A/N: This is a first for me, a true, 100-word-each drabble series, written to give my muse a kick in the pants and to explore new types of writing. Updates will be 3-4 drabbles per week. Hope you enjoy!
It first became apparent to me one night as we were seated in our respective armchairs by the fire. It was a miserable night outside, cold, windy, rainy. We sat there for several hours with a pot of tea between us, I scribbling some notes for a future monograph, Watson with another of his horrid romances, easing into conversation every so often, both of us grateful that there were no patients or cases that needed attending.
It was that night, for the first time in my adult life, that the word 'friend' did not sit acidly upon my tongue.