Chain of Drabbles

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Sherlock Holmes.

Title: Chain of memories? No! Chain of Drabbles!

Pairing for the chapter:Harry Potter/John Watson

Warnings: none

Prompt: Battle Scars

It's a well-known fact that some scars are move visible than others, John Watson can relate because of the pain in his leg while Harry Potter proudly displays the scar that begun and ended it all. Some scars... not so much, they're hard to detect, it's hard to know they're there.

Harry and John relate to each other at first glance, a kinship of soldier acknowledging soldier, a weapon recognising another. John was a weapon during the Afghanistan war, Harry sometimes still feels like the Wizard world's weapon. They're more similar than they would like to perceive, however. They both have scape routes - for John it's Sherlock, for Harry it's Ron - they both have very exciting lives, to make up for the addictive thrill of the war. So it's no wonder that, at first glance, they acknowledge each other with a simple glance and acknowledge each other's scars with more depth than Sherlock or Ron could ever perceive.

"Hello, I'm Harry Potter," Harry begins the game first, a first move that says that, not only is he a weapon, a soldier, he's also a Lieutenant, a Captain and a Major.

Even if he's years older than the lad in front of him, John knows authority when he sees one, he was, after all, a Colonel for the Royal Army Medical Corps. But he refuses to call attention to it, lest of all in front of Sherlock! "John Watson."

Harry and Ron share a glance and John can't help but notice the quick squeeze the redhead gives his superior. Seems like he's picking up Sherlock's skills already.

"Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Watson, I was wondering if.."

And as they go on to talk about the case, John wonder if he finally met someone who understands his hidden scars.