on sherlock 3x01, spoilers abound.

[herrin]

Very good, Mr. Holmes. Really, I must applaud you. And your brother, for a change.

[ irene, as a whole, seems more than a little bit pleased. ]

Though, was that bit with Ms. Hooper meant to make me jealous? Anderson appears to have quite the imagination. I rather liked the version of you and Mr. Moriarty being intimate; I had always wondered.

[ she's wearing her customary smile. let's see. now that you've been dead, can she still get under your skin? ]

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[seesobserves]

How could it possibly be to make you jealous? I hardly have control over Anderson's fantasies.

[herrin]

Oh, naturally.

[ not going to dignify that last bit with a response? well, then. ]

Ms. Hooper's fiancé is .. rather familiar looking, isn't he?

[seesobserves]

Stylistic similarities. They haven't been together long enough for her to influence him, thank God; she didn't make him get that haircut. Likely she doesn't even realize.

[herrin]

But you and I do.

[ and it's hilarious. though, on a somewhat more serious note. ]

I'm surprised you let her go.

[the_new_sexy]

I believe that Anderson's imagination is out of my control. Your feelings on the matter are the same.

[herrin]

Oh, don't say you haven't thought about it!

[ feelings? what feelings? she has no feelings. nope, no feelings here, none. ]

I'm not surprised Dr. Watson hit you. You rather deserve it.

[the_new_sexy]

Thought about what, Woman? Anderson's imagination? I'm more surprised that he has one.

[herrin]

Two geniuses; one dastardly, the other [ stupidly arrogant ] respectable -- meeting clandestinely on a rooftop. Why, that story practically writes itself.

[ except for the bit where it wasn't clandestine at all, really. ]

He was the only one to figure it out, you know. You ought to give him more credit.

[the_new_sexy]

I wouldn't call Jim Moriarty respectable, Woman, though I accept your description of me wholeheartedly.

[wealldosillythings]

Wh-What? Jealous? With me?

[What bizarre alternate universe has she stumbled into.]

[herrin]

Now, don't get excited. I never said it worked.

[ she forgets you weren't in anderson's head. oops. ]

[herrin]

Oh, please. I know kittens scarier.

[wealldosillythings]

Right. O-Of course it didn't. Because that's....silly.

[herrin]

I rather like your new .. fiance, was it?

[the_new_sexy]

They're usually referred to as tigers.

[herrin]

I like to call them rugs.

[wealldosillythings]

Tom. Yeah, Tom's his name. He's...nice.

[the_new_sexy]

Let's get back to why you were so jealous.

[herrin]

I never said I was; I just wondered if it was meant to.

Really, though, jumping through windows and kissing breathless women; it's not really your style, is it?

[seesobserves]

Well, I'm hardly gonna be fitting dates in around terrorist plots.

[Deliberately blithe. Nothing to see here, nope.]

[herrin]

I have a hard time believing that you wouldn't try.

[ come now. that look on your face, that wasn't for everyone. she's only seen it once before. ]

[herrin]

[ in all fairness and jokes aside, she does believe that everyone deserves to be treated well, by someone who cares about them. and if molly is happy.. ]

He does seem to be. He seemed thrilled to be with you.

[the_new_sexy]

Neither of those actions seem particularly efficient.

[herrin]

I could make an argument for the latter, depending on the woman.

[ or The Woman, as it happens ]

[wealldosillythings]

[She brightens at that, practically pink at the idea.] He's sweet. We hang out at the pub every weekend and sometimes we just talk for hours. It's...he's really amazing.