Sherlock Advent Fic: Occluded Front

This is short, fluffy, and will be my contribution to 221b_advent once 2/12/12 0800 GMT rolls around.

Title: Occluded Front
Author: impulsereader
Fandom/Pairing: Sherlock BBC; gen
Characters: John, Sherlock, a snippet of Mrs H, and mention of Greg & Molly.
Length: ~1,600 words
Disclaimer: I neither own nor seek to profit from any aspect of Sherlock.
Summary: A study in temperature. Occluded front: A front formed when a cold front overtakes and merges with a warm front; represents the final stage in the life cycle of a midlatitude cyclone.
A/N: Thanks to quarryquest for the britpick and beta, also f_m_r_l for pointing out the obvious. :-)

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People think Sherlock is cold.

They see his eyes glaze over when they give him the ‘normal’ smiles of greeting and offer their hands to show they have no weapons hidden away. They do not understand that blades and guns are not the weapons which have made Sherlock wary. Artifice is stripped away; fear results; fear turns to anger; piss off.
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