Monday just like I promised. I'm going back to school tomorrow so I'll be updating less often I would imagine. I'd love for you to stay with me! The next chapter should be up before the weekend is over. -E
Sherlock Holmes woke up to find an asleep Molly Hooper curled up in his arms. He smiled gently to himself when he noticed the small curl of her lips as she dreamt. He gently moved her off to the side and crept out of the room. He was nearly out of the door when something stopped him. He knew what John would tell him, that he shouldn't just walk out or something along the lines of that. So he took John's mental nagging to action and left a note on her kitchen table.
"Had to go back to my flat. Hope you're feeling better. -S"
John Watson smiled up at Sherlock as he stalked into the apartment. "So?" He asked.
"So what?"
"Anything happen, you know, between you two?"
"What do you mean?"
"Anything out of the ordinary for you?"
"John, really just tell me what you mean."
"You can't sugarcoat things with you. I mean you two have seemed pretty cosy recently."
"She's a friend, John. Let's leave it at that."
"Okay, whatever you say. This came for you by the way." John said handing him a letter. "Exactly the - "
"Same as the others." Sherlock finished. He ripped open the top and pulled out the printed letter. His eyes widened and he felt something new he had only assumed had been his heart dropping a bit.
Your friend is pretty. If you'd like her to stay that way Sherlock, I'd suggest you leave her alone. People close to you are going to get hurt. But it'll be alright because it's not like you're going to be heartbroken. I'm sure you've been told you don't have a heart to break. You live for the work, for the mysteries to solve. You don't live for love and don't love to live. You're a machine, Sherlock Holmes, with brains and bolts and screws. But machines don't have feelings and machines sure don't have hearts.
Sherlock snapped back to reality. Of course it wasn't his heart dropping that he'd felt. How could he have been so stupid to believe so, there was no heart to drop.