8 minutes. 8 minutes until John Watson walked through that door. So punctual, unlike himself.
7 bags. He would be carrying 7 bags of shopping-always trying to carry as much as he could.
6 stumbles. With such a bad leg, one would be surprised if he made it without stumbling.
5 minutes to go. 5 minutes until John came home, to their home.
4 times he rehearsed what he was going to say, not that it calmed him at all.
3 more times he rehearsed.
2 feet were heard stumbling up the stairs.
"Sherlock, I-"
1 ring in a tiny velvet box.
8 minutes, 7 bags, 6 stumbles, 5 more minutes, 4 times rehearsed, 3 more, 2 feet, 1 ring.
"John Hamish Watson, will you be my husband?"
