(Written for Kink Meme: Sherlock watches kids shows)
"You know, there are so many people in this world who think that you're special, and who like you just for being you."
John scrubbed his face with the back of his hand. He remembered this show. He peeked into the sitting room, partially from disbelief, partially out of curiosity. Sherlock was curled up in a blanket on the couch, completely still. Well, that explained that then, after 48 hours awake for a case yesterday, the consulting detective must still be out for the count.
He yawned, making tea to the comforting tinkle of piano music and the gentle discussions about Daniel the tiger's uncertainty with making friends.
He came back into the room and set a cup of tea down on the coffee table, and was surprised when Sherlock sat up promptly, as if he hadn't been asleep at all. He shrugged to himself, and sat back in his chair, noting with amusement that Mister Rodger's cardigan looked vaguely similar to his own.
He turned, grinning toward Sherlock, ready to jokingly point it out to him, but to his surprise noticed that the consulting detective was watching the television with rapt attention as he sipped his tea.
"... just remember that I love you just the way you are."
John realized that the similarities ran deeper than the cardigan, and, for now at least, wisely kept quiet.