A ring and a big deal
A/N: This was written for a prompt on Tumblr. The prompt was a post where Sherlock tells John that's he's married to his work, but now John is a part of it. Someone suggested that that would be the way Sherlock would propose to John, so ta-da...
Enjoy!
It was early in the evening when it happened. They had assumed their usual positions for the evening; John, in his chair reading; Sherlock, lying flat on the couch, thinking of 'god knows what'.
It came as a complete surprise when Sherlock suddenly sat up, and stared at him.
"John," he began.
John put his book, now that it was obvious that his eccentric love wanted his attention.
"John, we've been lovers for a while now."
John nodded slowly, not sure where this was going, "Yes, yes we have, that's a good observation there."
"I'm married to my work."
John's eyebrow raised slightly, "Yes, I've been informed of that."
"You're part of my work now."
"Hmmm."
There was a beat of silence as John realised what Sherlock was implying, "Are you proposing to me?"
Sherlock shrugged, leaning back, "I suppose so, that's how it's done isn't it? Express your intent or something like that?"
"Well normally people get rings and make a big deal out of it…"
"Do you want a ring and big deal-"
"God no!"
"Good."
Sherlock leaned further back until he was nearly in his original position, "So was that a yes?"
John coughed, he could feel his face reddening, "Well, umm, of course, yes."
Sherlock smiled, "We'll combine the last names."