by John Watson MD Sat May 19, 2012 7:13 am
John had never thought he could go four times in one night.
He was not a young man any more, and he had accepted the fact he was growing old, but it seemed he couldn't get enough of Sherlock.
Every time Sherlock touched him that night, his body would react, he would pin him against the mattress and he would make him his all over again.
The last time they did it, the morning light was breaking through the curtains and he could see Sherlock's body covered in the marks he had sucked on him.
They did it slowly.
It lasted for long.
And John felt he lost his heart completely.
Sherlock had stole it and hid it away.
The next morning was a craze.
They were awoken by Mrs Hudson coming in to bring John's breakfast and it had been hard enough to cover up what had happened between them, not to mention to handle the crisis she went through when she realized Sherlock was alive and standing in her living room again.
The following days were similar, all the old friends were visiting and having crisis, they went by in a blur for John.
The papers picked up on Sherlock's return and after a week they found themselves stuck in the house, trying to avoid the mass of paparazzi and prospective new clients camped outside their door.
John felt he was going to burst.
They hadn't talked about what happened.
As a muted agreement they had acted as if nothing had happened and when the night came, they each separated to their respective bedrooms.
Every time Sherlock looked at him, even now, after a whole week, John felt a shiver run up his spine and he realized he was never going to get his heart back.
It was Sherlock's.
Forever.
So he tried to avoid him, or better, he tried to avoid touching him.
He fought with himself to act as if nothing had happened, but he never moved closer than two metres from Sherlock.
Because if he so much as smelled the other's scent, he knew he would die a little inside.
He didn't want to make himself ridiculous. He didn't want to give Sherlock the burden of his infatuation.
And at the end of the line, he didn't want to be rejected.
It had been a moment of weakness.
A distraction.
Nothing else.