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“From the way his nails are clipped, he didn’t work with his hands. That narrows it down. In his pocket we see a hair tie, young child, girl. This also tells us that the mother is not around enough to do her hair. There is also a picture of a woman in his wallet, perhaps the mother is dead because if she left him or he left her, he’d want to get rid of it. People are sentimental like that. However, I cannot see any cause of death… John, what do you think?” Sherlock took a breath in after he finished his deductions before glancing at John expectantly.
However, to his surprise, John stood there stunned, before muttering “I love you”
Sherlock reeled backwards as John covered his face and walked of. He was used to John’s occasional phrases like ‘fantastic’ or ‘brilliant’ but this was new…
Sherlock jogged to catch up with John- much to Lestrade’s annoyance. Sherlock could not let John go.
He finally caught sight of John and called his name. When John turned around, blushing, Sherlock brought up the courage to say “me too”
It was a silent promise to talk about it later.