{"id":162318,"date":"2015-03-23T18:41:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T18:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/03\/23\/decadentwallpaper-sussexbound-gerlocked\/"},"modified":"2018-09-09T18:17:41","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T18:17:41","slug":"decadentwallpaper-sussexbound-gerlocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/03\/23\/decadentwallpaper-sussexbound-gerlocked\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-162318 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/03\/23\/decadentwallpaper-sussexbound-gerlocked\/attachment\/162319\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tumblr_nggj6hOmkO1u2hq0yo1_400-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tumblr_nggj6hOmkO1u2hq0yo1_400-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tumblr_nggj6hOmkO1u2hq0yo1_400-100x100.gif 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/03\/23\/decadentwallpaper-sussexbound-gerlocked\/attachment\/162320\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tumblr_nggj6hOmkO1u2hq0yo3_250-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tumblr_nggj6hOmkO1u2hq0yo3_250-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tumblr_nggj6hOmkO1u2hq0yo3_250-100x100.gif 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/03\/23\/decadentwallpaper-sussexbound-gerlocked\/attachment\/162321\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tumblr_nggj6hOmkO1u2hq0yo2_250-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tumblr_nggj6hOmkO1u2hq0yo2_250-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tumblr_nggj6hOmkO1u2hq0yo2_250-100x100.gif 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/decadentwallpaper.tumblr.com\/post\/114388690922\/sussexbound-gerlocked-sherlock-takes-his-glove\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">decadentwallpaper<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sussexbound.tumblr.com\/post\/114379384931\/gerlocked-sherlock-takes-his-glove-off-to-shake\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">sussexbound<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gerlocked.tumblr.com\/post\/104991545210\/sherlock-takes-his-glove-off-to-shake-johns-hand\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">gerlocked<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Sherlock takes his glove off to shake John\u2019s hand. He didn\u2019t do that when he met him at the flat.<\/p>\n<p>And look how John hesitates.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Look at how John looks. \u00a0He\u2019s almost affronted at the offer of a mere handshake. \u00a0Look at him clenching his fist, the tremor in his left hand, the tight swallow, the clench of his jaw!<\/p>\n<p>John had to at least have had an inkling that Sherlock\u2019s\u00a0\u2018joke\u2019 of a moment before was an aborted love confession. \u00a0And now this.<\/p>\n<p>Because John had hoped for more. \u00a0He wants more. \u00a0Just look at him! \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But, John darlin\u2019, that gap there between you\u2014that\u2019s one you are going to have to close. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sherlock\u2019s taken off his glove. \u00a0Pure, warm, living, human contact\u2014skin-on-skin. \u00a0He knows (or at least thinks he knows) that this sort of thing is hard for you. \u00a0That you would be horribly uncomfortable with love confessions and more physical contact that this. \u00a0It\u2019s hard for you\u2014this stuff. \u00a0And he wants to leave you on a high note, with as pleasant a memory as possible\u2014shared laughter, a smile, a handshake, his hand, warm and naked around yours. \u00a0So Sherlock is giving you what he can, and what he thinks you want.<\/p>\n<p>If you want more, then you have to find your courage and close that gap. \u00a0You have to take his hand, and pull him close into an embrace. \u00a0You have to tell him all the things you\u2019ve always wanted to and never have. \u00a0This is your part of the journey now.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>BLESS THIS CLOSE-UP GIF. This has changed my entire understanding of this scene. And thank you for this heart-breaking commentary, <\/p><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"tumblelog\" href=\"http:\/\/tmblr.co\/mXuqkgtQvJI8jGdZg0o-wCw\" target=\"_blank\">sussexbound<\/a><\/p>\n<div>, this is truly what has to happen for the next part of the story to unfold.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>decadentwallpaper: sussexbound: gerlocked: Sherlock takes his glove off to shake John\u2019s hand. He didn\u2019t do that when he met him at the flat. And look how John hesitates. Look at how John looks. \u00a0He\u2019s almost affronted at the offer of a mere handshake. \u00a0Look at him clenching his fist, the tremor in his left hand, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/03\/23\/decadentwallpaper-sussexbound-gerlocked\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[18138,129,9665,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162322,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162318\/revisions\/162322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}