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Author's note: This is a request written for Motimo (who has a great fic going right now) who requested them visiting an amusement park. I hope everyone enjoys this and please leave a review! Thank you!

"I want to go on this one, come on Sherlock!" John said, pulling his husband toward the most talked about ride at the amusement park. It was big, scary and fast.

"Come on, John. No need to get too excited, we're here for an experiment on human reactions to the roller coasters." Sherlock said.

"Yes, yes, I know that, but let's have fun while you do your experiment." John said with a smile and they reached the entrance for the queue.

They hadn't walked more than a few metres before they hit the end of the queue.

"We should be here for about twenty minutes, John." Sherlock informed John.

"I can wait! Apparently this is the best ride! It goes up really high and then suddenly drops and it spins a lot and drops and everything! We're going to go upside down!" John said gleefully.

"John, I think you may have drunk too much coca cola and eaten too many sweets. I knew buying candy floss was a bad idea just after you'd eaten two packets of skittles on the way over here." Sherlock sighed but couldn't help but smile at his husband.

Some more people were joining in behind them in the queue now.

They shuffled along as the queue moved up a bit and then stayed still.

"It's chilly, isn't it?" John asked as he was in a shaded area and was wearing only a shirt and jeans. Sherlock on the other hand wore one of John's larger shirts, a pair of jeans that John had bought him and a well made jumper. Sherlock did not want his best (every-day) clothes getting dirty or broken or wet at this park.

"A bit, come here, love." Sherlock said and reached out his arms for John.

John walked into Sherlock's arms and felt heat radiating off of his warm husband.

Sherlock ran his fingers through John's hair and then shuffled along up the queue with his husband, staying in the warm hug, and coming to a standstill a moment later.

"I've got butterflies now." John said.

"Yes, we're going to get a seat in a few minutes. Why do you have butterflies? I thought you were excited." Sherlock raised an eyebrow.

John tilted his head that rested against Sherlock's chest up and looked at his husband "Its good butterflies and I'm nervous and excited." John explained.

Soon enough they were stood at the barriers. They had separated from the hug and were waiting for the staff to open the gates when the ride came back.

John stood, holding onto the gate and leaning his head around so he could see when the ride would come, not that it made much difference.

Sherlock smiled from his place stood just behind John and leaned over, he placed a kiss just above the neck line of his t-shirt on a patch of skin at the bottom of John's neck.

John giggled and turned "That tickled." He said with a smile.

"I know." Sherlock smiled.

John gave him one more hug, a big squeeze to calm his own fear down.

The gates opened and John quickly jogged onto his seat and lowered the shoulder braces down and plugged himself in. Sherlock quickly did so for himself too. A member of staff went around everyone, checking the safety barriers were clipped in properly.

John swung his legs, waiting for the ride to begin.

Sherlock reached over to John's closest hand which gripped a handle bar attached to the safety barriers.

John felt Sherlock's familiar fingers trying to get him to loosen his grip.

John leaned his head around through the gap between the safety barriers that trapped him to the seat and smiled at Sherlock and entwined their fingers.

At that moment the roller coaster sped off, everyone was screaming. Sherlock and John's entwined hands were held tightly together and both the danger seekers were whooping, laughing and screaming as they twisted, dropped and spun.

It came to a sudden stop at the end and the safety barriers rose up.

The husbands still had their hands entwined.

Sherlock and John's hair lay messily on their heads and they were both flushed.

"That was fun!" John grinned and once they were away from the ride Sherlock pulled him into a hug.

"I have to agree with you, darling! It was rather fun." Sherlock said and let John go.

"Can we go again?" John asked.

"But what about the experiment? We have to try more rides!" Sherlock protested.

At the look of disappointment on John's face Sherlock quickly added "How about we go one more time just before we leave?"

John nodded and gave Sherlock a quick peck on his lips and then they walked arm in arm toward the next ride.

As soon as John had walked into Sherlock's life the consulting detective enjoyed life more, he had someone to spend his life with and someone he loved alongside him at moments and times like these. The consulting detective and the army doctor had fun together.