Chapter 1: Online Unaware
John was typing on the computer giving secret glances towards Sherlock whom was examining a glass slide on his microscope,
"Hey mate, I was reading something the other day and apparently there's a theory that tall people are most likely to be intelligent" John said simply hearing Sherlock mumble in response,
"Your thoughts?" John pressed,
"Completely preposterous. The mind's intelligence is not defined by height" he said simply and John gave a false curious expression,
"Really? It really got me thinking because you're like... how tall? And you're quite intelligent" John commented,
"I am precisely 1.83 meters tall and thank you for your praise, John" he said not taking his eyes away from the microscope and John gave an amused smirk as he typed the number into the height section of the online dating registration,
"You're welcome, mate and you're probably right... Height definitely doesn't define intelligence" he said more to himself amused.
It was a week later when John heard a gunshot coming from the living room,
"Three... Two... One" John murmured and Sherlock stormed into his room,
"You deliberately manipulated me into answering personal questions so you could sign me up for a tedious activity such as online dating!" Sherlock yelled and John smirked,
"Yep. Call it an experiment, Sherlock" John replied amused, moving past him and into the living room and sat in front of the laptop,
"I am not happy about this in the slightest, John. And what sort of profile name is TheManInTheHat_1976?" Sherlock demanded causing John to chuckle,
"Because SherlockAssholeHolmes was too many characters" he responded,
"This is not funny!" Sherlock yelled and John could only laugh as he stood and patted Sherlock's shoulder,
"Oh it is. You'll thank me one day mate" John said before leaving the flat to go and see Mary and Sherlock growled, sitting at the laptop,
"Goodbye primitive online dating site" Sherlock mumbled, clicking enter causing a notification box to pop up,
'You have 1 NEW message in your inbox. Are you sure you wish to DELETE your account?' the message displayed giving the options: Yes or No and Sherlock felt curiosity come over him before clicking No and clicked on his inbox, opening the unread message,
'Dear TheManInTheHat_1976,
Just thought I'd take a chance and message you. I'm new to the website and you popped up on my recommended matches. I'm still learning how to use it. Thanks to my friend setting up a profile for me without my permission she demanded that I at least try it for a week.
Sorry for disturbing you,
NerdGirl_1979'
Sherlock felt himself frown realising the similarities to how he and NerdGirl_1979 had come to obtain online profiles and the detective looked around as if to make sure no one was watching him before placing his fingers on the keyboard,
'Dear NerdGirl_1979,
You needn't fear as you are not disturbing me. I understand your situation completely, If it weren't for my irritating room mate and soon to be former best friend then I would not be here myself. My name's...'
Sherlock stopped typing for a moment, perhaps this would be a good opportunity to experiment with the the social interaction that was communication and Sherlock looked back at the computer screen,
'My name's William by the way' he finished typing before taking a moment before pressing send and felt instant panic having actually given someone his first name,
"What have I done?" he murmured to himself and started hitting buttons in hope that it might cancel the message only for the laptop to give a bing displaying a reply,
'Hi William,
Nice to meet you, My name's Molly.',
came the simple reply and Sherlock gave a half smile, perhaps this wouldn't be so hard after all.
Oh dear what has John got Sherlock into?! review if you want chapter 2!
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