ASiP: Sherlock says he doesn’t have a girlfriend or boyfriend and John says GOOD
TBB: John says he doesn’t have a girlfriend and Sarah says GOOD
Literally the EXACT same exchange. How have we not discussed this before?
This… is a really fucking good point. How have I never noticed that before?
Sherlock is literally actually John’s husband. John says he couldn’t get the shopping done and Sherlock gives him a little grin and says “Take my card, baby, whatever you need.”
And then doesn’t help him carry the bags up, and John’s pissed. If that’s not a marriage, idk what is.
Phones symbolising hearts
iwantthatbelstaffanditsoccupant:
There is a discussion regarding the characters’ mobiles as symbolic of their hearts which I can’t locate, but saw recently. It has been focusing mostly on Sherlock, but I got to thinking about John.
John’s “heart” is damaged by alcoholism, and is battered. It also is the one he uses, but it does not *truly* belong to him. Someone else has treated it carelessly. And, perhaps most importantly, what we see him use daily is not the phone he would chose for himself if he could purchase one— it is a loaner— someone else’s phone that he has been trying to make work for him.
(I’d love to see Sherlock buy John a phone for Christmas)
Sherlock going to an office party at the surgery with all of John’s doctor friends there, and it’s the first time they’ve gone anywhere as a couple that isn’t with close friends, and Sherlock isn’t sure about how to behave as a couple, and he isn’t sure how much John’s told his work people about their relationship, and he doesn’t want to embarrass John, so when they walk in, he’s like two feet away and not touching him and then another doctor comes up to John and says, “John, I thought you were bringing a date, where is she?” And John very proudly takes Sherlock’s hand and says, “He’s right here. This is my boyfriend, partner…everything. This is my Sherlock.”
And all Sherlock’s insecurities melt away as John’s looking at him with affection and adoration just beaming out of his eyes, and he spends the evening just holding John’s hand and letting John be the star of the show for once.
