This is my first challenge, so please go easy on me. I'm not an amazing writer, but I really try my best. I'm doing this so that I become more dedicated with my work. If I really enjoy this, I might just do another challenge, or extend the amount of days. Right now it will only be a fifteen day challenge, but if you all like it so much, I will definitely extend or make another. I hope you the challenge for today. Please leave reviews, critiques and suggestions for soon to come challenges. :D
I thank my online friend Rainy for inspiring me to finally write a JohnLock fanfic. Thanks Rainy. :D
Todays Challenge…...
**Flirting- Featuring John Watson and Sherlock Holmes**
It was after the three years that John had thought that Sherlock was dead, and John had thought he had moved on in life. He thought. Once Sherlock had appeared out of nowhere, there were tears, punches, and hugs that occurred. Soon John felt like he had to forgive Sherlock, even though he had no idea why Sherlock had jumped from that building. He suspected that it had something to do with Moriarty, but Sherlock had never told him the real reason, so there was no clear reason why. But John had missed Sherlock so much that it was an automatic impulse for him to forgive him. John and Sherlock became flatmates again, and all was well.
More than well. It was fantastic. But in small little ways. They were solving cases, yes, but there were also other things going on in each of their heads. John was glad that Sherlock wasn't dead. He had always had affection for Sherlock, but not like this. Ever since Sherlock had come back, John would catch himself staring at Sherlock. Sherlock would always ask John if he was alright, and John would respond with, "I'm fine. Absolutely fine." But John wasn't fine. He was far from fine.
He loved Sherlock, but couldn't express it. All he could do was stare at him when he wasn't looking. John wasn't very happy that he loved Sherlock. Sometimes he would tell himself repeatedly that he wasn't gay. Even out loud. Before he went to bed at night, he would always tell himself that he didn't love Sherlock, and that he wasn't gay. But every night he would have a dream about Sherlock.
Sherlock also had affection for John, but decided to delete it as soon as possible. Every time he deleted it though, new affection would enter his mind. He was a great actor in the sense that he could act like John was just a friend, but underneath, he truly did like John Watson. He denied it repeatedly, but it was no use. After awhile, he just had to deal with the fact that he loved him. He still decided to hide it though, and make sure that he stayed focused instead of thinking about John.
It was another day when there wasn't much going on but experiments. Sherlock was busy in the kitchen looking through his microscope .John was standing along the counter, staring at Sherlock with an affectionate glow in his eyes. His face was blank, but his eyes showed his true feelings. It was quite awkward, Sherlock working and John staring at him as he worked. It hadn't occurred to Sherlock that John was staring at him, until Sherlock had looked up from his microscope to write something down, and saw John in the corner of his eye. He slightly looked up but acted as if he wasn't very interested.
"Why are you staring at me John?" Sherlock asked casually.
"Thinking. Just….Thinking." John clears his throat and shifts his weight on the counter. John really wanted to tell Sherlock how he truly felt, but knew that Sherlock probably wouldn't respect his feelings. He kept them trapped in his mind, and refused to let them out.
Sherlock smiled in his mind, but in real life he had an un-amused expression on his face.
"John, you've been staring at me a lot lately. Give me a reason why."
John got a bit nervous. "No reason. Just um..Admiring your work." John covered his affections quickly, and was quite relieved that he hadn't had to reveal his true feelings for Sherlock.
Sherlock had slightly smiled. "...Thank you." Sherlock blushed slightly, but automatically hid it by looking back in the microscope to hide his face from John.
"Are you getting anything good?" Asks John, changing the subject.
"Anything just about as good as when Anderson thinks that he knows what he's doing when he really doesn't." John laughs at this, and so does Sherlock. They both share a laugh.
They stood there for a good amount of time making fun of Anderson and Lestrade, laughing at every joke they make. This was their way of flirting, when they both had loved each other but didn't know of each others affection.
This had gone on for days, them flirting in little ways like staring, body language, and jokes about past cases that they had had together. They still hadn't known about each others affections for awhile, but the flirting was great while it lasted, and they hadn't failed to make each other smile as they did this. It was great to pass the time, and great so that they could both get some of their feelings out without having the other know that it was affection that they were showing to them.
I know it was short, but it was really hard for me to do this challenge. At first, I thought it wouldn't be too hard, but getting into it I had NO IDEA how to have them flirt with each other. I'm also really tired, and I'm typing this on my friends laptop. It's quite hard to focus when she's just sitting there while I'm typing. It makes me feel kinda guilty, but I was really eager to write this. I hope you like this Chapter. I would love some more suggestions if you really liked this one. I'm really not satisfied with it, but I hope that you liked it anyways.
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~Lokikitty Rammy