It started with a handshake
Strangers meeting for
technically the second time
Being told to use first names, 'Please'
On their way to look at a flat
Well really it started with a question
"Afghanistan or Iraq?"
And bafflement
How on earth did that tall brunette pale man
Know all that he did
About that short blonde tan man
It started with a flat
221B Baker Street
Messy from Sherlocks things
A Union Flag pillow in the armchair
It started with an interruption
By Detective Inspector Lestrade
Sherlock is needed
John stays behind
Until that is...
It started with an answer
"Want to come with me?"
"Oh God, yes"
It started with a bullet
Shot through windows
To Save Sherlock's life
It started with giggling at a crime scene
And they lived together
Learning to navigate their lives
with and around the other
John gets the milk
Sherlock shoots the walls
and experiments
and tries to keep away from the boredom
that threatens to overtake him
John dates
And all the dates say that
they have to compete for his attention
And no one can beat Sherlock
Friendship is an amazing thing
and one as strong as their
is even more so
John&Sherlock
Sherlock&John
they cannot be truly separated
they have changed each other so much
one saved the other from descending madness
The other saved one from descending depression
They are nothing without the other
joined in the soul
They have seen the best of each other
and the worst of each other
and they choose both
They have shared each other's sunshines
and saved some for later
They will present them when the rains fall hard
One is the voice that tells the other of their brilliance
The other is the reminder for one to feel alive
When they question your sanity
When they call you freak
When the spider descends
When everything is threatened
hold hands
and promise life
and Don't let go
