Poking at a fic idea, and realizing on a new, visceral level that if you count the end of the two-year streak, John has nearly lost Sherlock four times in a year? Five, in fact! If you also count the bomb.
And I’m just…imagining the complete emotional basket case I’d be if I were in John’s place.
Honest to god, between Mary and Sherlock, how is he still functional by the end of the season? Do they need to come fetch him in a wheelbarrow at the end of his therapy sessions these days?
I mean, I like our crazy, risk-loving John as much as the next ficcer (or more). But look at his support group: a man who can’t seem to stay alive, and a professional murderess who’s effectively a total stranger. And they appear to be in a contest for ‘Who can fuck over John Watson the most?’
There really is a difference between risk-loving and self-destructive, and I am pretty sure that John is standing on the bad side of that line.