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Wrong Number - 4b
(Anonymous) 2012-05-24 12:53 am (UTC)(link)So it's a Schrödinger deduction?
(09:52) (20:52)
You were an army doctor.
SH
(09:54) (20:54)
Do you want me to open the box
or do you prefer not to know?
(09:54) (20:54)
Of course I want to know.
SH
(09:55) (20:55)
You're right.
(09:56) (20:56)
This is the second best part:
being right.
SH
(09:59) (20:59)
Ok, let me guess how you did
it. The adrenalin rush craving,
obviously. The wound in the
shoulder that was serious
enough to prevent me from
playing rugby, therefore
serious enough to have me
discharged from the army.
Add that to my new job at
the surgery, and you probably
deduced that I've been back
in London for less than a year.
(10:00) (21:00)
John, you've robbed me of my
third favourite part.
SH
(10:01) (21:01)
Showing off?
(10:01) (21:01)
Precisely.
SH
(10:02) (21:02)
There was something else
that led me to that conclusion,
can you figure out what it
was?
SH
(10:03) (21:03)
I have no idea.
(10:03) (21:03)
You're very authoritative.
SH
(10:04) (21:04)
I'm not!
(10:04) (21:04)
You are. You're often ordering me
to bed or pushing me to accept a
case.
SH
(10:05) (21:05)
Huh. I didn't even notice. I’m
sorry
(10:06) (21:06)
Don’t be. Were you shot?
SH
(10:09) (21:09)
Yeah, I was.
(10:10) (21:10)
Have you lost a lot of mobility?
SH
(10:13) (21:13)
No mobility, no. There was
some nerve damage, though,
and I have an intermittent
tremor in my left hand. Which
happens to be my dominant
hand.
(10:14) (21:14)
Interesting. It’s not enough to
stop you from being a GP.
SH
(10:15) (21:15)
Well, I can still sign a
prescription.
(10:16) (21:16)
So, violin?
(10:17) (21:17)
Is that your attempt at changing
the subject? Because it's not very
subtle.
SH
(10:19) (21:19)
I wasn't trying to be subtle. I
was trying to change the
subject. So, violin?
(10:19) (21:19)
Yes, violin.
SH
(10:20) (21:20)
Any good?
(10:20) (21:20)
Quite.
SH
(10:21) (21:21)
What can you play?
(10:22) (21:22)
A lot of things. Some of my
favourite composers are Bach,
Mendelssohn, Paganini, Tartini,
and Sarasate. I also write my
own pieces.
SH
(10:24) (21:24)
Wow. Is there anything you
can't do?
(10:24) (21:24)
Probably. I just haven't tried
them yet.
SH
(10:25) (21:25)
Hahaha! I know what you can't
do: be modest.
(10:26) (21:26)
Modesty doesn't exist. Modesty
is trying to show off while taking
the scenic route.
SH
(10:28) (21:28)
That's...not entirely false. God,
you would be a hit at a doctors'
Christmas party.
(10:28) (21:28)
That sounds incredibly dull.
SH
(10:30) (21:30)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you
don't seem to like a lot of people.
(10:32) (21:32)
You're not wrong. Interacting with
other people is the bane of my
existence.
SH
(10:34) (21:34)
That sounds a bit...lonely.
(10:34) (21:34)
I assure you it's not.
SH
(10:35) (21:35)
So you have friends? People you
see from time to time who don't
annoy you?
(10:36) (21:36)
I have a landlady. Does that
count?
SH
(10:37) (21:37)
I honestly don't know. Anyone
else? A girlfriend?
(10:38) (21:38)
No, absolutely not.
SH
(10:38) (21:38)
Boyfriend?
(10:40) (21:40)
Is that a hint of pity I detect
behind your texts?
SH
(10:42) (21:42)
No, it's just... You never feel the
need for some company?
(10:43) (21:43)
I'm never lonely. I'd rather be
alone than forced to endure
someone else's company.
SH
(10:46) (21:46)
I'm not sure I want to ask, but
what about me?
(10:46) (21:46)
What about you?
SH
(10:47) (21:47)
We talk almost every day,
sometimes for several hours.
(10:48) (21:48)
Indeed.
SH
(10:49) (21:49)
Do you actually enjoy it?
(10:50) (21:50)
Believe me, we wouldn't be
talking if you were a burden.
SH
Wrong Number - 4c
(Anonymous) 2012-05-24 12:56 am (UTC)(link)Is that your way of saying you
enjoy my virtual company?
(10:53) (21:53)
Something like that.
