Epilogue

The man in front of him is a soldier; he holds himself proud and ready; he withstands Mycroft without blinking with an eye. It takes him a long second to understand what he is seeing. Mycroft is used to the blue numbers floating above the head of people. But this number he was used to, he saw it every day above Sherlock's head. The beautiful number that tells him his brother has enough time left to grow old and now he knows that he won't be alone.

John Watson will stand by his side until the day they both will die at the same moment and if he had his mother's gift he would be able to tell that they will die together. His brother won't be alone.