Moriarty's Monologue - for men or women
I want to see him burn, oh yes, but it goes beyond that. That’s theend,there’s much more,somuch more -
Oh, he’s beautiful, isn’t he? You can’t deny it. Heshines,that acerbic tongue, that glittering mind, all that cold passion consuming him - bet you,betyou that’s the real reason he’s so wraith-thin. You can almostseeit, the coldfire that powers him and consumes him, his skin sotranslucent, so -
Hmm. Oh, don’t look at me like that! Haha, oh, don’t youknow?We want thesame thing!
I want to peel back that carapace of his. I want to steal away his control bit… by… bit. See what he’s like off his own leash because heisleashed, oh, you know it seems he speaks without thinking butspeaking isn’t the half of it. You want to see under his skin too, admit it! You want as much as I do to dig your fingers under the ice and untouchable storm of his countenance, you want totouch that fire he keeps inside, see what makes him tick, what he’sfeelingthere.
I want to see himbreak.
I want tomakehim break, watch him flare all of his fury and his pain and his passion, watch him crumble, open up his defenses and his guard until he’s got nothing left to hide behind, until he’srawandbleeds his heart out,until I can taste it, sink myteethinto it…
No? Oh, come now. Ofcourseyou want that. You’re already doing it. Don’t know if I can get there without you, really. You’re justgentlerabout it, getting under his skin with your steadfastness and banter and oh-so-quick loyalty. You want to touch the softness of him, too.
Of course,youwant to protect and heal, comfort… and don’t you know that’s worse?
I at least won’t be so cruel as to ease his loneliness and get him to depend on me, rely on me. I would never be sosadisticas to get him totrustme. EvenIhave lines I won’t cross. Sherlock and I - we challenge each other, it’s a game and we know it.You,though…
I do think I love him, a little, in my own way. He isbeautiful,after all, and such alovelypuzzle. You want to be the one to get through his shell… well, so do I! Shall we work together on it?
No? Hah, I don’t need yourconsentto get your help on this one, John. Come now. Don’t benaive. You’ve been a fantastic partner in crime already! I couldn’t possibly have gotten this far without you.