sally donovan

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I have this really complex headcanon/would-be fanfic involving Sally Donovan:

Basically, her and Sherlock are actually friends who have a weird love-hate type thing going on. And Sherlock really respects Sally, so much so that he goes to her one day and he’s like “Hey, Donovan, I need people to think I’m a dick who’s very unpopular with the regular detectives and cops, I need this for Reasons.” And she’s like, “That shouldn’t be too hard,” and they banter back and forth and eventually she says, “Well, I’m a good actress in addition to being a good cop, if you want someone to show up and insult you and pretend to really hate you I can EASILY do that.” “Thank you!”

So that happens for a while, and Sherlock will sometimes phone Donovan and say things like “Sorry I inferred you were shagging Anderson.” “I am shagging Anderson.” “Oh.” Later: “Can you make sure to highlight the odd contents of my fridge?” “I was planning to anyway, I’ve seen the eyeballs.”

And then later he calls her up at a random time and says “Donovan I need you to make sure everyone thinks I’m a fraud and possibly dangerous.” “OH JESUS CHRIST ALRIGHT,” and she feels a bit weird doing it but luckily it’s one of those times where his main priority (evading Moriarty) and hers (making sure absolutely no more trauma or harm comes to the kidnapped children) line up.

And then Sherlock dies but she’s fairly sure he didn’t really, and then she sees him in the street one day and (in relief, if she’s being honest) shouts “Hey, freak!” and he shouts back, “Go scrub a floor, detective!” and John is very confused and none the wiser til Sherlock explains it, the end.

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Can I just say, that I like and respect Sally Donovan. She’s a cop. She weighed up the evidence as she saw it and came to a not unreasonable conclusion. And- as unpopular as this opinion might be- I can easily see why she would distrust and dislike Sherlock. Don’t forget, she’s a black woman in a profession still dominated by white men. She’s probably worked all her life to get away from people like him.

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