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Slow Days

Summary:

Sherlock is gone, and John can't let go.

Slow days go one by one, but you have no returning.

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29 June, 2012

21:38

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Hey, um.. I, shit, Sher... I... You... Why'd you do it? I had so many things I still needed to tell you.

 

29 June, 2012

22:01

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I'm sorry I never told you. But you knew, right? I mean, you must have. You were my best friend.

 

30 June, 2012

9:03

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

It's me again. I know it's pointless, what I'm doing, but this, calling you... uhm... it makes me feel as if you can still hear me, you know? Like you're listening somewhere... You broke me, you know that? I'm a mess. Somehow you kept me together. Put me back together again.

 

1 July, 2012

13:42

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I hate you.

 

1 July, 2012

13:54

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I didn't mean that.

 

1 July, 2012

23:51

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I'm drunk, Sher. Me. Can you believe it? Hah, me. I've never enjoyed alcohol, don't know why. 'Cause of Harry, probably. Anyway... just wanted to tell you I love you.

 

2 July, 2012

13:29

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Bugger, my head hurts... but I meant what I said, Sher. I really did. I should've told you before.

 

3 July, 2012

17:20

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Lestrade sent me that video he filmed of you, when Irene had drugged you. I laughed and cried.

 

3 July, 2012

17:31

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

That's all I seem to do lately.

 

4 July, 2012

19:11

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Come back to me.

 

5 July, 2012

20:01

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I miss you.

 

5 July, 2012

20:10

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I even miss your bloody experiments.

 

6 July, 2012

18:37

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Please come put severed heads in our fridge.

 

6 July, 2012

19:03

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I'll even let you microwave a foot, if you want to.

 

6 July, 2012

19:12

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Or an eyeball. You liked experimenting with eyeballs. We could boil them this time.

 

7 July, 2012

15:13

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

It's too quiet here. Too empty.

 

8 July, 2012

17:32

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I never really noticed how prominent you'd become in my life. You were the most important thing I had. But you knew that, right?

 

9 July, 2012

11:38

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I promise I'll never go on a date and leave you again, Sherlock. Just come back, and I'll always be here to take care of you in case you forget to do it yourself.

 

10 July, 2012

14:21

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Come back, Sherlock.

 

11 July, 2012

8:47

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I keep making two mugs of tea. I keep forgetting you're not here. Why aren't you here, Sherlock?

 

11 July, 2012

8:53

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I smashed the second mug.

 

12 July, 2012

14:59

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

You're an idiot.

 

13 July, 2012

9:07

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I slept in your bed again. I keep doing that, these days. You don't mind, do you...? Of course not. You're dead.

 

13 July, 2012

9:30

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Don't be dead, Sherlock.

 

14 July, 2012

16:02

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

It's been a month, now. Thought you should know.

 

15 July, 2012

13:51

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

You were my miracle all along.

 

16 July, 2012

13:35

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I don't do anything these days. I just sit here, in our flat. Though, technically, I suppose it's my flat, now, even though I haven't paid the rent for weeks now. I don't know why Mrs. Hudson hasn't thrown me out yet... She pities me, I reckon... I don't seem to care either way.

 

16 July, 2012

14:52

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

It'll always be our flat.

 

17 July, 2012

18:29

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Some days I feel like you're still here, you know. I can hear your breathing. I can hear you typing away on your phone... You're everywhere, these days.

 

18 July, 2012

15:18

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Stop haunting me.

 

19 July, 2012

07:23

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Don't stop haunting me.

 

20 July, 2012

08:41

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Mrs. Hudson caught me crying over two mugs of tea again. I suppose I should be embarrassed, but I can't find it in me. She thinks me a mourning widow, you know. She never did believe me when I said we weren't a couple. Were we?

 

20 July, 2012

18:09

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

What were we, Sherlock?

 

20 July, 2012

21:36

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Doesn't matter anymore. It's just me here, now. And I know perfectly well what I am.

 

20 July, 2012

21:45

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I'm sodding broken, Sherlock.

 

21 July, 2012

15:15

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Are you happy, Sherlock? Are you happy there? Wherever 'there' is.

