ALWAYS YOU (BBC SHERLOCK AU)

"What a perfect day for a marriage", Rin sarcastically thought as he was watching the snow falling from the sky. It was like someone up there didn't want him to get married.

"Well, too bad, because it's totally going to happen today", he added, before starting to get prepared.

When he finished he looked at himself at the mirror; the white suit suited him well, even if the jacket was a little too long for his tastes. He wasn't sure if he should have tied his hair, but in the end he decided to not doing it.

As soon as he found himself good looking enough, he left his room and he went in the living room, where there were his sister Gou and Ai, his best man.

When they saw him, their eyes brightened.

- Oh brother, you look lovely! - Gou exclaimed, hugging him.

- I'm sure he will love it- Ai added, smiling.

Rin hoped that he was right.

Meanwhile, in the church, Sousuke and Momotarou, his best man, were waiting. The first was very nervous, even if he didn't show it. Was that the better thing to do?

He really loved Rin and he wanted to spend the rest of his life with him, but he was afraid to involve him too much in his job. He had a lot of enemies that could have gotten to him trough the redhead but, thinking better, he was already involved, being the blogger of his cases and his assistant. Or maybe it would have been better to say "companion"? "Mate"? How did people exactly define it?

- Stop that, Sou-, Momotarou said.

- I'm not doing anything- the other replied, ignoring on purpose the nickname "Sou" which the young men insisted to call him by.

- You're making a scary face-, the orange haired boy said, scratching his head, - I bet you're thinking dirty things about Rin-.

- I'm not like you- Sousuke answered, looking at him coldly.

Their conversation was interrupted by the arrival of Gou, Ai and… Rin.

Momo didn't waste any time and greeted Gou very blatantly, before remembering that he was in a church and shut himself up.

Sousuke hadn't said anything; he was too enchanted by Rin. He was beautiful; he couldn't even believe that he was real.

His eyes met the redhead's ones and he faintly smiled; his doubts had vanished, he knew that he was doing the right thing.

The ceremony went well, there wasn't any interruption and it had even stopped snowing.

Now they were in a luxurious restaurant, for the party. Ai did a very moving speech about the just married couple's qualities and about how they helped him get over his insecurities and find his place in the world, in fact it was Sousuke who suggested him to work as a specialist registrar at St. Bartholomew Hospital's morgue and, follow his suggestion revealed to be the best decision of his life.

Instead Momotarou spent a lot of time talking about funny stories about the two of them. He had been so detailed that Rin suspected that he had been helped by Gou; a gaze between the two siblings confirmed his suspects.

Sousuke didn't say anything, apart some thanks to the guests for their presence and how it made him feel overwhelmed. It wasn't very much but, knowing his behaviour, it was enough.

The raven haired man was outside, in the garden. It had started to snow again, but he didn't mind.

Although a part of him wanted to dance with the others, inside the dance hall, he preferred to stay there, because he had to clear his mind.

He couldn't help but to think about the first time he met Rin. It was at Saint Bartholomew's laboratory, and he was making some experiments with Ai's help. At first he saw Tachibana enter, followed by a redhead he hadn't met before. He still didn't believe in love at first sight but he felt something strange when he saw him. Then, he deduced everything he could about him and his need of a flatmate to not be a burden to his sister who gave him his phone, just to show off, like he always had done, and proposed to look for a flat together, because he was in a similar situation too, and he left without giving him any chance to refuse. How smart of him.

Then they solved their first case together and something blossomed between them.

He was very nervous and excited at the same time about having a friend and, now that he thought about it, he was his first real friend, excluding his red fish, even if he didn't know if he should count it as a friend, since it was an animal.

However, everything was great; their relationship was improving day by day, until the damned Hazuki stole the Crown Jewels.

Of course, everything was planned, he and his half-brother, Haruka, had worked very hard to make a plan which could have worked, but it went too far and he had to fake his death to everyone, Rin too. It was for the redhead's safety, but that didn't make it less painful for both of them.

