AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Thank you everyone for the kind words and motivation, it truly means a lot to me. I uploaded this Sunday night, but for some reason I guess it didn't actually upload? So here it is...again.

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Sherlock frantically paced the front hall waiting for John to arrive. He was due any minute and Sherlock knew that he'd need comfort but also would want space and he had no idea how he was going to react when he saw John in order to not upset him further.

'Well I could...but no. Well I could also...he might not like that. Hm. Oh! I know! I'll-' Sherlock was pulled from his thoughts with the sound of the doorbell ringing.

He immediately rushed to the door and pulled it open, his eyes falling upon a very sleepy and disheveled looking John Watson who had a crooked smile that just barely met his eyes.

"Hey luv." John's voice was quiet and defeated.

"Oh John." Sherlock put one hand on the back of John's head, the other moving to his lower back and pulled him into a tight hug.

John wrapped his arms around Sherlock and buried his face into his shirt, taking in the smell of his boyfriend and letting it calm him.

"I know you want to talk Sherlock, but I just want to go to bed if that's ok?" John pulled back enough to look into Sherlock's face.

Sherlock kissed John's forehead and ran a hand through the short blonde hair. "Of course. Let's get you to my room and in bed."

John smiled in thanks and they brought his bags upstairs to Sherlock's room, dropping them in the large walk in closet before stripping down to pants and getting under the blankets together.

John rolled onto his side to face Sherlock, bringing a hand up to run over the pale chest in front of him. "Thank you."

Sherlock narrowed his eyes at John. "For what luv?"

John turned onto his back and sighed. "For everything. You're so amazing and I'm just...I didn't even tell my parents about us. It just feels like you're accepting and loving and I'm just an idiot jock who's afraid to tell their parents they're gay."

Sherlock's heart clenched in his chest and he quickly pulled John to him and kissed him hard. "John Hamish Watson, you are anything but. You are kind, compassionate, caring, intelligent and the most loving man I have ever met. Don't you think for a second that you have done anything wrong because you haven't."

John's eyes stung with the unshed tears and he buried his face in Sherlock's neck. "I love you so much Sherlock."

Sherlock held John close and ran a hand up and down his back. "I love you too John. Go to sleep and we'll talk when you wake up."

Within minutes John was asleep leaving Sherlock to idly run his hand through his boyfriend's soft fringe as his mind wandered off.

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The next morning John woke early and stretched, feeling well rested and smiling at the arm wrapped tightly around his waist, another in his hair.

"Good morning luv." John rasped, clearing his throat to fix the lack of use.

Sherlock groaned and snuggled his face deeper into the pillows tightening his grip on John as he did so.

"Come on, let's get dressed I'm starving. I'll make breakfast for us and then we can come back up here and watch a movie or something yeah?"

"Fine. But there's no need to cook John, the wait staff will do that for us."

"Oh...right. Forgot about all that. Cool. Well, let's get dressed then." John smiled and kissed Sherlock on the lips chastely before getting out of bed.

"You know..." Sherlock finished putting his dress pants on, leaving them unbuttoned and walked up to wrap his arms around John. "We could always have them deliver to our room and...spend the time doing other activities. It would save us the hassle of getting dressed."

John laughed and turned to kiss his boyfriend. "You're just trying to get out of getting dressed you lazy git. Come on, I'd also like to thank your parents for letting me stay here for the remainder of vacation."

Sherlock sighed and moved to pick up his shirt. "Fine, if we must."

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So I know this is a short chapter but I'm super busy with work and the holidays and being sick near constantly because fuck my life. In the next chapter you get to see John meet Sherlock's parents though. So yay!