Nightswimming
John met someone at seventeen and never thought he’d find them again.
Thanks dvance. I forgot I wrote this one. I guess I need to write a third fic based on an REM song so I can call it a trilogy.
john: but she wasn’t supposed to be like that
john: why is she like that??
sherlock: well idk john maybe that’s what happens when you ignore my longing looks and pretend you’re heterosexual ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Fyi “I prefer my doctors clean shaven” is my Johnlock obsession of the day
All the past incarnations of Watson have mustaches and ours is marked by his clean-shavenness as something new and modern. John only has one when he’s ready to marry Mary, which he thinks is “moving on” but the mustache is actually a visual step backwards (Mrs. Hudson tells him twice that ”It ages you”). It’s a symbol of stepping into the traditional Watson role pre-BBC Sherlock
Then Sherlock comes back and it’s gone again, because it was “Just something I’m trying out.” The traditional Watson role doesn’t suit our John, and Sherlock agrees: he prefers his doctor’s clean-shaven