He had to survive -because that wasn't living- in East Europe; he risked his life so many times he had lost count, and he still had the scar on his right shoulder to remind him about it, but he carried on; he had to do it for Rin, for the faith to meet him again. He had been his light, his reason to keep living.

In the end, when he "came back to life", he had expected Rin's anger and he was prepared to hear something like "I will never forgive you", or "don't you dare show your face in front of me ever again". What he didn't expect was that the redhead started to cry in front of him.

- I'm so angry with you!-, he had shouted, hugging him, - So, so, so angry!-.

After a moment of surprise, Sousuke had returned, hesitant, the hug.

- I know-, he had murmured, - I know-.

Of course, it took some time to Rin to entirely forgive him. He did that when the other took courage and revealed him the reasons behind his actions and he confessed his feelings for him. At first the redhead didn't know how to deal with it, because he loved the other too, but it took time and a lot of patience in order to make everything work; it was worth it, and they couldn't be happier.

- I know you would have been here-, a voice said, snapping him back to reality.

- Rin-, he simply said, without even looking his husband who was coming closer to him. He didn't mean to be rude, but he hated when someone interrupted his thoughts; anyway he was forced to look at the other when he put himself in front of him.

- Why you aren't with the others? You said you wanted to dance! - The redhead asked.

- I just wanted some time alone… to think- Sousuke replied.

A spark of fear spread in Rin's eyes and he murmured:

- Sousuke… Are you regretting this?-.

- What? No!-, the other exclaimed, surprised.

He never thought that the redhead could ever think about something like that, not after everything they went through. Anyway, due to his sensitivity, it could have been understandable: his husband, instead of enjoying himself at his marriage's party, was alone, thinking about something, probably with a serious expression – he couldn't see himself, but he was sure he was wearing a pretty serious face-, so the doubt that he was regretting everything could come to mind.

- It's stupid to regret something you wanted so hard since so many time only a couple of hours later, isn't it?- he added, hoping that this could calm down the other.

- Thank God- Rin sighed in relief, -so, what's the problem? What were you thinking about?-.

At first Sousuke was about to change subject, but, considering his partner stubbornness, he decided to tell him the truth; how bad would it be?

- You. I was thinking about you-, he said, without looking at him.

The redhead chuckled a little, delighted, and he poked the other, teasing him:

- It's always me, right?-, he laughed.

The raven haired man just smiled as he took Rin's hand.

- I'm cold, let's go inside-, he justified himself.

- I knew it, you just can't wait to show your dance skills!- the other exclaimed, smirking.

- You bet- Sousuke replied as they both were in the building, laughing like two kids.

Sousuke couldn't see anything apart Rin's smile, everything had lost importance to that simple thing which made his heart melt every time, and he couldn't help to drag him in a passionate kiss, not caring that they were near the dance hall and someone could see them.

In the end it's always you.

Author's note: Finally, here's the new chapter! It longer than the others and I hope you've enjoyed it.

I know, it's a strange AU, but let me explain how it was born: one night a made a dream but the only thing I remembered where Rin, Sousuke, the snow and the phrase "in the end it's always you". Of course, I wanted to write something with these elements, but I couldn't fill the voids that my memory had made, so I asked for help on tumblr. Someone said that the phrase reminded her about what Sherlock says at John's wedding on the third season of the BBC show.

That's how this fanfiction was born.

I tried to put the other characters too, and I quite enjoy the idea of Nagisa being Moriarty.

Well, that's all for now; this series of fanfiction is coming to and end, in fact I have just one thing left (apart another, but it depends if I'll be able to actually write it or not). Don't worry, that doesn't mean I won't write anymore about Free!, in fact, this technically was the last one, but some days ago someone asked me on tumblr another fanfiction so I wrote it.

Let me know what you think, see you next time! -Feeldespair