Fic: The Duplicitous Detective, Chapter 8 - The Date

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Title: The Duplicitous Detective, Chapter 8: The Date
Fandoms: BBC's Sherlock and CBS' Elementary
Word Count: 7,765
Rating: Soft R
Characters: Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock and Elementary), Irene Adler (Sherlock), Joan Watson, John Watson
Pairings (this chapter): Irene Adler/Joan Watson, unrequited Elementary!Sherlock/Irene Adler
Warnings: Mild sexual content, allusions to abuse.
Summary: A dynamic detective, a disgruntled doctor, and a damsel who isn't in all that much distress (thank you very much) find themselves entangled in a case of identity involving Sherlock Holmes himself. The Watsons are left to clean up the mess, and Irene Adler? As usual, she just does what she wants.
In this chapter, after the Charles Augustus Magnussen situation has been dealt with, Irene Adler asks Joan Watson on a date.

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     “If you’re not looking for love, then why ask me out?”

          “Because I am looking for companionship, compatibility, and sex.”  Irene strokes her index finger back and forth across Joan’s.  “I’m in self-imposed exile, but that doesn’t mean I have to deprive myself of the things I like.  I have done, but for too long, I think.  And I find you attractive.”

          “Oh,” Joan says again.

          “And, more importantly, I find you interesting.”  The smirk that plays across her lips is one that she’s used to enrapture seven diplomats, two U.S. senators, and a princess.  “Do you find me interesting?”