 

22 July, 2012

22:41

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I would've jumped with you.

 

23 July, 2012

01:22

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I should've been there for you, with you.

 

23 July, 2012

20:52

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I wore your coat again. I made them give it to me, after... You know. After. It's too long for me, but I don't care. It still smells like you.

 

24 July, 2012

11:49

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Come home.

 

25 July, 2012

09:04

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I hope you haven't forgotten me up there. Because I haven't. I'll never forget you.

 

26 July, 2012

12:33

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

It feels worse than the bullet wound.

 

27 July, 2012

21:42

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I don't know how long I can go on like this.

 

27 July, 2012

21:57

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

What am I supposed to do, Sherlock? I don't know what I'm supposed to do anymore.

 

28 July, 2012

16:38

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Lestrade asked me out for lunch today. I declined. Can't look at him. Can't look at any of them.

 

28 July, 2012

18:21

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Sally talked to me, you know. After... She said sorry. Can you believe it? After all she said about you, now she says sorry. I walked away from her. You would have smiled at me.

 

29 July, 2012

13:03

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I always liked it when you smiled at me. It made me feel like I was special, you know... Because you never smiled at anyone like that. You only smiled for cases, when you needed someone to give you something, but even then, it was different. And then you smiled at me. Sometimes you did it when you thought I wasn't looking, but I was. I always was.

 

29 July, 2012

17:54

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Come smile at me again.

 

30 July, 2012

22:48

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I'm drunk again. Ha. I'm turning into Harry. Shame. You made me happy, you know that, right? I mean... My life was perfect with you in it. I didn't need Sarah, or Jeanette, I only needed you. I need you Sherlock. Please come back. I need you. I love you. I love you so fucking much.

 

6 August, 2012

14:42

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Can you believe it? Mrs. Hudson took my phone. She heard me call you when I was drunk. I think she heard it all. She came in and she just looked... She had tears in her eyes, Sherlock. I made her cry. I was crying, too, but because of you. Because you're an arse, Sherlock. You left me. Mrs. Hudson hugged me, and I cried. Should I be embarrassed about crying so much? I think I should. But I'm not, because it's you I cry about. And I’m not embarrassed about how much you meant to me. How much you still mean to me.

 

6 August, 2012

14:51

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

Maybe I cry because when my eyes are blurry, it seems like you're still there, in front of me. Like you're ready to sweep by with your dramatic night gown and say how pathetic I am for crying like that, because you're not really gone.

 

6 August, 2012

14:59

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

But you are, aren't you. You're gone, and I can feel myself fading, too.

 

7 August, 2012

20:13

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I won't last long. I haven't eaten today, not a bite. I haven’t been eating properly for a while, now. Food just doesn’t seem worth it, anymore. Not even tea. I don't think there are any proper mugs left, anyway. I've broken them all. 

 

8 August, 2012

13:27

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I'll be with you soon.

 

8 August, 2012

14:59

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I've planned it all. I'm going to jump, like you.

 

8 August, 2012

13:31

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

It's poetic, in a way, isn't it? Romantic. You’d have something to say about that, I’m sure. Well, I’ll hear it all soon, won’t I?

 

9 August, 2012

15:15

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I've a few days left, so I've taken the time to say what I need to. I thanked Mrs. Hudson on behalf of both of us. She cried. I nearly did, too. I think she knows what I've planned. I talked to Lestrade, too. Even Sally. I told her I forgave her, even though I'm not sure I do. 

 

10 August, 2012

00:01

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

These remaining days, I plan to tell you what I've wanted to say for a long time, and what I should have said a long time ago. 

 

10 August, 2012

7:45

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I love you, Sherlock. I love you I love you I love you.

 

11 August, 2012

14:22

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I love you so much. I wish I'd told you that when I still had you.

 

12 August, 2012

21:21

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you.

 

13 August, 2012

18:37

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I love you.

 

14 August, 2012

15:17

You've reached the voicemail of Sherlock Holmes. I can't come to the phone now, so leave a message, and don't be boring.

I'll see you soon, Sherlock.