already proving invaluable. The media seem to believe that the only interesting thing Obadiah Stane ever did was die, and Tony has indulged in several bouts of cathartic rage on the subject.

And yet.

He has not spoken to Cal in six days.

Every moment he has to spare, away from the minutiae of making Tony's job easier as best he can, finds Sherlock on the couch in his workroom playing the violin. He throws himself into the most challenging pieces he can find, and as soon as he has perfected every note he moves on immediately to the next.

But he doesn't keep count of how many new solos he has mastered this way. Another count entirely occupies that part of his attention.

He has not spoken to Cal in six days.

Now that he's had a day to settle in at home, Sherlock has a few minutes to himself.

Naturally, he calls Peter Beardsley.

It has been no more than a few hours and still he feels that is too long.

"Where are they?" he asks as he steps inside. Home at last. It should be comforting.

After a very inconclusive day and a rather more informative conversation with Jarvis, Sherlock is lying in his hotel bed with his fingertips together, staring at the ceiling. It is no longer a conscious imitation of the classic pose; over the years he has made it his own.

One entirely innocuous afternoon, Sherlock places a call through Jarvis to Cal's cellphone.

Where do you go when you want to find a vampire in Sunnydale?

Well, that depends on the vampire, does it not?

For this one, Sherlock will not start out by wandering the streets aimlessly at two in the morning.

It's five in the morning—closer to sunrise; the cautious vampires are likely to be tucked in for the day already—and he is aimed somewhere very specific.

Sherlock is perfectly confident in his ability to take on a vampire in hand-to-hand combat and survive, unless the vampire in question has significant training. That's one vampire.

He is also perfectly confident in his ability to take on any number of them at a distance with his laser in hand, at a distance being the operative phrase.

The situation he finds himself in, when he tracks down the lair of the conspirators at last, transpires to be somewhat chancier. There is little margin for error, and at the end of what is unquestionably the most violent fifteen minutes of his life, he is lying on a richly carpeted floor surrounded by clouds of dust and wishing there were two of him so he could delegate the job of calling Peter Beardsley to the other one. Surely Tony could have cooked up an extra while he was at it.

No, that is not a productive train of thought. Coughing hoarsely, he drags himself to his feet and finds a telephone.

It has been a day and a half, and the afternoon sun is sinking through a bank of clouds. Last night contained only minor revelations.

He is not precisely sure what he expects, but he is reasonably sure he won't like it. Nevertheless.

Sherlock phones Cal.

"Tony is home from school," says Jarvis.

Sherlock says nothing at all.

"Shall I let him know you're here?" asks Jarvis.

Sherlock says nothing at all.

"I'll take that as a yes."

Right. Cal is due to arrive any minute now. Tony is downstairs in his workshop, playing with his cars. Sherlock puts away his violin and descends to the ground floor, pondering the choice of living rooms.

As he expected, first-rate encryption; as he expected, Jarvis cracked it without much trouble; as he expected, it contained much that was of use to him.

Now, about that Beardsley fellow.

Digging up his address is the work of minutes. The real dilemma is deciding how to make the approach. Eventually, he settles on the relatively benign strategy of showing up on the man's doorstep just as he is likely to be coming home from work.

He knows the house is empty, but he rings the bell anyway. Then he tucks his hands in his pockets and settles in to wait, observing his surroundings carefully and standing where he is unlikely to be observed in return.

1: in which Sherry meets SH and it doesn't go well

(the other summary)

1: in which Sherlock and Tony meet Cal somewhere unexpected
2: in which Cal meets Sherlock somewhere less unexpected, and shenanigans ensue
3: in which Sherlock stalks Peter Beardsley for perfectly logical reasons

4: in which Cal seeks independence
5: in which Sherlock pays Cal a visit

6: in which Obadiah Stane
7: in which Cal talks to Tony
8: in which Tony talks to Sherlock

9: in which Sherlock has a chance encounter

10: in which pizza

11: in which politics (and creepy, so much creepy)
12: in which friendship
13: in which Jarvis

14: in which Sherlock breaks into Cal's house just once more
15: in which Cal visits the Stark household

16: in which it is Cal's birthday
     i: out of your skull
     ii: grumpy and drunk
     iii: your security sucks

17: in which it isn't
18: in which it worked for Howard Stark
19: in which is it any wonder?

