While I subscribe to the ‘Sherlock really loves John, no seriously, look at him’ newsletter, I can at least understand other interpretations of the show. I adore Sherlock Holmes and John…
This is a good possibility, and it doesn’t mean there isn’t also sentiment there.
Oh, there are piles of sentiment there. I just didn’t read that particular moment as a love declaration. (It’s shippy in a different way. ^_^)
Truthfully, after this season I feel like they don’t need another love declaration. I mean, Sherlock already had his. And John’s been trying for the past two seasons, but if Sherlock hasn’t gotten it by now, he probably feels like it would be unethical to say it at this point, what with the married and all.