Re: Fill: Welcome Back 19/19revolution25January 7 2011, 10:16:27 UTC
Sherlock smiled, John was right, Sherlock would never take the time to wet a towel, he would however ruin a shirt Mycroft just got for him with his and John’s come.
He grabbed the blanket from where he had thrown it the previous morning and covered them both. When he settled back down John rested his head on Sherlock’s shoulder and pulled him closer.
They were quiet both content to watch as the room grew darker with the setting sun.
Sherlock’s mobile rang and he cursed as he answered it hoping it wasn’t Scotland Yard, at least not yet.
He put the mobile on speakerphone and said a terse, “Yes.”
“The rings will come with the morning post,” Mycroft said sounding far too pleased with himself.
“What?” Sherlock asked.
“You and John are now married, congratulations to you both.” Mycroft immediately hung up and Sherlock threw the mobile across the room.
“What’s wrong?” John asked sleepily.
“He had us married and didn’t tell us, isn’t that enough?”
“We were going to get married eventually, saves us the trouble.” John said.
“I thought you wanted to be there for your wedding.” Sherlock said unsure of what exactly John was saying.
“Things change. I’m just glad that you didn’t give up on me. Even after I gave up on myself.”
Sherlock let out a couple deep breaths, trying not to show the emotion he felt at John’s words, and held onto John a little tighter.
“I forgot to say,” Sherlock spoke finally kissing the top of John’s head.
In his tired state all John could reply with was a “Mmhh?”
Re: Fill: Welcome Back 19/19dayjaJanuary 7 2011, 23:18:59 UTC
A brilliant story. The ending is exactly what one would want...and yet still leaves me feeling a bit unfulfilled...like it's perfect in this moment and you know they will heal...but you left off before they actually got there. John won't magically be over the war and Sherlock won't magically be over the silence even if he does understand it. (it doesn't help that John never really acknowledged what he did to Sherlock.) Actually, I think what effected me the most is that there is a lot of angst and emotions and no real 'villain' for me to aim anger or annoyance at. So I want to get annoyed at John for hurting Sherlock and not ever facing that fact, but I can't really be annoyed with him which leaves me annoyed in general...which is not to say that I found your story annoying. Just...emotional. So good job.
Re: Fill: Welcome Back 19/19 OP againrevolution25January 9 2011, 12:03:34 UTC
Wow, you've ended this marvelously. Very beautiful. Things between them aren't quite right yet but that's good because it echoes relationships in the real world. Thank you very much for this wonderful story.I hope we all see more from you in the future!
Re: Fill: Welcome Back 19/19revolution25January 9 2011, 15:56:10 UTC
OMG. What an emotional rollercoaster. But a great one. I was bawling through most of this. But then you made it better in the end. Absolutely beautiful work of art. Thank you so much for filling this prompt so wonderfully. ♥♥♥
Re: Fill: Welcome Back 19/19aslipperyslothJanuary 17 2011, 14:17:23 UTC
I loved this. I think what made it hurt the most was it was only John's issues stopping contact and not something like disappearance or death. This kind of thing happens so often in real life, and while John's is an extreme case we've all been to that place where you just don't know how to explain or say something to someone and then the more time goes by the more awkward it would seem to try.
He grabbed the blanket from where he had thrown it the previous morning and covered them both. When he settled back down John rested his head on Sherlock’s shoulder and pulled him closer.
They were quiet both content to watch as the room grew darker with the setting sun.
Sherlock’s mobile rang and he cursed as he answered it hoping it wasn’t Scotland Yard, at least not yet.
He put the mobile on speakerphone and said a terse, “Yes.”
“The rings will come with the morning post,” Mycroft said sounding far too pleased with himself.
“What?” Sherlock asked.
“You and John are now married, congratulations to you both.” Mycroft immediately hung up and Sherlock threw the mobile across the room.
“What’s wrong?” John asked sleepily.
“He had us married and didn’t tell us, isn’t that enough?”
“We were going to get married eventually, saves us the trouble.” John said.
“I thought you wanted to be there for your wedding.” Sherlock said unsure of what exactly John was saying.
“Things change. I’m just glad that you didn’t give up on me. Even after I gave up on myself.”
Sherlock let out a couple deep breaths, trying not to show the emotion he felt at John’s words, and held onto John a little tighter.
“I forgot to say,” Sherlock spoke finally kissing the top of John’s head.
In his tired state all John could reply with was a “Mmhh?”
“Welcome back.”
~END~
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Still, I loved the reunion but I am curious on how they got together...will you be writing anything else in this universe?
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<3 Anyway, great work.
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