Watsons
1. Drag
Even on mornings he didn't feel like getting up, the detective could always manage to rouse him from his bed and drag him on another case – without which his life would have been dull and colorless.
2. Limping
His leg had been sore the night before, and that morning it was even worse, but thankfully his friend had noticed him limping and brought breakfast (and every other thing he needed) up to him in bed.
3. War
On the nights that memories of the war tormented his sleep the retired army surgeon was always lulled into pleasanter dreams by the skilled violinist's replaying favorites.
4. Dedicated
He had been a good student, dedicated to his studies so he could become a good physician, but his training had never prepared him for someone so injury-prone as he new flat mate.
5. Lives
It was something new to the doctor, who had spent most of his army career saving the lives of others and most of his time with the sleuth keeping him alive, but he was happy to find Holmes sitting next to his bed when he woke after the narrow escape.
6. Depressed
He was a bit depressed when, after the nine months he had been given to recover his health, he was still declared unfit to return to the field, but his fellow lodger told him that he was more useful where he was and he felt better.
7. Pleaded
His last adventure with the detective had almost been fatal, and though the man pleaded with him going on the next case, he refused to stay, but was glad for his concern.
8. Strong
He had been feeling poorly all afternoon, so he went to fetch his medical bag and the next moment found himself in the detective's strong arms after a wave of dizziness had hit him.
9. Sick
He lost his first child patient that evening and came home feeling sick himself, but the perceptive detective managed to find the right words to soothe his aching heart.
10. Hero
He had never considered himself much of a hero, but an irregular who was retelling the night's adventure used the word and when he modestly tried to correct the lad, the detective supported the irregular's claim.
11. Fears
It was a normal thing to be scared of, rushing into a worn-down warehouse while their pursuers fired at them, but his companion's confidence banished all of his fears.
12. Honour
He knew he'd done a good service in Her Majesty's army, but to hear his usually critical friend defend his honour to a quarrelsome client meant more to him than any of the praise he had received from superior officers.
13. Sympathize
Because of how judgmental the detective was of the Scotland Yarders he was able to sympathize when the doctor came home furious about another doctor's treatment of a patient who had come to him for help.
14. Knowledge
Many times in their acquaintance the doctor had questioned the wisdom of the chemist performing certain experiments indoors, but he often found the detective's scientific work fascinating and his own knowledge of chemistry grew.
15. Instructions
The sleuth seemed loath to leave for the continent when the ill doctor remind behind, but there were many visitors over that week to keep him company that the doctor later learned were acting on his friend's instructions.
16. Satisfaction
He pulled out his revolver and aimed to fire, and though ignoring his oath always bothered him, he found sometimes he got greater satisfaction when he helped his flat mate than from his own profession.
17. Cough
It was only a mild cough, but he was forced into bed and told that the old adage was true about doctors making the worst patients.
18. Chivalrous
The detective had always told him that the fairer sex was his department, and as the chivalrous surgeon held open the door for two young ladies entering the restaurant, his companion tapped his foot impatiently when the women stopped to flirt.
19. Ambush
The criminals had planned the ambush well, but they had not counted on just how fierce the amateur detective could be when his friend was wounded.
20. Blinded
His captors saw to it that a scarf blinded him, but soon enough the tightly wound blindfold was removed to reveal the welcomed sight of his friend.
21. Running
He couldn't keep up with that pace and hoped his friend would just go on ahead, but the other man was already running back and insistent on staying together.
22. Courage
His companion had not missed the looks he kept sending the handsome woman sitting alone in the restaurant, and he didn't know whether to be embarrassed or deeply grateful when the detective had the courage he lacked to ask the woman if she would like to join them.
23. Stab
The doctor cried out in pain as his opponent drew out a knife and stabbed his bad leg, but as he stumbled back, he saw his friend attack the man with a vengeance and then turned to help the doctor home.
24. Exhausted
By the time the second surgery was over, the surgeon was utterly exhausted from the strain, but his friend was at home and ready with a blanket, pillow, and soothing violin piece in the sitting room to help him sleep.
25. Desire
He had mentioned his desire for a vacation in passing to Mrs. Hudson several months ago and on Christmas morning he found two first class tickets with a bow around them from a detective whose hearing was sharper than he thought.