SH
(10:54) (21:54)
Maybe we're on to something,
maybe that's the way of doing
it.
(10:54) (21:54)
Doing what?
SH
(10:55) (21:55)
Talking to people.
(10:56) (21:56)
I completely agree, but I didn't
think you would.
SH
(10:56) (21:56)
Why not?
(10:57) (21:57)
You have a girlfriend, friends,
people you talk to on a regular
basis and who don't make you
want to hit your head against
the wall.
SH
(10:59) (21:59)
Yeah I know. Maybe I'm a bit
weird.
(11:00) (22:00)
I don’t find you stranger than
usual.
SH
(11:03) (22:03)
It’s just…I’m in New Zealand
with my girlfriend, it’s our first
trip together, and it was
supposed to be brilliant.
(11:03) (22:03)
It’s not?
SH
(11:04) (22:04)
It’s fine. But that’s the problem:
it’s just fine.
(11:06) (22:06)
I don’t think I understand.
SH
(11:08) (22:08)
I can’t talk about this while
she’s in the room with me.
(11:09) (22:09)
Oh. Ok. I didn’t know you were
on your trip, you can text me
when you’re back in London.
SH
(11:10) (22:10)
No, wait. I’ll be right back.
(11:21) (22:21)
Alright, I escaped to the hotel
bar for a scotch.
(11:22) (22:22)
Sounds like a classy tactical
retreat.
SH
(11:23) (22:23)
Well, I was in the army.
(11:23) (22:23)
Does that mean you wish to
talk about your relationship?
SH
(11:24) (22:24)
If you don’t mind.
(11:25) (22:25)
No, I don’t. Go ahead.
SH
(11:27) (22:27)
I’m not sure I know where
to start.
(11:28) (22:28)
You can start by telling me
what’s the problem with having
a ‘fine’ trip with your girlfriend.
SH
(11:32) (22:32)
I suppose you should know that
she’s my boss. So it was always
a bit strange, we were very
comfortable and domestic very
quickly. We’d leave for work
together, sometimes she’d pack
my lunch, sometimes I would
pack hers. We spend so much
time at work together that it
feels like we never got to do the
dating phase.
(11:37) (22:37)
By going on a trip together, by
spending a lot of time together
away from work, I thought we
would get to have that phase.
You know, the passionate phase,
the thrill of just being together.
(11:38) (22:38)
I suppose that’s not what
happened.
SH
(11:41) (22:41)
No, not at all. It feels like we’ve
been in a relationship for over
50 years. I feel like my parents!
We’ve been dating for a little
over a month, it shouldn’t feel
like 50 years.
(11:42) (22:42)
Isn’t it what people want? Stable
relationships, comfort,
domesticity, things like that.
SH
(11:46) (22:46)
Yes! And it’s what I thought I
wanted. While I was getting
shot at in Afghanistan, I was
often thinking about what my
life would be like once my tour
was over. I was thinking about
finding a nice woman, getting
a nice place, settling down…
(11:48) (22:48)
And now that I can have that…
No, now that I do have that,
I’m not sure I want it anymore.
(11:49) (22:49)
That’s the curse of being human:
never being satisfied.
SH
(11:50) (22:50)
Yeah yeah, Mick Jagger, I know,
but I don’t think that’s it.
(11:50) (22:50)
Who’s Mick Jagger?
SH
(11:52) (22:52)
You can’t be serious. If you are:
haha, very funny. If you’re not,
use that huge brain of yours and
Google it.
(11:58) (22:58)
It’s just…so weird to be on that
trip. I thought it was going to be
all heat and passion, I thought
we wouldn’t be able to take our
hands off each other, I thought
being away from work would
spark something, but it didn’t.
(11:59) (22:59)
She folded my socks earlier.
She actually folded my bloody
socks!!!
(12:01) (23:01)
You don’t like people touching
your socks, I can completely
understand. I don’t like it either
when people touch my socks.
SH
Wrong Number - 4d
(Anonymous) 2012-05-24 12:59 am (UTC)(link)No, that’s not it.
(12:04) (23:04)
It was so familiar and domestic
that it hit me: if we’re already
behaving like an old couple,
what will it be like several years
down the road?
(12:06) (23:06)
While you were in Afghanistan,
a domestic relationship was a
distant dream, something that
would happen in the future.
With your injury, it has become
the present. Maybe you’re not
ready for that dream yet.
SH
(12:08) (23:08)
Maybe not.
