Treat for Sanspatronymic: I Am the Girl for Her: Double Portrait

[holmesticemods]

Title: I Am the Girl for Her: Double Portrait
Recipient: sanspatronymic
Artist: rachelindeed
Verse: I Am the Girl for Her (an ACD genderswap by sanspatronymic)
Characters/Pairings: Shirley Holmes/Jane Watson
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Summary: Illustrations inspired by sanspatronymic's wonderful fic!




"In the light of the fireplace, the angles of her face—her high cheekbones, the curve of her nose—sharpened and had given her a regal look, which reminded me for all the world of the portrait of Caesar Augustus which had decorated my copy of Suetonius. What fit occupation was there, I wondered, for this Lady Caesar in our modern world?"




"Nevertheless, as we shared quarters, a sort of quiet intimacy grew between us. Though I sometimes protested the smell of chemicals and tobacco, we got on quite well together, and as she was often awake when I returned from the hospital, we fell into a habit of chatting before bed."

Comments

[sanspatronymic]

EEEEEEE!!!! A treat for me? A treat for ME? What an unexpected delight! And what a delight it is! Ah--I love these girls, and it's so nice to see them in the flesh. Thank you, kind and generous mystery-artist, for so lovingly rendering these two.

I love Jane's utterly besotted expression--exactly on the money, there. If a person could really be said to have 'heart eyes' it's Jane Watson looking at Shirley Holmes. And Shirley! She's really rather beautiful, isn't she? I confess when I wrote that Caesar bit, I wasn't exactly sure how that all fit into a Victorian lady, and I didn't really have a clear mental image of her, but here she is, for certain. Very easy to see how Jane would commit herself to that noble visage! I adore the background work you did here. Like elegant wallpaper. Thank you again!

And as a treat for you, for choosing one of my favorite fics, here is a bit from a future chapter (coming someday!) that I don't believe I've ever shared before:


“Stop it!” I cried, “I’m ordered about all day by doctors and patients alike; don’t you start too. I won’t stand for it!”

The words had hardly escaped my lips before hers were pressed against them. She kissed me, hard and sure. When she pulled away from me, the kiss lingered there for a moment, as if etched. I blinked at Shirley, my mind trapped somewhere between anger and affection.
 
“What was that for?”

“An apology. You’re right; I don’t deserve to give you orders.”

“An apology?”

“Well, a selfish one."

She smiled at me, and once again I felt a shiver run along my spine, but now I could at last
give it a name. 

“Well, Jane, what say you? Will you plunge with me into unknown dangers?”

“Give me that,” I said, seizing the rifle by way of answering. “You’ve loaded it wrong.”

[write_out]

Fantastic! I'm not wholly familiar with this 'verse, but I really like how you've brought it to life. Very pretty colors!

ETA: OH LORD. How embarrassing. I completely misread the ACD Genderswap bit and assumed this was another 'verse (what's that saying about assuming??). Holmes would be APPALLED at my lack of observation, wouldn't she?

[oldshrewsburyian]

Oh, they're lovely! I particularly like Jane's expression, and Shirley's Roman nose.

[trobadora]

These are delightful!