Ups and downs…mostly downs
As testing as the run was for Watson she found herself apprehensive returning to the apartment she had known as home for a few months now…but it had little to do with the house and more to do with the resident inside.
'Holmes,Holmes are you up yet?'
She had been a little bit concerned about Sherlock lately since the NYPD were going through a routine HR check and they requested Holmes stay away for a while.
The way she understood it Captain Gregson was saving Holmes from scrutiny because of his past.
The way Sherlock saw it was that they didn't want him consulting anymore since his confession about his life on the white powder.
Now Watson's eyes were regularly assaulted by Sherlock moving around without a tee-shirt but as he appeared in front of her now she caught a glimpse of more than she wanted to.
'Watson ah..release some endorphins did you…quite right although that excess energy could be better spent doing other more enjoyable activities'
'hey running is enjoyable and Holmes…'
He stops and turns on his way to the kitchen area.
'yes'
'could you please put some pants on if you don't mind'
He looks at himself in surprise and replies
'oh I was wondering why you were blushing?!'
'I was not (exasperated) anyway can you not feel the cold?'
Watson knew what was coming before she realised what she had done,the way Sherlock set his feet together and stood like he was doing a Charlie Chaplin imitation with feet pointed outward,she braced herself for the speech.
'I have a core body temperature of 37.7 degrees,it's a genetic thing..needless to say I don't get cold so easily'
Superfluous speech over Watson had to retort with
'oh..so that explains the daily display of nakedness I am subjected to'
Sherlock shrugs his shoulder at this so Watson tries to connect with him on an intellectual level
'you know your revealing yourself both physically and emotionally to me suggests that you want to connect'
Instead he looks positively appalled
'oh nonsense Watson,the motive behind it is far simpler Im afraid…
At his he walked off knowing it only teased Watson and made her follow him into the kitchen area
'so what is the motive then?'
'I like to see the effect my well proportioned figure has on you'
Watson glared at Sherlock as he continued by routine making his acted as if she wasn't her further until he stopped and finding a spot on the counter top added
'I think you should go for your shower soon Watson,don't want you catching cold'
Triumph was her's on this round as she replied
'consideration too,why don't you just admit it Sherlock,you want to connect?'
She jogged upstairs to the shower as Sherlock roared through a mouthful of sandwhich
'I merely made the suggestion so as to not have you contaminating the crime scene when they need my assistance'
Always so sure of himself Watson noted his use of the word 'when' and not 'if'…finally she had made a breakthrough,she convinced him that it was a short time thing,his break from crime-solving
She hoped this would stop his sulking and solitary confinement…