"John, don't do it!" the voice from behind him came. It almost sounded scared. Almost...No! Stop being an idiot John. He's gone. Dead. Yet the voice caused him to turn from the ledge his one true friend, one real love, jumped from years ago.

"Have I been given this? A happy thought before I go? A smile before I follow you?!" John was giggling. Not a sane little under-your-breath-giggles but a hysteric I've-gone through-something-that-killed-me-earlier giggle. It was almost as if John wasn't there, replaced by said giggling creature. Sherlock watched as his friend trembled, precariously close to the edge. There was little time to plan and a tension in the air. This was not how he planned his return.

John closed his eyes tightly. "If there was something you wanted to tell me, now would be the time. I'm a dead man walking and I should have left the same day you did." He turned back and stared down at the place he saw Sherlock's body. "You're not real anyways. I'd have known if you were alive. Of course, I never knew what you were thinking when you were alive...I miss you. I never planned to live a day without you after our first case. I know you're a figment of my imagination, but I have to confess. I loved you and you left me alone. You gave me a thrill and somewhere I belonged, by your side. Thank you." John smiled as he smiled at what he thought was his mind playing tricks on him.

"John! NO! STOP! I'm real!" but his words fell on deaf ears as the man stepped onto the ledge. "JOHN!" A hand reached out to grab him a second too late. The taller of the two went over the ledge trying to catch the other. Down they went only to figure out there was someone there to catch them. The last thing John saw before blacking out was the stressed face of Sherlock Holmes staring up at his distraught brother, Mycroft.


Okay, so I was thinking, I should really do something for 221B day so I'm putting up this one-shot. It's a small drabble and my friends say I could build on it. I probably won't so I shall just stop talking now,

Happy 221B Day!
Awen the IcyBlackDragon