In Sherlock's opinion the doctors took entirely too much time getting the answers they needed and it was nearly an hour and a half before Sherlock was allowed back into his husband's room. With a final unimpressed look in Sherlock's direction, the pushy nurse left the two men alone.
They looked at each other for a few short seconds, John unsure how Sherlock was feeling as he was showing now emotion and Sherlock finding it hard to find the words to speak and what did was stuttering.
'John – I – I -'
All it took was for John to open his arms slightly and he soon found Sherlock had pressed himself – as lightly and tightly as he could – to John's chest.
It seemed slightly strange to Sherlock that John was the one that was injured yet he was the one who needed comforting; the one who needed to hold John and know that he actually was in one piece after being separated for so long and to know that he was alright and he wasn't going anywhere.
John on the other hand was completely happy to hold the now emotional Sherlock; the Sherlock that only he got to see, the Sherlock that was shaking in his arms and the Sherlock that had just a few minutes earlier been completely and utterly balbutient.
A/N: For those who need to know – Balbutient means stammering.