Please do let me know! I know I know I have to finish the other stories but this one just wouldn't let me sleep!
"I'm a hermit."
"No! You're not!"
"Harry please stop trying. I'm fine!" John said with an exasperated roll of eyes.
Harry pouted in response.
"Harry, really, I've tried and failed. Going to a gay bar or somewhere and picking someone up or offering a drink is just not me. I can't do it."
"But John I don't want you to be lonely!" Said Harry in a strained voice, desperately trying to make John see reason.
Lonely.
There's that word again. He had been lonely all his life, it must have become a habit by now. Hasn't it?
Maybe not.
John sighed.
"Look Harry, if anything like that ever happens to me then I want it to happen naturally. Like you and Clara. Not something hastily put together like this. Yes I am alone but not desperate."
Harry looked at her brother intently. Of course he was not desperate. He had no reason to be. He was one of the finest men Harry had ever seen in her life. He reminded her of their so much. He was clever, kind, soft, affectionate, considering, he would always put others' needs before him. He had a good career. He was an army doctor once and after being invalided home he was now a surgeon at St. Brat's. He was handsome. Yet alone. Why people left him was a great mystery to Harry. Fine he was not adventurous, not that young and maybe a bit quiet at times but that doesn't mean he would have to be alone. There must be someone somewhere who would love her brother dearly for the qualities he had. But John was right, the pubs and clubs Harry tried to send his brother to were always frequented by people who were completely opposite of him. They looked for adventure, they looked for adrenalin and the looked for flings. Surely not her brother's idea of a good partner. And they always saw what John lacked. Not what he possessed and oh he possessed so much more than anybody could ever ask for.
Harry was sure John deserved a great man in his life. A person who would love him and cherish him for all that he was. If he didn't then he would have to go through Harry.
Harry and Clara had met during college and right from the beginning it was just spontaneous. Their relationship built up beautifully. And now they were married blissfully. Harry never thought she was better than her brother anyway. He always looked up to him. She couldn't understand why something like this didn't happen to him for so long. If it happen to someone like her.
Most of the time it broke Harry's heart seeing the longing and wait in her brother's eyes. But she also couldn't help feel that he was waiting for someone in particular. There was something about John that made her think that way. She even asked him several times. He would only smirk and say "Soul mate."
And harry wished he would show up. Soon.
