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Then came the pool incident.
Sherlock had arranged to meet Moriarty who was the man of Sherlock's nightmares for the first time at the pool. This was the very pool that Carl Powers had been killed at many years before, that had been the thing that decided Sherlock would become a detective, even then a 12 year old Sherlock knew something was wrong, his trainers were missing.
They never did find the trainers.
That was until Moriarty used them as part of his game, as a way to aggravate Sherlock. The trainers had led Sherlock to the pool.
At first John appeared at the pool and for a split second Sherlock thought that perhaps John was behind all of the games, that he was involved with Moriarty if he wasn't in fact Moriarty. But then Sherlock saw the explosives strapped to John and immediately felt guilty for even thinking that John was involved somehow.
Then Moriarty appeared.
Sherlock had seen him before, he was Molly's now ex-boyfriend Jim back then.
Right then, right there Sherlock was prepared to die, he finally had something or someone to risk his life for and that was John. If John got out alive Sherlock did not care what happened to himself anymore.
However Moriarty was not having any of this and soon John approved for Sherlock to shoot the explosives killing them all in the action, this turned Sherlock inside out, how could he be held responsible for John's death?
Sherlock luckily didn't have to fret too long as Moriarty received a phone call which was obviously more thrilling to Moriarty than killing John and Sherlock.
Before Sherlock knew it Moriarty had escaped and even though this made Sherlock deeply unhappy, knowing John was still alive definitely made up for it.
Life continued as usual, well as usual as it could be for the world's only 'consulting detective' up until the day Sherlock was summoned to Buckingham palace, along with John who was now officially Sherlock's partner in crime, for a case.
Sherlock had been in only his bed sheet when the men arrived to 221B Baker Street to summon him, John was out on a different case at this time.
When he had been told to change into his clothes Sherlock protested- not only because he was in a lazy mood but because part of him wanted John to notice him.
When Sherlock and John were both sitting together in the palace they only joked about Sherlock's chosen attire but apart from that John did not seem to notice.
Sherlock's brother Mycroft who was pretty much the British government appeared and insisted that Sherlock change, he did so reluctantly.
Sherlock felt that his feelings towards John's were later confirmed when Irene Adler arrived on the scene and showed interest in Sherlock.
John thought that Sherlock felt attracted to Irene, when Sherlock really just thought of her as a second 'friend' not in the way he was feeling for John either.
The main reason Sherlock even liked Irene was because she had helped save John's life when he was held at gunpoint and Sherlock felt he owed her something for it.
Irene had guessed of course that Sherlock was starting to feel affection for John but when Irene was supposed dead, which she wasn't, John thought that Sherlock should be extremely upset.
Sherlock was rather disappointed but only played his violin to stop John from questioning him.
Irene had turned out to be alive and later was assumed dead again. John told Sherlock she'd been deported. Sherlock realized John was trying to protect him. This didn't help and only made Sherlock's feelings stronger for John. Irene was not dead of course and Sherlock knew this because he had been the one to help her escape.
Later while on a new case in Baskerville Sherlock thought he had seen a gigantic hound, this terrified Sherlock. He had never been so scared about something before then which made Sherlock rather tetchy and resulted in a massive row with John where he told John he had no friends.
That night Sherlock slept much less than usual and when he did sleep he dreamed of John, nothing but John.
The next day Sherlock was up and ready quickly, he searched everywhere for John and eventually found him in a graveyard.
Sherlock told John he had only one friend and that they were John, he wanted John to be so much more than just a friend and his heart was about to explode out of his mouth but he had to keep it locked inside, he couldn't bear the thought of loosing John, he didn't want his feelings to ruin what he and John currently had.