To: Sherlock Holmes
Subject: Pushed it back
- We've pushed the wedding back to June fifteenth. You know the date. Mary and I decided to do it then. A new beginning sort of thing. Actually, I doubt you understand.
- Nonetheless, the idea of it doesn't hurt.
- I wonder if this text will still bounce back. You'd think someone else would have this number by now.
Three years to the day after Sherlock had jumped off the building of St. Barts, John would be getting married. It's only months away now. He hasn't texted Sherlock for nearly two years now. He feels a little bad about it, but, at the same time, he doesn't mind it. He doubts that Sherlock had wanted him to text him after he was dead, anyway. It had been a coping mechanism.
He has learned to deal with Sherlock's death without texting him. He doesn't need to share every detail with a dead man. He has his own friends back again, albeit if their relationships will never be quite the same again. It's alright, though, John knows, because his friends have stuck with him for the worst of it already. They aren't going anywhere.
John still misses Sherlock. But's it's fine. It's all fine.
To: John Watson
Subject: (No subject)
- Failure to deliver message.
AN: Lots of time has passed. But, like the chapter says, texting was just a coping mechanism, and that mechanism is barely needed now. One more chapter, folks.
On a side note, since Moffat teased the Three Words, and one is 'Wedding'... JOHN'S GETTING MARRIED. Perhaps. Because we could all be interpreting it wrong. But I'm equal parts happy and equal parts annoyed. I never liked Mary [from the movies], and then I read A Study in Scarlet and grew a little fond of her because Watson was so adorable and smitten. So, if they get a good actress for her [if this really happens], and she's not a total... non-lady... I might be quite happy. I would love to see Sherlock's reaction to John's wedding. Anyway. I'mma shut up. I'm too excited. xD