(12:10) (23:10)
But what if I break up with
Sarah and, one year from now,
I realise it’s what I want? I’ll
hate myself.
(12:12) (23:12)
So you’ll just stay with her in
case you decide that you want
a boring relationship? It doesn’t
seem fair.
SH
(12:13) (23:13)
I know. I’m an arse, aren’t I?
(12:14) (23:14)
I mean it’s not fair to you.
SH
(12:15) (23:15)
Why remain trapped in
something you think you should
want, when you could get what
you actually need.
SH
(12:16) (23:16)
Oh, I see you’ve done your
research ;-)
(12:16) (23:16)
I have done no such thing.
SH
(12:18) (23:18)
Yeah you have, but don’t worry
I won’t tell!
(12:19) (23:19)
How many glasses of scotch?
SH
(12:20) (23:20)
Doesn’t matter.
(12:21) (23:21)
So, what do you think I need?
(12:22) (23:22)
You’re a grown man, John, you
should be able to figure it out
by yourself.
SH
(12:24) (23:24)
Maybe, but I’m curious to hear
what you have to say on the
subject.
(12:28) (23:28)
Ex-military doctor, bored out
of your mind by your job as a
GP, talking to a stranger
because you like the exciting
life he lives and the mysterious
cases he solves. I think your
life needs more excitement and
less domesticity.
SH
(12:28) (23:28)
You should also fold your own
socks.
SH
(12:29) (23:29)
And where do you think I could
find more excitement?
(12:31) (23:31)
Perhaps you should date a thief
or a serial murderer. That would
keep you on your toes.
SH
(12:32) (23:32)
Or you could continue sharing
your cases with me.
(12:32) (23:32)
I think that’s feasible.
SH
(12:33) (23:33)
Thanks, mate, I’ll hold you to
that.
(12:36) (23:36)
I should go back to our room,
maybe Sarah folded my pants
and got turned on in the
process.
(12:36) (23:36)
Seriously John, how many?
SH
(12:39) (23:39)
;-)
(12:39) (23:39)
It took you three minutes to
write that? Fine, you’re drunk.
SH
(12:39) (23:39)
;-)
(12:40) (23:40)
Stop winking at me!
SH
(12:44) (23:44)
;-)
(12:45) (23:45)
Good luck getting laid.
SH
April 20ht/April 21st
(22:16) (09:16)
That was unusually crude for
you.
(22:20) (09:20)
Says the man who was
complaining because he
couldn’t get his girlfriend to
have sex with him.
SH
(22:21) (09:21)
That’s not what it was about!
(22:21) (09:21)
And I wasn’t drunk, just a
little tipsy.
(22:21) (09:21)
You wink a lot when you’re
tipsy.
SH
(22:23) (09:23)
Have you ever noticed how
much more winking is done
over texts than in real life?
(22:23) (09:23)
I’ve never noticed. I will pay
more attention to that fact
from now on.
SH
(22:24) (09:24)
What happened yesterday?
Did you break up with her or
will you give domesticity a
chance?
SH
(22:26) (09:26)
I haven’t made up my mind
yet, but if I break up with
her, it won’t be on our trip. I
really don’t want to turn this
into the most awkward trip
ever.
(22:28) (09:28)
Sarah’s getting out of the
shower, I have to go. Thanks
for yesterday, it was good
talking with someone.
(22:29) (09:29)
You’re usually my sounding
board, it was only fair that
I reciprocated the favour.
SH
(22:29) (09:29)
Ta, have a nice day!
April 24th
(05:16) (16:16)
Hey, you!
Attachment: tunnelbeach.jpg
(05:20) (16:20)
Beautiful.
SH
Wrong Number - 4e
(Anonymous) 2012-05-24 01:03 am (UTC)(link)Thanks for the
recommendation,
it really is a wonderful place.
(05:22) (16:22)
I knew it would be interesting.
Did you visit any of the caves?
SH
(05:24) (16:24)
Attachment: creepycave1.jpg
(05:24) (16:24)
Attachment: creepycave2.jpg
(05:25) (16:25)
Attachment: supercreepycave.jpg
(05:27) (16:27)
Oh, the last one, it truly is a
thing of beauty.
SH
(05:28) (16:28)
Apparently William de Tracy hid
there after murdering Thomas
Becket.
(05:29) (16:29)
I bet he wasn’t the only one.
SH
(05:31) (16:31)
Now I see why you sent me
here.
(05:32) (16:32)
It was indeed my first
motivation, but the pictures
look beautiful.
SH
(05:33) (16:33)
It was a good call. It’s
gorgeous and I really love it.
