Ten Things That the Good Doctor Failed To Mention.
1. As a boy, the sight of blood scared the living daylights out of him, but when he entered Her Majesties Army, the thought of actually hurting another living creature frightened him even more, and so he rolled up his sleeves and learned the basics of modern medicine.
2. Before the war he was far more inclined to dogs then he was to cats. Dogs would run and jump with you as you went for a stroll, cats simple did not. However, due to the jezail bullet that was once lodged in his leg, he finds it quite comforting when a feline curls up besides you as your trying to relax by a warm fire.
3. Though he appreciated cats, all of his acquaintances were quite adverse to them and so he never had the pleasure of owning one. Mary was rather allergic, the poor dear, and it simply would not due if a curious creature knocked over one of Holmes test tubes and a hole was burned through the old wooden table.
4. He once spent an entire afternoon searching through old pay records looking for his friends name, for he was sure Holmes had at one time been some sort of thespian, however, finding no evidence what so ever, he returned home and only prayed his friend was not aware of what he had been up too.
5. As a child, he found himself wanting to become a professional cricket player, until the ball hit him square in the nose causing a slight unnatural curve that was still apparent to this day. Holmes had pointed it out precisely two days after meeting him, demanding to know the cause. He has been slightly self-conscious of it ever sense.
6. Occasionally, he would try to keep things from his friend. It was not that he was against sharing his past, he just saw very little of interest in it and was sure Holmes would find even less. Plus, he secretly hoped Holmes wondered about it the way he wondered about Holmes's.
7. Once, while being unusually frustrated with Holmes, he thought of writing and publishing a different sort of book. A book on how to deal with small children who always want there way. He was sure it would be quite the success.
8. Once, while at a club a game was played in which each player told of what they would change if they could go back in time. The first thought that came into his mind was that he would go back and stop Holmes from ever using that insufferable opium. He quickly pushed that away however and announced he would have purchased a better gift for an old lady friend.
9. He almost didn't ask Mary to marry him because he was worried about Holmes's health. In a steep leap of faith and self confidence he decided that this would be good for both men, giving Holmes the privacy he always desired and Watson the type of companionship he longed for.
10. Though Mary adored Sherlock Holmes, she often chastised him for putting her Watson's life in danger so often, Watson would smile and nod but secretly think of all the times his friend had saved him.