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watson being a hopeless romantic that loves to fluster holmes with his courting: good
watson still courting holmes but being himself flustered to speechlessness because he never realized holmes would court him back: EXCELLENT
Holmes, while fastening a gold bracelet to Watson's wrist: so I was walking through Soho reminiscing about the lovely dinner we had at that new restaurant you took me to last night, when i saw this in a shop window and thought it would match perfectly with the cream suit you wore! There, my boy, you look splendid.
Watson, weakly: Holmes there was no need for this...
Holmes: Why not? Am i not allowed to buy gifts for my sweetheart?
Watson:
Breaking into Milverton's house
the way john bumps into stamford and is to unhappy to keep up the mask of polite respectability. He is so bored and testy and kinda rude so he's like who would want to live with me? subtext being: there's a reason i have no friends i could barely remember your name and i am off putting. so of course mike is like 💘👼boy do i have the perfect guy for you 🥰
sherlock olms.
thinking about how literally half of london owes sherlock a favour bc apparently he just hands them out for free?? like yeah ofc i’ll ensure your abusive husband is executed. absolutely i’ll help you put up those shelves even though it has nothing to do with detective work. he just jumps at chances to help people. now i’m bummed out
I felt Holmes’s hand steal into mine and give me a reassuring shake, as if to say that the situation was within his powers and that he was easy in his mind. —The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
I have taken up my pen to write to you, but always I feared, lest your affectionate regard might tempt you to some indiscretion which would betray my secret.
i for one absolutely cherish the fact that sherlock holmes canonically wiggles when he’s happy in the acd novels
Sherlock + text posts, unhinged edition
Bonus:
I love the fact that sherlock holmes doesnt really have any qualifications hes just some autistic guy whos allowed to do what he likes and i aspire to be that
Private Smiles - Series 1
John? Sorry, you’re busy. no, No, NO, they were just leaving.