"What do you mean you've never seen Lord of the Rings?"
Sherlock shakes his head and mumbles his generic response of "dull".
"You are going to sit on that sofa, you are going to watch the film, and you are going to enjoy it, okay?"
Sherlock grunts and hunches over his laptop.
"Don't be such a child," John spits, putting the DVD in the player with a little more force than necessary. He marches to Sherlock and grabs his shoulders to push him onto the sofa, "you haven't had a case in four days, you might find you like it," and having you interested in films might save the walls from their weekly pounding, he thinks.
He sits beside Sherlock on the sofa and pulls Sherlock's legs across his own. Sherlock looks at him curiously.
"So you can't escape," John uses the remote to find the menu, "if I have hold of your legs it means you won't be able to make a run for it—"
"And if I need to go to the toilet?"
"You won't. Now shush, it's starting."
Sherlock lets out a quiet grumble, but stops when John gives his thigh a warning squeeze.
They sit in complete silence; John keeps one eye on Sherlock, just in case he tries to move. By the halfway point, however, Sherlock is mesmerised by the world of hobbits, dwarves and elves, his eyes glowing in a similar way as they did when he had the case on the serial suicides.
John smirks, John 1 Sherlock 0.
When the film finishes, John turns to look at Sherlock expectantly. He's met with the face of a five year old at Christmas. He smirks, "enjoy it then?"
Sherlock is silent for a moment, before starting to babble "is that it? What happened? They still have the ring don't they? I thought—" he looks at John, "I don't understand."
John chuckles and lifts Sherlock's legs so he can stand up. He picks up the second DVD and waves it in the air, "want to watch some more? There's another two."
Sherlock nods quickly.
John puts the second DVD in and presses play. He sits back down, and as the opening credits begin to roll, puts his legs over Sherlock's and snuggles into his side. In turn, Sherlock wraps his arms around John's waist.
Just before the film starts, John speaks, "does this mean you'll take me to see The Hobbit in December?"