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Title:  Late nights and early mornings
Author:  med_cat
Rating:  K+
Characters:  Holmes, Watson
Word Count: 150
Summary:  response to wwp #5--Watson punching Holmes :)
A/N:  Cross-posted to watsons_woes

My eyes felt as if they were full of sand…I had only returned home at three o’clock in the morning after a difficult confinement…fortunately, all ended well; both mother and baby were fine.  I was exhausted, however, and intended to sleep late for once, as (a rare stroke of luck) I had no previous engagements that morning.  And now, something (or someone?  I couldn’t open my eyes wide enough to see) kept insistently shaking me.  Instinctively, I struck out at whatever- or whoever-it-was and heard a strangled gasp in response.  That surprised me and made me curious enough to finally force my eyes open.  I saw Sherlock Holmes standing next to my bed with a rather puzzled look on his face rubbing ruefully at his jaw.

“I must say, Watson, this was not quite the reaction I expected,” he ventured hesitantly.

“My apologies; did I hurt you?”

“Mostly my pride.”