To John, today was like any other day, cold and grey. He had just done his monthly shop and was trudging his way home when he saw something out of the corner of his eye. He glanced up, it couldn't be him, he was dead. He looked straight into the face of his ex-flatmate, he looked pale, very pale. "Sherlock" John whispered, "Sherlock!" he yelled towards him. Sherlock was frozen, a million apologies flashing across his face before he turned to run. John rushed up to him, "Sherlock..." he said breathlessly, grabbing onto the man's arm, "Why...?" he asked quietly. Sherlock turned towards him, "I-I... I'm sorry..." he mumbled. John gripped his arm harder, "We need to talk... Now." John said, dragging him into a nearby café.
Sitting down, John started at Sherlock, "Three years, three-damn-year. Where were you?" he asked, Sherlock diverted his eyes, "I'm sorry... I-I, I had no choice! Moriarty was going to kill you!" he said quickly. John breathed a deep breath, "That doesn't explain the 3 years."
Sherlock closed his eyes, "I was destroying Moriarty's web, I was going to come back, I made myself promise that. Molly made me promise as well."
John blinked, "Molly knew you were alive?"
"Yes. She promised not to tell anyone so don't blame her."
"I wasn't going to, but I'm guessing she's the one who helped you survive the, "John paused, closing his eyes tightly before opening them again, looking into Sherlock's now opened ones, "The fall?" Even after three years and Sherlock in front of him, it still hurt to talk about it. Sherlock nodded, "I'm sorry John." he mumbled.
"It's okay..." John gulped, "I always had a feeling, somewhere, you were alive." Sherlock smiled slightly, "I believe in Sherlock Holmes, Moriarty was real. Am I right?" he said, John nodded, smiling slightly too.
"Mrs. Hudson's waiting for me, no, us. Shall we go?" John asked, standing up. Sherlock nodded and followed in suit.
They walked back to 221B Baker Street, smiling.
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A/N: (Woo first one of these) But yeah, I know the ending sucks but I couldn't think of anything. This is a one-shot and I doubt I will come back to it... Hope you enjoyed this incredibly short one-shot that I wrote.