Spoiler Alert: The Great Game
Chapter 10 in which our hero John is trying to understand and accept extraordinary and ends up angry.
John called his project `humanizing Sherlock`. He didn't quite know why exactly did he care so much, but he learned that he did care. As much as he gets angry and annoyed by Sherlock he was far more upset when others thought of him as strange and heartless. After the case of The Blind Banker, as he called it on his blog, they started to get more cases. John thought that was because Sherlock started to look reachable through his eyes, and the paying thing did help. He kept that to himself, knowing that Sherlock has a somewhat unusual view on the money issue; being privileged he didn't understand how people were suspicious about free services. John kept bills and gave Sherlock a bigger part of their checks and he was careful to adjust the price to the recipient. There was no need to keep high prices when Sherlock had no need for that. John wasn't desperate for the money now when he had a job and a pension, so they could afford it.
It was funny really how Sherlock was upset with pointing out his human qualities and limitations when he finally read his blog. John stood still and even mocked at him because of his all so serious website that no one reads. It was funny how John's got attached to his blog, it became more than Ella had anticipated, it wasn't just sad attempt to deal with everyday life; it was a display of his new expanded life.
All that didn't mean him and Sherlock now had a peaceful cheerful coexistence, it only meant that John was more at peace with Sherlock's whims and could more easily deflect his disdain. Besides John had a job, and Sarah was there somewhere so he couldn't really complain. Although that thing with Sarah didn't go as planned, she stayed distant and he wasn't entirely sure how to bridge that gap. Getting to the touchy side wasn't all that easy for John, he waited for the sign so he could get in motion other neglected parts of him.
"Stop inflicting your opinions on the world." Sherlock sneered at him and John realized he can't just dismiss that as his whim, and that he was bothered by his anger. That's why he went to Sarah searching for sanctuary. All he found was a couch, bumpy couch. He tried to see it with humour and was able to get a bit of flirtation in the morning, things looked well with the prospect of breakfast, but then he saw Baker Street on the news and rushed home.
There he found brothers in chess mode in the middle of ruined living room acting like nothing is odd. Of course, they noticed his stiffed back and made conclusions, he wasn't bothered by that, not anymore. He was relieved seeing Sherlock alive, confused when Mycroft handed the case file to him.
There was a moment of silence where he got his bearings. "Brother Rivalry," he said thinking how ordinary is that even in their less ordinary way "Now we're getting somewhere" but the roller coaster of emotions started again with a call from Yard. There was a case worthy of Sherlock, but there were new unexpected readers of John's blog. John looked around feeling guilty. He found it comforting to point out Sherlock's human shortages, but he wasn't planning to confront him with the mocking of their colleagues.
Moments after that Molly came in introducing her new boyfriend. Of course, Sherlock had to cut that down claiming that the guy was gay. Sure he was a bit cheesy but still.
"You wash your hair," Sherlock told him off "that doesn't count as products."
Molly rushed out John watched it all in slow motion thinking how helpless he is to prevent Sherlock's words from coming out.
"That wasn't kind," he said with determination. Sherlock was genuinely battled when he told him that he crossed the line.
After that Sherlock challenged him to say something about knickers before him, it was pointless to try to beat Sherlock, but he complied agreeing with the humiliation of defeat, it did help Sherlock put his words out quicker; and truth to be told John couldn't resist competing if for nothing, just for contributing sake.
Here, I'm not sure how interesting this was. Hope you like it. Tuning out for now.