oc·clude : to prevent the passage of light

[when you try your best but you don’t succeed | when you get what you want but not what you need | when you feel so tired but you can’t sleep]

Sherlock Holmes + John Watson | Sherlock

Song: ”Fix You” :: Coldplay

Facts: Geez, where does one even start? These two are drawn to each other. Sherlock has John all figured out, seems to know exactly what he needs where no one else does. He realizes John loves the thrill of the cases Sherlock works as much as Sherlock does. As Sherlock says, “You weren’t traumatized by the war. You miss it.”

Even over the course of a few episodes, it becomes so painfully clear how much these two mean to each other. Sherlock makes John feel alive, and John makes Sherlock feel human, helps him slowly gain at least a little empathy. …Even if that empathy is only directed at John.

Even as only a friendship, this is the sort of friendship that surpasses any and all other relationships either of these two might have. John puts up with random body parts in the fridge, Sherlock’s lack of thought or care to the feelings of others, and his tendancy to go for days on end without eating or sleeping, which John tries to keep up with. Sherlock, meanwhile, seems to subtly seek John’s approval. When John is displeased, Sherlock looks perplexed and points out, “I’ve disappointed you.” Which breaks my heart every. Single. Time.

These two canonly are mistaken as a pair. Even when confronting Irene Addler, John insists “We aren’t a couple,” and Irene looks vaguely amused and says, “Yes you are.” Like she knows something John doesn’t.

Headcanon: It doesn’t matter if they never sleep together. It doesn’t matter if they never say ‘I love you’ or the things most couples/pairings do. Because in the end, Sherlock and John are to each other what no one else could possibly be.

In my headcanon, following the events of the second season, John is pretty much a wreck. He tries to function because it’s what is expected of him, but he doesn’t sleep well. The pain returns in his leg. His hands get that tremor again. He carries around one of Sherlock’s scarves in his jacket pocket like some sort of security blanket, and he’s never returned to the flat on Baker Street because it’s too hard.

Even in his grief, there’s a small part of him that never entirely believes Sherlock can be dead. His therapist calls it denial. John calls it hope.

When Sherlock finally returns will be when John fully grasps what it is he’s almost lost. I think they’ll be closer because of it. As I said above—the ‘I love you’s and romance of most couples doesn’t matter, because these two are so much more than that.

Note: In the last season, Sherlock’s “death,” I fully believe Sherlock had the whole thing worked out, because that’s what Sherlock does. However, I believe as he’s talking to John on the phone from the rooftop and he’s crying, just a little, and he reaches out toward John. (see gif) I think that part, the emotion of it, was real. (Why fake it when John was too far away to see?) He may have been convinced that this was the last time he’d talk to John if he was going to keep him safe.

(PS: No, the video isn’t mine.)