26. Accident
Watson was fast, but not fast enough to avoid the out-of-control carriage barreling towards him, though he was pushed out of the way by his protector in the just in time to avoid a terrible accident.
27. Time
The doctor was busy the day he was moving out, but not too busy to notice the glum expression on his former flat mate's face as he prepared to leave, so he assured his friend that he would be sure to make time for him as well.
28. Haunt
Old war memories returned to haunt the army surgeon after they helped Henry Wood, but his friend was quick to take his mind off of those painful memories and onto more enjoyable topics. *
29. Rescue
He had been held over at his practice by a patient with an ever-growing list of complaints when his friend came to his rescue after he was late for their dinner plans.
30. Faint
He was somehow unsurprised to find the familiar wiry arms around him and a concerned face that he hadn't seen for three years looking down at him when he woke after fainting for the first and last time in his life.
31. Lonely
The first anniversary of his marriage after Mary's death was a hard one, but the doctor was not lonely for the amateur sleuth took the liberty of inviting several of his friends over to see him throughout the day to keep him occupied.
32. Fever
He was feeling better, but was forced to stay in bed by his friend who had been quite worried for him after four days of a high fever.
33. Nightmares
After an especially trying case, the good doctor was kept awake for weeks by the horrifying nightmares that wouldn't leave his mind, but he did not spend the long nights along, for the sleuth stayed up as well.
34. Enemy
It was the one-year anniversary of the sleuth's return to life, and the doctor couldn't help asking his friend why he had not told the him that the note he had received en route to the falls had been sent by their enemy.
35. Shoot
He had been a fool to trust Carlyle, who had returned while the sleuth was out and was currently preparing to shoot the doctor, but when a shot rang out, it was Carlyle that fell to the floor, revealing the pale figure behind him.
36. Wisdom
The days had grown bitterly cold, and the doctor was out seeing patients most of the time, but the detective (who had been admired for his wisdom) went out poorly dressed and gave his friend a chance to work from home when he got a bad case of pneumonia.
37. Grief
He was always melancholy on the anniversary of his wife's death, but he was surprised to find that his friend would cancel all plans to stay with him through his grief.
38. Cold
The doctor intended to go out, even in the midst of a terrible blizzard, to see his patients, but found that his medical skills were required at home by a faking detective instead.
39. Aim
He had a good aim, but his heart was racing as he prepared to fire at the man using his comrade as a living shield.
40. Life
It hurt to hear promise after promise from the detective that he would perform no more life-endangering stunts, only to end up doing it again, but the doctor eventually realized he would want it no other way.
41. Missing
He was a fearless Doctor, and didn't care about the risk to himself, but whenever he was overworking, items from his medical bag would mysteriously go missing.
42. Anger
He had a temper and his patience was tried many times in their long time together, but somehow he could never hold his anger towards his companion for long.
43. Truth
It was a moment of pure luck, if the arrogant amateur had been honest, but his companion held his tongue as he pretended to be on the right trail all along in front of the Scotland Yarders, who would read the truth in his biographer's next publication.
44. Blood
He was always worried for his reckless flat mate, but somehow when blood was spilt, he always managed to force down his panic and do his job.
45. Battle
Even though he was the one off serving, he pitied his anxious friend back home more, who was reading the high death counts of every battle and fearing for him.
46. Promise
It was not his determination that saw him through the first months of his service in World War II, but rather his hasty promise that he would come home to a forlorn detective just before he departed.
47. Faithfully
When he realized he'd caught the epidemic that was claiming many lives after The Great War, he intended to quarantine himself, but his friend refused to respect his orders and faithfully stayed with him through it all.
48. Memories
The overworked doctor had been summoned to Sussex because the beekeeper needed company and they spent a restful afternoon chatting about memories of adventures together.
49. Stranded
He learned by telegram he was stranded while visiting the detective in Sussex because of a train wreck, he later learned that his host invented.
50. Persuasion
Though the detective had surrendered several years ago, the doctor stubbornly refused to retire and it took all of his friend's powers of persuasion to convince him to finally accept the passing of time.
*In the first paragraph of the Crooked Man the story is placed a short time after Watson's marriage, thus this order.