Sherlock impatiently tapped his foot in the waiting room, Mary had given birth an hour ago but she hasn't left her room. He was expecting for at least John to come out and reassure him everything was fine, but he didn't, so Sherlock was left to play around with his phone hoping Lestrade would text him about Moriarty. He scanned the near empty room and tried to deduce the people there.
'Mid-thirties, first child, having an affair, and oh forget it' Sherlock thought to himself, he deduced everyone in the room four times. He looked out the window longing for something to happen. He continued his foot tapping just as John walked out of the room with his arms around Mary, who was carrying a child in a pink blanket, 'So girl' Sherlock thought as he rushed over the them. Marry and John were both smiling as Sherlock came up to them.
"So what did you name her?" Sherlock asked looking down at the child's face. She was mumbling as she looked around with large brown eyes and Sherlock grinned. He looked back up and saw that Mary and John were both looking at each other.
"You tell him" John said with a smug smile on his face.
"It was your idea, you tell him." Mary said with a big smile but she had a tone of finality.
"Shirley." John said and smiled to Sherlock who was utterly shocked. He tried to say something but he couldn't really think of what he should say 'they named there child after me' Sherlock thought.
"Shirley as in…?" Sherlock asked meaning for his sentence to be continued.
"Shirley for Sherlock." Mary said looking up at him. Without further hesitation Sherlock hugged John. John hugged back with a smile plastered on his face. John was the happiest man in the world, he had a wife who loved him, a beautiful daughter, and the greatest best friend ever imaginable. Sherlock let go of John and kissed Mary's forehead careful of the child in between them.
"Ready to go home?" Sherlock asked eager to get out of the hospital. Mary smiled and nodded. As they headed out of the room Mary asked Sherlock if he wanted to hold the baby. Sherlock was surprised that Mary had trusted him to hold the baby already but was also happy. He carefully took the baby out of her hands and examined her face. She had chubby pink cheeks and small lips that formed a smile.
"Aw she likes you." John said as he opened the doors. They walked out of the hospital and Sherlock remembered that he had dropped them off.
"Oh I'll go get the car." Sherlock said and was about to hand Shirley to Mary when he heard three gunshots and protectively held Shirley back in his arms. Shirley yelled out and started crying upon hearing the loud fires. He turned around to see who shot the guns when he heard a gasp from Mary and John scream, Sherlock turned to see Mary was shot in the head twice and once in her chest.
"HELP!" John scream as tears fell from his face. Sherlock just stood there unsure of what to do. There was no way she was going to survive, she was already weak from childbirth. Her blood gathered in puddles around the pavement as three men ran out with a gurney and placed her on it. They rushed back into the hospital and John trailed after them holding Mary's hand. He kept telling her that she'd be alright. Sherlock never understood why ordinary people always told obvious lies to comfort someone. Sherlock followed them in but kept his distance from Mary and John as he protectively held the crying child in his chest.
"I'm her husband I need to stay with her." John said with a very shaky voice.
"I'm sorry sir but you can't be in the room, we need to operate right away if we still can." One of the doctors said and closed the door.
"What do you mean if you still can!?" John yelled and banged at the door. Sherlock put his hand on Johns shoulder and John turned around and cried into his chest. Sherlock now had two crying people in his chest. He tried rocking the baby in on arm as he patted johns back with the other.
"It's going to be okay." Sherlock told the same lie he hated hearing everyone else say.
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