But at work today I signed the fourth sympathy card in as many months. (Or less, actually.) The actress who portrayed Romana in the original Doctor Who died. I believe another famous actor died last night. The last year has been kind of depressing.
So I'm calling for some cheering up!
The Cheering Up MemeThat's right. Whether it's the grieving
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It wasn’t a very big card, or a very intricate one. It was in all honesty a little bit silly, with a cartoon bee and ‘Bee My Valentine’ written above it. But it felt ridiculously heavy in his pocket. He’d brought it last week when Greg’s divorce had been finalised, which was awful timing, no one likes to get dumped the week before Valentine’s Day let alone divorced. Greg had looked so defeated, he’d pretty much avoided everyone as much as he could. For once Greg was as relieved as Sherlock for the strange and inexplicable murder that turned up a few days later.
John thought sad Greg was just wrong. Grumpy Greg or harassed Greg was fine, happy Greg was better. John didn’t realise how much he missed swapping fond but exasperated looks behind Sherlock’s back until Greg wasn’t meeting his eyes anymore (or anyone’s eyes). Even Sherlock was worried, although he didn’t show it, but he hadn’t insulted Greg’s intelligence even once during the case so far, even when Greg had missed the ( ... )
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The conversation had been short and awkward. "Well... am I at least going to see you at Jesse's tomorrow?" Jesse, who barely had enough brain cells to keep one another company and still looked at Amy as though she were a tall glass of water in a desert somewhere. "Mels will be there too, with everyone else. It won't be a big deal." Translation: we don't have to have a Deep and Meaningful Conversation About This If You Don't Want To. (He does. He would just rather not do it when he has no idea what he wants to say and Amy, bless her, is a now person ( ... )
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