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Title: Child Sherlock and John--Inventing!
Artist: pennies_4_eyes
Pairing: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Author's summary: Here is an artfill for THIS prompt over at the Sherlock!BBC kink meme.

I wanted to capture them with a difference in age, John the older. So here we have a determined, focused Sherlock at age 7 (or so) with an older John watching out for him, first aid kit at the ready. They're in the attic at Sherlock's house where he has commandeered an old dressmaker's form to mount his (rather steampunk) flying machine on. THis was SO fun that I may do more from this headverse.

Poor Sherlock is a bit consternated, looking over his blueprint diagram. That's a screwdriver in his hand. I know. It's hard to tell.

Reccer's comments: Pennies-4-Eyes does outstanding adult!Sherlock/Holmes and John/Watson, so it's lovely to see how charming her child versions of John and Sherlock are. Both look like children (face and body-wise), adorable without being overly cute. The nods to their clothing on the series is a wonderful touch: John wearing an oatmeal sweater with a buttondown shirt, Sherlock in a white dress shirt, dark shorts, and loafers that suggest the attire of his adulthood.

Sherlock trying to invent mechanical wings touches on his twin devotions to science and adventure. The dangers in this project are hinted at with the plasters on his knee, elbow, and cheek, as well as the bandages wrapped around his wrist and fingers. The placement of John's first aid kit nearby, where he can swiftly render medical assistance, shows us that John knows his expertise will be needed again.

Sherlock's intent expression speaks of frustration as well as determination (somehow he will make those metal wings work!). John's face is calm but alert; I can believe he is ready for almost anything: mending Sherlock, or helping him get his creation off the ground, so to speak. Encapsulated in this image from an AU 'verse are their roles in canon: Sherlock completely dedicated to his Work to the detriment of his Transport and John the Healer and fellow Adventurer, believing that Sherlock will solve any problem before him.