AN: We're back tot text format in this chapter. It's set an indeterminate time after the wedding. If you want to imagine it as the morning after you can – or it can be a couple weeks into their marriage as the domesticity sets back in. Either way – Enjoy! Thanks to everyone who has favorited and reviewed!
Disclaimer: I don't own Sherlock Holmes. John Watson has that honor.
8:04
Breakfast is ready.
SH
8:05
What?
JW
8:05
I've prepared breakfast. Come downstairs.
SH
8:06
You made breakfast!?
JW
8:06
Isn't that what I just said?
SH
8:07
You're serious? You made breakfast?
JW
8:07
You're rather slow this morning. When I said I would shag you senseless I didn't mean to do so literally.
SH
8:08
No - It's just - You never cook.
JW
8:08
That doesn't mean I'm incapable of doing so.
SH
8:09
Never said you couldn't. I'm just surprised you did. Are you up to something?
JW
8:09
What would I be up to that would result in breakfast?
SH
8:10
I don't know. Experiment maybe? Broke something and this is your apology.
JW
8:10
If it was an experiment notifying you would alter the results. And your second suggestion is simply preposterous.
SH
8:11
You're right. Apologizing isn't your style.
JW
8:11
I do apologize!
SH
8:12
Only on the rarest of occasions and certainly not in advanced.
JW
8:12
True.
SH
8:13
So does this have anything to do with our being newlyweds?
JW
8:13
I'm tempted to bin your breakfast for making such a suggestion.
SH
8:14
It's a fair question!
JW
8:14
No - It's a foolish one. I simply fancied eggs and thought you might as well.
SH
8:15
That's it then?
JW
8:15
Yes. That's it. Nothing more malicious, conniving or sentimental than a craving.
SH
8:16
Oh - Okay. Why are you texting me though?
JW
8:16
It's easier than going upstairs and waking you. Though I'm starting to wish I had.
SH
8:17
Why?
JW
8:17
So I could've savored the expression of utter amazement that I'm sure occupied your face.
SH
8:18
You never cease to surprise
JW
8:18
I try.
SH
8:19
You succeed.
JW
8:19
Eggs are getting warm
SH
8:20
Don't you mean they're getting cold?
JW
8:20
No - They were hot and now they are cooling to warm. It would take almost an hour for them to become cold.
SH
8:21
Right. Don't suppose there's any chance of breakfast in bed?
JW
8:22
If you want to take your food back to bed I have no objection. Just don't get eggs on the duvet.
SH
8:23
Right. Never mind. Be right down.
JW
8:23
You'll find something of interest in the paper.
SH
8:24
Oh - What? Murder or something?
JW
8:24
It's about us.
SH
8:25
About our involvement in a case?
JW
8:25
No.
SH
8:26
Oh - Damn.
JW
8:26
Figured it out then?
SH
8:27
Yes. Gits. No privacy today. Wonder who sold them to story.
JW
8:27
No idea. Not much detail in the article. I would assume an amateur paparazzi got lucky.
SH
8:28
Great. What's it say?
JW
8:28
You can read it yourself when you come downstairs. It's on the wall.
SH
8:29
On the wall?!
JW
8:29
Yes. In the kitchen.
SH
8:30
What is it doing on the wall?
JW
8:30
Serving as an impromptu dartboard.
SH
8:31
Ah. Can I burn it when you're done?
JW
8:31
Well I was planning on experimenting on the affect of acid on ink with it...
SH
8:32
Oh – Alright then.
JW
8:33
But I suppose I could use a different article.
SH
8:34
Altering experiments for me? You're getting the hang of this romance thing.
JW
8:35
You're eggs are in danger of becoming an experiment.
SH
8:36
Right. Coming.
JW
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KP