20: in which phone calls
21: in which school
22: in which vampires

23: in which Cal is disillusioned
24: in which Reed is impatient and Cal is sleepless, until he isn't
25: in which Cal calls Sherlock

26: in which Sherlock goes looking
27: in which Cal confronts his late father and compares scars with Sherlock
28: in which Sherlock visits New York and Jarvis calls Peter

29: in which Cal visits Tony and Peter calls Sherlock
30: in which (the muns forget to include a thread and then) Cal drives Tony home from school
31: in which Sherlock receives a call

32: in which that cannot possibly have happened
33: in which Sherlock returns
34: in which Sherlock calls Peter

35: in which Cal thinks
36: in which Tony visits him
37: in which Sherlock frets

38: in which dinner
39: in which Cal talks to Sherlock
40: in which Tony makes a speech
     (40a: interlude)
     (40b: diversion)

41: in which pizza, for real this time
42: in which Cal and Tina are d'aww

(intermission)

43: in which Sherlock is a bit of a creep
44: in which... idk I haven't read it yet I'm in fucking England leave me alone
45: in which hi I'm Pyth and I'm too jetlagged to summarize this thread (but it has Gracie in it fuck yes)
46: in which Cal talks to Sherry about some stuff

47: graduation
48: celebration

49: in which James again
50: in which Cal some more

51: hsdga
52: kjethrsfw

53: soup
54: sanctioned
55: surprise
56: still

(57: cygnus)

58: a little trip

59: educational
60: addendum
61: in a skirt

62: she thinks

(multiversal collision)

63: being unobtrusive
64: to await
65: fifth fact

66: piano man
67: it never rains but it pours
68: for wasting the dawn
69: until the day I die

70: one more time
71: but you can never

(rearrange)
(very much like Sherlock)

72: the things that we fear

Despite everything, he can't help the smile on his face as he takes the slow, pleasant walk up the driveway. Tom is just so... well, cute.

On reflection, not doing anything about that smile was probably a tactical error.

1: In which Sherlock meets the Doctor.

2: In which the Doctor aims for nineteenth-century London, and misses.

3: In which Chekhov's pocket-watch is not fired.

4: In which Sherlock does research.

5: In which Twelve misses again.

So. Alec Carrow.

Sherlock is aware that social boundaries apply to this situation, and that he is currently breaking them all. He doesn't much care. He is wholly capable of discretion, but he is not at all capable of remaining ignorant in the first place.

Start with finding the obituary. Work from there. How did he die? When?

(Tony doesn't know about the conversation with Alyce. Tony doesn't know about a lot of things. Tony has been spending more time than usual ensconced in his workshop with the door locked, hacking Stark Industries records like he doesn't remember that Jarvis won't keep secrets between the two of them. Sherlock is a little surprised that it seems Tony was on the level about arming him more formidably.)

1: in which Sherlock meets Tom and Trixi, whose own AU is summarized here and there

2: in which he investigates the aforementioned, and is attacked by a not terribly competent demon

3: in which there is FoeYay, so much FoeYay

4: in which Sherlock ~~stalks~~ ~~investigates~~ ~~flirts with~~ investigates Alyce Carrow

5: in which DUCKLINGS???

