Title: Return to Him
Rating: G
Characters: Sherlock, Irene Adler
Summary: Sherlock and Irene are texting about John. Post-Reichenbach.
A/N: A lovely little Omegle roleplay between one of my followers (whom I now follow back) and I. I posted about it on Tumblr, she saw, and we were all giddily excited that we happened to find each other on Omegle and have such a good time! I was Irene, which I've italicized. She was Sherlock, which I have emboldened. annietheannie on tumblr.
I like your funny hat.
Let's have dinner.
It's a deerstalker.
I'm alive.
I know. Tell him you're alive.
If you don't, I will
I can't. Please, it would be unsafe. Do not do that.
Well, you must at some point.
It kills me to watch him, every day.
I do watch him, you know.
He's better off without me. Safer.
I do too...
I'll watch over him while you take down Jim's network. But you need to return to him.
Otherwise he will move on, get married. Forget about you.
But he'll never really forget. There will always be that ache.
It would be best for him.
He deserves a wife and a family.
He watched you commit suicide. That's something that never leaves someone. I would know.
He deserves /you/.
You know that to be untrue.
He deserves so much more. He'll forget.
You tell yourself that. But you know you're lying.
You gave him a life. You heard the words he said to your grave.
He owes you so much.
He's a brave, strong, man.
He owes me nothing. Nothing. I owe him much more.
You ow each other a lot of things.
And one of the things you owe him is your presence.
I owe it to him to leave him be. He needs to forget. I... He can't know how I feel about this.
He made you more human. Surely you can see that.
He saw that.
Maybe it's best that I went back... Caring never got anyone anywhere.
Just because you don't know how to deal with your feelings does not mean you should push them aside. They mean something to him.
Didn't a wise man once say that caring is not an advantage? But it is. You saved his life and probably countless others because you cared.
I can't tell him. He will surely reject me. He's stated many times that he has no such feelings for those of the same sex.
I owe you my life because you chose to care, just a little bit.
I... I...
You can tell him.
He understands you.
He won't reject you. It may take him a while to get used to the idea, but he loves you.
Maybe not in that way, not yet. But he will.
How do you know?
I'm like you. I can read people very well.
He looks at your website every day.
It's been three months, and he still looks every day.
He's kept your science equipment.
He took it back from your landlady.
He should have thrown it out. He should have thrown it all out.
But he didn't.
He kept it. You said sentiment is a chemical defect found on the losing side.
He lost you.
Everything of mine. He shouldn't keep it. It isn't healthy for him.
It's the only part of you that he's got left.
He thinks I am dead. He does not know that I watch him.
Don't come near him. He is my responsibility.
If he knew, you can bet that he would try to exude an air of normalcy.
I don't. And yes, he /is/ your responsibility. Now be responsibile for him. Don't let him be so broken anymore.
Just because you've been called an emotionless freak does not make it true. You love him, and he needs you.
That's something you need to accept.
I know. I know what I need to do. He still texts me. I... I need to go back to him. No matter what the costs. At least this shouldn't be dulll...
He'll probably punch you.
Then again, you knew that.
I'll let him. I deserve it.
Yes, you kind of do.
I would punch you too, if I were him.
Maybe I'll pick up some jam. He might enjoy that. Isn't it customary to bring a gift upon returning?
I'm sure he would appreciate that.
After the fact, of course.
And if you see him with a girl, don't just leave.
I know you would. But if you happen to walk in at the wrong time, return to him.
Even if it hurts.
...I don't think I will be able to handle it... well.
Perhaps not, but you will learn how.
He is mine. I will never let anything happen to him. I won't tell him, just yet, how I feel. I can't.
Show him.
I have to go to him. I must... Thank you... for watching over him for a bit.
You needn't do anything different.
And thank you for coming to your senses.
Now then.