AN: More Johnlock holiday fun – Enjoy :)
I don't own Sherlock Holmes. John Watson has that honor.
4:31
Careful when you come in.
JW
4:31
Why?
SH
4:32
Mrs. Hudson is trying to hide mistletoe around the flat.
JW
4:33
Inconvenient. But why does that equal my need for caution?
SH
4:34
Because she's taken to hiding in the closets when I come in so I don't see what she's up to. Wouldn't want you to attack her because you don't realize it's her.
JW
4:35
John, I could recognize her perfume from a mile away.
SH
4:35
Sherlock!
JW
4:36
It was a statement of fact, not an insult!
SH
4:37
Uh-huh.
JW
4:38
Why is she hiding mistletoe around the flat anyway?
SH
4:39
She does it every year.
JW
4:40
Yes, but in the past years you and I where only friends and she was attempting to remedy that. Now we're a couple and it serves no purpose
SH
4:41
I don't know – nostalgia?
JW
4:42
Yes I'm sure she looks back fondly on the days when you refused to go through the door-way behind me because of the mistletoe over it. Ah, the memories.
SH
4:43
Stuff it. Besides, everything was different then.
JW
4:44
You do realize that no one would've forced you to kiss me if you'd happened to pass under the mistletoe with me? It does not possess magical abilities that enforce the foolish tradition we've associated with it.
SH
4:45
Yeah, I know. Still seemed awkward.
JW
4:46
And now you couldn't care less. How things change.
SH
4:46
Not true.
JW
4:47
What?
SH
4:48
You make it sound like I'm indifferent to the idea of snogging you. Not true. I love snogging you.
JW
4:49
And I you. But please remove the mistletoe when you find it.
SH
4:50
Why?
JW
4:50
While Mrs. Hudson may recall it fondly it reminds me of just how obtuse you can be. It's annoying and sentimental.
SH
4:51
Hey I wasn't the only one! You didn't exactly profess your love for me or anything.
JW
4:52
Did you expect me to?
SH
4:53
No. I would've been frightened if you did actually. But that's not the point!
JW
4:54
And what is the point?
SH
4:54
The point is I'm leaving the mistletoe.
JW
4:55
John, the holidays are tortuous enough. Please don't make them any worse.
SH
4:56
You're so melodramatic. The mistletoe stays.
JW
4:56
I will collect it and burn it.
SH
4:57
You will not.
JW
4:58
Are you going to prevent me from doing so?
SH
4:59
No. But I'll mess with your book-filing system and throw out those foul smelling mushrooms you've been growing.
JW
4:59
You drive a hard bargain. Very well.
SH
5:00
Is that your form of surrender?
JW
5:01
I don't surrender. I reconsider my intended actions.
SH
5:01
Right. Surrendering then. Good. Though I still might throw out those mushrooms. They really are foul.
JW
5:02
You wouldn't dare!
SH
5:02
Wouldn't I?
JW
5:03
What happened to goodwill for all mankind and such?
SH
5:03
I'll embrace that sentiment when you do.
JW
5:04
So when hell freezes over then?
SH
5:05
You said it, not me.
JW
5:06
Why do I love someone as insufferable as you?
SH
5:07
Don't ask me. They're your chemical reactions.
JW
5:08
Indeed.
SH
5:10
Oh – can you swing into Tesco and get some candy-canes on your way in?
JW
5:11
Certainly. They're the one appealing part of this season.
SH
5:12
Thanks, love.
JW
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KP