A/n sorry this took so long but never fear more installments for this verse are near. this is based off of a song by lonestar that it shares it's name with. i just thought that it worked really well in this verse so i had to write it.
It happened so quick. One day Sherlock and John were sitting home with the kids the next John was on some military base because somehow the military still had his loyalty and when they beckoned him he heeded the call. Now had it been for a few days there would have been very little difficulty but it was for an entire month and that was hard for the Watson-Holmes's.
It was a week into John's trip when he finally was able to call Sherlock.
"John?" Sherlock said into the phone.
"Hi there." John said was a false joviality that clued Sherlock into the fact that John missed being home very much.
"I thought you had forgotten about us." Sherlock said trying for the haughtiness that had defined him early in their acquaintance or at the very least a joking tone. But he knew that it just came out sounding sad.
"You are an idiot." John said. "Forgetting about you and the kids would be like not remembering that rain is wet. Speaking of our little geniuses how are they?"
"They miss you. They have nightmares and are sleeping together again." The twins had stopped sleeping in the same bed at two although they still shared a room.
"Let me talk to them please." John whispered.
John heard Sherlock call them downstairs.
"One more thing. Are they the only ones who miss me?"
"You know the answer to that. Everyone misses you. They say I'm a terror without you around."
"Sherlock you haven't done anything crazy have you?"
"Of course not." Came the reply before John heard two voices in the background.
"Daddy when are you coming home?" Asked Risa.
"As soon as I can. But just know that I'm always with you because no matter where I am I think about you and I love you."
"Love you too." said the little girl.
"Can you put your brother on the phone?"
"Hi Daddy." Little Johnny said.
"Hey son. I just wanted to say that I love you."
"Love you too. Will you be home soon?"
"As soon as I can I promise. Can you put you Dad back on the phone?"
There was a brief shuffling before Sherlock had the phone against his ear again.
"I have to go soon since my time is almost up."
"Alright but one more thing before you go.
"And what's that?"
"When you come home the first thing on the menu is..."
John of course got no sleep after the end of the conversation and with all the factors in play he was home less than a week later.