Rating: M
Summary: "I love you, but you don't love me. John loves me the way I wished you would. So tell me, Sherlock, why should I choose you?"
Pairings: SherlockXOCXJohn
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters. Just the plot. :)
PROLOGUE
Sherlock Holmes was a brilliant man; a virtuoso. He was a man of many things, of many talents, but a sociable person he was not. He could describe the things that a person had been doing from the past few hours up to the past 3 years from mere observation, but one thing that he could not see nor comprehend was the importance of social norms and its implications. It is one of the few avenues the man had failed in quite terribly. For the great genius, it was nothing but an unnecessary social convention that causes the stupidity of many. It was no wonder why not many people are fond of the hailed detective. The entire Scotland Yard, save for Lestrade, are hostile towards Holmes. Not that anyone could blame them. Having Holmes divulge your personal affairs to every person within an earshot wasn't exactly the best way to exchange pleasantries.
The man is a puzzle, the concrete personification of an enigma. He is as mysterious and as unpredictable as the cases that he so loved. Mycroft had long come to terms with his little brother's gift as well as his sociopathic behavior. Sherlock's deduction skills did not surprise Mycroft when it had first manifested itself. After all, the older Holmes did have the very same gift. Something that ran in the family, they presume. The only difference that lies was the fact that solving crimes was more of Sherlock's passion while Mycroft found himself more comfortable with a sedentary job. Although being the head of the CIA of England was anything but sedentary.
That is why people warned Dr. Watson from the beginning not to get himself attached to the eccentric consultant detective. He's nothing but trouble, they said. They even dubbed Holmes with a very special nickname: 'The Freak.' At first, John saw nothing but brilliance from the man. Who wouldn't be amazed from witnessing Sherlock Holmes' deduction skills? But as he got to know Holmes more, from the time they've spent together, the more that he came to understand the bloke that everybody condemned to be hopeless. The detective made scathing remarks and insulted people around him for their dullness and "apparent lack of intelligence." But behind that astute mind and his tendency to be socially-handicapped, Sherlock Holmes was a very good man. Despite his insistence that matters such as fear and sentiments were beneath him, John knew better than to believe him.
After all, John had become a witness to a side of Sherlock Holmes that nobody knew existed. Well, except for her, that is.