Prompt #100: Author's Choice - Beginning.

"Oh, my dear fellow…" Holmes gently clasped his friend's quivering shoulder. "It is not the end of everything..."

Watson flinched as the whistle blew, and it became Holmes's turn to swallow hard as his hand was gripped and clung to. How could the world go on about them as if nothing of importance were transpiring?

"I cannot bear to see you like this. Say the word, and I shan't –"

"No." Watson smiled, for he knew Holmes meant it. "Go on, old chap."

The no-longer detective's eyes glistened as the compartment door was closed. "Take care, my friend," he whispered.

And so end the prompts...though not their subject matter.

I do have another set of prompts that will probably spark another drabble set, because I had far too much fun with this one; so you may watch for them sometime soon. Until then, thank you for reading and reviewing!