July 7 - Grateful and Comforting

[pompey_01]

Title: Grateful and Comforting
Author: Pompey
Universe: ACD
Rating: PG
Warnings: drug references
Word count: 150
Summary: Watson doesn’t like cocaine. In any form.
Prompt: July 7 - Sharing hot cocoa.
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The tenants of 221B Baker Street were well-known consumers of tea, coffee, wine, and spirits. However, neither Holmes nor Watson were opposed to the simple pleasures of hot cocoa on a frigid winter’s night.

It was always Epp’s Cocoa, though. Watson made sure of that. Of all the instant cocoa powders available, he was reasonably sure that Epp’s product really did contain only cocoa powder, sugar, and arrowroot.

Vi-Cocoa he never allowed to cross the threshold of their rooms, going so far as to specifically ask Mrs. Hudson to avoid purchasing it. He might have played shamelessly on her fears of adulterated foods, but if he did, he had his reasons.

William Tibbles, creator of Vi-Cocoa, had begun his business by selling concentrated cocaine. It was bad enough that Holmes kept a vial of the stuff for recreational injections. Watson wasn’t about to risk either of them drinking it too.

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A/N: Epp’s Cocoa and Vi-Cocoa were real Victorian products. I used Epp’s slogan as my title.

Comments

[methylviolet10b]

Oooh, clever and what an interesting twist on the cocoa angle!

[pompey_01]

Thanks!

[capt_facepalm]

Interesting and educational! Well done!
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