Sherlock had received a text from Mycroft, not an unusual occurrence but now his texts brought actually interesting information. Mycroft would text him for one of two reasons. Either: a) More information on Moriarty's web of criminals or b) An update on John (as promised)
Ella has John video blogging, idiotic but I thought you might be interested. – MH
Interested indeed. Attached was a link. Sherlock clicked and as he waited it for it to load he expected the worst. He had seen John at his grave; he knew this was going to be hard.
What appeared on screen a second later surprised him. Actually surprised Sherlock Holmes.
John Watson did not appear outwardly sad. Nor did he look angry. Sherlock went through a list of emotions, happy, confused… but none seemed to fit. He just seemed…. Blank. His face reminiscent of the soldier he had seen the first day he met the man.
Then he started talking.
"March third, twenty twelve. …I'm going back to work at the clinic on Monday." The doctor sat looking at the screen for a moment before he turned it off.
In total it was only twenty seconds long.
Sherlock watched it three times before carrying on with his work. Thoughts of John never left his mind
