This is going to be a collection of one-shots set in Sherlock if Sherlock met John when they were both five years old. Each new chapter will be related to this universe but may take place somewhere else in the timeline. Read the Summary of each new chapter please. Enjoy otherwise.
Summary: Sherlock met John Watson when he was five years old and being forced by his mother to 'socialize' at a park. Sherlock knew the moment John had asked him to play pirates after he had deduced a man at the park he had found that friend Mummy wanted him to make.
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The first time Sherlock Holmes meets John Watson he is five years old.
Mummy had brought Mycroft and him to the park to 'make friends'.
Sherlock thought it was stupid. No one ever wanted to stay near him once they found out he was 'different.' It didn't matter what he did, once he did something 'weird' the other children avoided him.
It wasn't his fault everyone was an idiot.
Honestly.
All he did was tell everyone the truth, it wasn't his fault that no one wanted to hear it.
But Mummy had insisted he go 'socialize' and forced him to go to the park.
So here he was, staring at all the stupid oblivious children trying to decide who he would approach to make Mummy happy, when he sees him.
It's a little blonde haired brown eyed child his age, sitting by himself under a tree near the sandbox watching people.
Sherlock approaches him because it appears someone his age it actually observing his surroundings, and that's interesting.
"Hello." The little blonde greets him as he approaches.
"Hello."
"My name is John, what's yours?"
"Sherlock."
"Really?"
Sherlock waits for John to poke fun at his name, like so many others had.
"That's so cool! My name is so plain. I wish I had an awesome name like that."
Sherlock's eyes widened before his lips began to pull up into a smile. "Really?"
"Yeah."
Sherlock sits down next to him and asks "What are you doing?"
"I was watching people. I like watching them. They're funny."
"Really?" Sherlock scans the crowds before turning back to John "How are they funny?"
John grins. "They do funny things. Like that man over there. He keeps looking at his phone. He hasn't seen the lady over there trying to get him to look at her. Or the girl on the swings. She keeps singing funny songs. I just like watching everyone."
Sherlock grins. So he was observing people! Not well, but he was trying and that's more than most people did. Sherlock decided he liked him.
"The man with the phone is scared. He has a ring in his pocket. He wants to marry the lady watching him, and is scared he's going to be late to wherever they're going, but he promised his daughter to let her play for a little longer."
As Sherlock spoke John's eyes got wider and wider. When he stopped speaking John's eyes lit up "That's so cool!" his grin was wide and infectious and Sherlock found himself grinning back, surprised and happy that John had thought it was 'cool' instead of yelling at him to shut up.
John and Sherlock sat still for a while before John finally shifted and turned to Sherlock. "Do you want to play pirates with me?"
Sherlock stilled and stared at John.
Pirates.
Sherlock loved pirates. He wanted to be one.
John liked his name, thought his ability to see the truth was 'cool' and wanted to play pirates.
Right then and there, Sherlock decided he was keeping him.
John would be his friend.
Maybe Mummy was right.
The park wasn't all bad.
Not if people like John were there.
Sherlock grinned happily at him.
"Okay."