Wouldn’t mind seeing you dressed up. You know, dress, hair, all that. Of course if it was for a case, I can’t promise you’d get out of the flat.
Mm. Same here, love.
Do you suppose if I were to go all out like that, we could go out on a proper date? I could promise you some personal attention when we got home, if that would help get us out of the flat in the first place.
(Source: mssherlockholmes)
Oh. Christ. Um. Nothing comes to mind just now, but give me a bit of time to think on it.
I’ll never even want to turn away from you, Sherlock. I promise. And I’m absolutely bloody proud to be the only one you share that with.
Nothing yet?
And I’m proud to have you as my partner, in all senses of the word.
(Source: mssherlockholmes)
Mmm. Well, I do like you best as you. But you still look damn good in a disguise.
Then I’ll just thoroughly take advantage of that soft spot. And maybe see if I can make it a tiny bit bigger. It’s nice, getting to see this side of you.
I really enjoy hearing you say that. Or reading it when you’ve typed it. Makes me feel like a giddy teenager all over again.
Is there a disguise you might be interested in seeing me in?
You’re the only one welcome to see that side of me. You’re the only one I’ve ever let see it. I find it difficult to open enough to anyone to share with them so much of myself. I’m just glad you saw it and didn’t want to turn away. I would have been devastated, honestly, if you had.
(Source: mssherlockholmes)
I still say you looked unfairly fantastic as a man. To be honest, I’m not even sure how you did it. You didn’t look anything like yourself and you were still bloody gorgeous. Of course.
You know, I think I just lost track of how many compliments there were in there. Are you going soft? I mean, if you are, I might be a little bit proud.
Either way, I love you. And I’m glad you had fun.
Years of practice, mostly. I spent most of my formative years wishing I were someone else and dressing the part.
I’m not going soft. I just may have a soft spot for you. It doesn’t mean I wasn’t capable of such things before knowing you, I simply didn’t care to indulge them.
I love you too.
(Source: mssherlockholmes)
It took me away across the channel to France, chasing down criminals, subverting their organisation. I haven’t had to play a man in years, it was exhilarating and I have to admit that I haven’t lost my touch. Nobody suspected me, not until the very moment I wanted my cover blown.
I’m sure Jane is already writing up the particulars on her blog, pandering the details to the masses in a way I never would. But I suppose that’s why she blogs about the cases and I don’t.
The cases interest me, but that interest is fleeting. It lasts as long as the riddle does, until the end of the pursuit, the last moments of adrenaline as I corner the culprit. When it’s all over, I find myself home again. It used to be alone, the only friend I had were my ownsoothers.Eventually those were taken away from me and I was faced with the insurmountable boredom that followed the inevitable end of my cases. Then I found Jane.
Home after a case isn’t the death sentence it used to be.
Glad to know I’m not alone.
While I don’t expect that to last very long, I think it’s the best compliment I’ve ever received that it’s happened at all. I’ll be perfectly happy distracting you until you get another case. Then I suppose I’ll try and be less distracting.
You may not expect it, but I’m certain it will last quite some time. The case will have to be at least a nine to steer my interest away any time soon. I imagine my life is going to become this balance of cases and experiments and you. Between everything, I doubt I’ll have time to become bored.
You won’t be upset if, when a good case arrives, my attention turns like it usually will on the case?
You and your meddling. I never really tried to stop you meddling. And yes, even with the layers. I’m just not sure you have any idea how often I’ve thought of feeling you against me like that, and having it go further. Since we’ve been literally sleeping together, I know how we fit, and I… may have thought about it more than just occasionally, actually.
I have too, Jane. Often, if I’m being honest. And even more often since.
It’s gotten to the point that most of my thoughts are consumed by you. It’s distracting, at the least. I’m not complaining, though. I haven’t had a case in several days and I enjoy filling my mind with someone so incredible. I haven’t felt bored since you’ve been back.
That can happen, yeah. I’m glad you feel like it was worth waiting for - I’d have hated for it to be a terrible disappointment. It was worth the wait for me, too - or at least, you know, the fact that I’ve hardly gotten to have anything like that since I met you. It was better with you, anyways.
You could never be a disappointment. Even if I tell you otherwise, you know I’m lying.
I suppose all my meddling did work in my favor, then. … Even with all those layers between us?
You… you. I’ve created a monster, haven’t I? You’re just going to be insatiable now. Not that I’m complaining, not in the least, but I’ve got to admit some part of me wondered if you’d only be interested in… you know, every once in a while, when it was convenient. That would have been fine. Still, this… this is loads better.
Not a monster. I just… I hadn’t realized how incredible it all would be. Reading and studying something, doesn’t always relay the actual experience the way living it does. I am glad, though, that I had waited long enough that the experience was with you and not someone I barely tolerated.
Not if we don’t want Mrs. Hudson upping our rent. One day, when we’re old women, we’ll probably want to move out, yeah? And we’ll need to have the flat looking neat and tidy and burn free. I’d rather get it out of the way now.
Hmm. I… ah. Yeah. Right, no, I was just seeing if I could get a hint on specifics, but that’s… Er. That’s good.
I suppose. There’s just more interesting things to do that don’t involve cleaning.
Specifics. Jane, my list of specifics could fill a book. Several books even. It’s going to take the rest of our lives for me to learn and enjoy every last thing I want to with you.
