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Chapter 1
“Let me get a room for you and your partner“, “You boys have fun..”, “So are you…?” “Does yours snore as well?” “How long have you been together?”
These thoughts race around John’s mind as he tries to lay down to sleep; recently it seems to be the only thing he can think about…
Day after day, week after week these types of questions squirm into his mind..non stop bombarding their way into his daily life and now it’s been affecting him directly. At first he didn’t mind the comments, a relationship misconception was expected when living with someone but after some time he started to believe it..
John tossed and turned as he tried to lay down and rest not being able to because of the constant anxiety and confusion.
“Me? With him?? How could I even think like that? He dosent even like me like that, fuck it he dosent like anyone that way! And plus IM NOT GAY”
The same thoughts echo through his mind trying to wrap around the concept that maybe just maybe he had saw something in him that flipped the switch..
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John wakes up the next morning in a cold sweat. His hands were clammy and his throat was dry. He got up out of bed and went to the kitchen to make a cup of tea.
The kitchen was quiet. No one was awake yet and he hadn’t heard silence like this in a long time so he decided to enjoy it. John pulled a chair and a small end table over to the window and sat down and just looked.
London was bustling at this time of day; People rushing to work or to catch the last bus or maybe just walking around getting breakfast somewhere. The quietness of the house mixed with the sounds of the city is something John really never got to appreciate ever since he met..him.
John starts to hear footsteps after 45 minutes of looking outside but he doesn’t turn around to look. A tall figure walks into the room, blue pajama pants with a white t-shirt on and messy dark brown hair and tired bright blue eyes.
“Good Morning John.” The tall figure says while walking into the kitchen to make himself a cup of coffee. “Would you like any coffee I’m making some” He says pouring water into the kettle and scraping the last of the coffee from the container. “No I’m good I made a cuppa tea for myself” John says holding up his cup. “Hm alright, Do we have any cases today?” He says excitedly to see if there’s anything to please his constantly thinking mind. “Nope, not one call so far, but we do have a press meeting we have to go to because of that case you solved a week ago.” John says zoning out into the window.
The tall figure walks over to John trying to see what he’s looking out the window for. “What’s wrong John. You seem very off today” He says to him. “Nope I’m fine Sherlock don’t worry about it” He says not breaking eye contact with the window.
“You have something on your mind” Sherlock says not dropping it.
“Hm good observation. Anything else?” John says in a sarcastic way.
“Well you obviously got up early from the temperature of the remaining tea in your cup” He says sticking his finger into the cup. “I would say around 5:30/6 AM” He says looking at John for more clues as John rolls his eyes for Sherlock’s lack of knowledge of sarcasm. “Your eyes are very sunken in, your hands are clammy just from looking at them, and you hair is messy. Seeing from this I can tell you didn’t get much sleep and waking up that early only tells me you’re anxious about something.” Sherlock says pacing around the room “But exactly what are you anxious about is the question….”
“Sherlock.” John says in a very serious tone now looking at him. “Just drop it I’m fine don’t worry about it.” John says glaring at Sherlock knowing he’s not going to drop it.
“Alright alright…” Sherlock says sitting down onto the sofa.
“I got it!” He shouted five minutes later. “You’re anxious about your date later! That’s the only explanation!” Sherlock said to himself pleased with his observational skills
“I don’t have a date tonight Sherlock..” John says quietly now looking at his fingers picking at them as he feels Sherlock’s eyes looking down at him.
“What’s today’s date?” Sherlock says looking down at his watch. “It’s Tuesday? Don’t you always go out with Sarah..uhh Jessica.. whatever one it is” Sherlock says with lots of confusion since John has been going out with this girl for quite some time now.
“I..uh..i” John mutters trying to spit it out. “I..uh broke up with her..” John says his cheeks flush from embarrassment. “Or well actually it was more like she broke up with uh me..” John says even more embarrassed now
“Oh that’s too bad, I thought you guys were really hitting it off. Hm, What happened” Sherlock says interested in what happened.
“Oh..uh you wouldn’t understand” John says trying to avoid the question.
“John, it’s me I understand everything” Sherlock says persistant now.
“Sherlock just drop it” John says now getting angry. He gets up from his chair and walks into the kitchen to put his tea cup in the sink.
“I’m going out to get groceries today. Do you need anything?” John says before walking upstairs to get changed.
“Coffee, oh and milk” Sherlock says remembering what he saw in the fridge last night.
“Alright, and remember we have a special press conference later on tonight so dress nice” John says in a tired voice while walking upstairs into his room.