Dreamscapes
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Sherlock and John spend the night in Scotland after finishing a case. The sole Inn in town only has one room left...one bed. This would be fine - if not a bit awkward - if Sherlock hadn't developed a habit of snoring loudly. John suffers through many hours of sleeplessness before he discovers that skin-to-skin contact stops the noise.
"John lifts his right hand, wanting nothing more in his exhausted, frustrated state than to smack his best friend in the face. Hard. Instead, the closer his hand gets to Sherlock’s cheek, the slower the progress becomes. He grits his teeth again to control the tense, slightly-shaking-from-anger limb as he places it gently on to Sherlock’s left cheek.
To John’s surprise, the snoring stops as Sherlock lets out a quiet huff at the contact. He isn’t any more awake than he was just moments before, but he is blessedly, for the first time this excruciatingly long night, silent."
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- Part 1 of Dreamscapes
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The sequel to "The Cure for Snoring" where you get to see exactly what kinds of sleep experiments Sherlock has been planning, and how exactly that changes their friendship in to something more.
"John simply slow blinks at him a few times, mouth actually opening and closing soundlessly twice before he can manage to make words come out, “You aren’t serious.”
Sherlock’s head tilts to the left in confusion, “Of course I am. You said you would consent to the experiment I thought up, and I’d like to begin tonight,” he ends by sounding defensive.
“Jesus,” John mutters while rubbing his tired face with his left hand, but neither says anything more. It takes a full two minutes before John nods his head in resignation and turns towards the stairs to his room.
“John?” Sherlock calls after him uncertainly.
“My pajamas are upstairs. I didn’t consent to do the study nude; I’ll be back down in a moment,” he calls without stopping his progress."
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- Part 2 of Dreamscapes