6: in which Sherlock is a bit of a creep

7: in which Tom's ego

8: in which the shit hits the fan

9: in which Alyce is in need of sanctuary

10: in which Tony just pulled an all-nighter

11: in which the stakes are repeatedly raised

12: in which Jarvis knows what's up

13a: in which Tony drives Alyce into town
13b: in which Sherlock pays a visit to the ancient and most noble house of Black
13c: in which Alyce and Trixi talk on the phone

14: in which Alyce gets a visit from Tony

15a: in which Sherlock arrives at home
15b: in which Tom and Trixi are so fucking adorable, I don't even

16: in which Alyce and Sherlock talk the next morning

17a: in which Tom and Sherlock have a date
17b: in which Tony and Trixi meet for what probably isn't the first time, technically speaking
17c: in which Sherlock takes Tom home

18a: in which Tom takes Sherlock home
18b: in which Trixi and Tony take a break

19a: in which Sherlock meets the parents, which is to say Trixi's
19b: in which Tom and Trixi discuss love

20a: in which Sherlock and Alyce hang out
20b: in which Sherlock and Trixi have breakfast
20c: in which Tom and Sherlock have an actual date

21a: in which Sherlock, Tom, and Trixi talk
21b: in which Tom talks to Trixi and her dad (and is adorable)
21c: in which Trixi talks to Alyce, and blames Sherlock—and then doesn't

22a: in which doom (and cuddles)
22b: in which cuddles (no doom!)

23a: in which Trixi has a chat with Tony
23b: in which video games

24a: in which Sherlock and Trixi have breakfast
24b: in which Tony and Trixi play more video games
24c: in which Trixi and Sherlock discuss matters

25: in which further doom

26a: in which Tom and Trixi are adorable
26b: in which Tom takes Trixi's advice
26c: in which Tom visits the house

27a: in which magic
27b: in which Sherlock speaks with Trixi
27c: in which tide pools

28a: in which d'aww
28b: in which nostalgia
28c: in which Jarvis has news

29a: in which Trixi meets Sandy Buford
29b: in which she discusses the aforementioned with Tom
29c: in which she talks to him again

30a: in which Jarvis and Sherlock investigate Tom's past, among other things
30b: in which Tom and Sherlock discuss Trixi's new friend with her
30c: in which Tom and Trixi revisit the subject

31a: in which house-hunting
31b: in which Trixi is predictable
31c: in which Trixi discusses boys with her grandfather

32: in which a rogue mummy hand causes trouble

33a: in which Tony and Tom talk magic
33b: in which Trixi and Sandy just talk
33c: in which Sherlock and Tom talk graveyards

34a: in which Trixi and Alyce are delightful
34b: in which Trixi and Sandy go on a date

35a: in which Tom receives a bequest
35b: in which Trixi and Sandy are adorable
35c: in which Trixi and Sandy go for a walk

36a: in which rain
36b: in which Trixi and Sandy have coffee
36c: in which they make brownies

37a: in which Tom arrives in New Orleans
37b: in which he meets Sandy again
37c: in which Tony and Sherlock show up at last

38a: in which Trixi and Sandy go on a date
38b: in which Trixi and Sherry plot revenge
38c: in which everyone kicks ass

Tom Riddle and Bellatrix Black have astonishingly unblemished records at Sunnydale High for two such shady characters. In fact, given his first and so far only conversation with them, Sherlock concludes from the available data that they must have conducted a deliberate campaign of projected innocence while at school.

Well, he already knew they could be quite subtle.

No doubt they will make their opening move any day now. He politely asks Jarvis for a little help with the necessary research; Sherlock does the field work, and Jarvis looks up common and uncommon curses on the Internet. After last month's accident with the ghost of Nikola Tesla, Tony has set up the whole house as a magical Faraday cage, but Sherlock has no intention of hiding under his bed until Riddle finds a way to disrupt the shielding. It will protect Tony from any incidental effects and that is quite enough.

Speaking of which, he decides that informing Tony of his latest adventure can just wait a little while longer. Say, until after he has found some students of their year at the Bronze who are willing to reminisce. He could ask Tony, but Tony has all the social memory of a goldfish. If he can't remember the names of the women he's dated he will not remember anything useful about these two.

Sherlock Holmes, after a fashion

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