(05:35) (16:35)
Where is Sarah this
afternoon?
SH
(05:36) (16:36)
Oh god, it’s afternoon.
Which means it’s the middle
of the night for you. I’m so,
so sorry.
(05:37) (16:37)
It’s fine. I wasn’t sleeping.
SH
(05:38) (16:38)
Still, I shouldn’t have texted
you at this hour.
(05:39) (16:39)
Consider it payback for the
time I woke you up at 4 in
the morning to talk about a
case.
SH
(05:41) (16:41)
So, girlfriend?
SH
(05:42) (16:42)
She had a headache, so she
stayed in the hotel.
(05:43) (16:43)
Are things better between
you two?
SH
(05:45) (16:45)
No. Yes. Maybe. I don’t
know.
(05:45) (16:45)
At least, that was clear.
SH
(05:48) (16:48)
I prefer not to think about
it. When I do, I tend to
change my mind. I’ve
changed my mind 12 times
since we talked about it.
It’s exhausting.
(05:50) (16:50)
Attachment: beach1.jpg
(05:50) (16:50)
Attachment: beach2.jpg
(05:53) (16:53)
I can see you trying to
distract me with beautiful
panoramas. You don’t have
to do that; if you don’t want
to talk about your
relationship, I won’t mention
it again.
SH
(05:54) (16:54)
Sharing those pictures with
you kind of feels like having
company.
(05:56) (16:56)
Oh. Go ahead, then.
SH
(05:58) (16:58)
Attachment: sheep.jpg
(05:59) (16:59)
No trip to New Zealand would
would be complete without a
healthy dose of sheep.
SH
(06:01) (17:01)
I would hate to disappoint.
(06:05) (17:05)
How long are you staying?
SH
(06:06) (17:06)
I want to see the sunset
before I return to the hotel.
(06:09) (17:09)
How trite.
SH
(06:11) (17:11)
I meant when are you going
back to London?
SH
(06:11) (17:11)
April 30th.
(06:12) (17:12)
Do you have a case? Is it
why you weren’t sleeping?
(06:16) (17:16)
No, I just couldn’t sleep.
SH
(06:17) (17:17)
Are you falling asleep now?
Is that why you’re taking
so long to reply?
(06:22) (17:22)
Maybe.
SH
(06:23) (17:23)
It was the sheep, wasn’t it?
(06:26) (17:26)
Probably.
SH
(06:28) (17:28)
Haha, I’m sorry I texted you
this early, have a nice night
(what’s left of it).
Attachment: sunset.jpg
(06:35) (17:35)
Goodnight John.
SH
April 29th
(10:46) (21:46)
I believe I have just solved
the most idiotic case of my
entire career.
SH
(10:50) (21:50)
This is John’s girlfriend.
John is in the shower at the
moment, can I give him a
message.
(10:50) (21:50)
No.
SH
May 1st
(16:22)
Sarah and I broke up.
(16:25)
Oh. Did you initiate it?
SH
(16:25)
She did.
(16:25)
Why?
SH
(16:27)
A few days ago, you texted
me to say you had solved
the stupidest case of your
career. Sarah answered.
(16:27)
Yes, I remember.
SH
(16:27)
She read our text history.
SH
(16:28)
She did.
(16:30)
She confronted me in the
plane, said she was
looking to settle down with
someone serious, and that
she was too old to wait
around for me to figure out
what I want.
(16:31)
I suppose you decided that
what you want isn’t what
you two had?
SH
(16:33)
I was still on the fence, but
I think breaking up was the
right thing to do, especially
after she read all those texts.
I was a complete bastard.
Wrong Number - 4f
(Anonymous) 2012-05-24 01:04 am (UTC)(link)You were not.
SH
(16:34)
Are you trying to make me
feel better?
(16:34)
Is it working?
SH
(16:35)
A bit, yeah, thanks.
(16:36)
Maybe now you can forget
what you think you should
want and concentrate on
what you need.
SH
(16:39)
And apparently, what I need
are more of your cases. Do
you have the time to take my
mind off my relationship
failure by telling me what’s
the stupid case you solved?
(16:41)
This pawnbroker came to see
me. A few weeks earlier, his
assistant had urged him to
answer an add from The
Red-Headed League offering
work to red-headed applicants
only. He applied and he got
the job because apparently he
was the only one with genuine
red hair.
SH
(16:43)
The pawnbroker (Liam) was
offered over £330 a week to go
to an office a few hours every
night to copy some old
encyclopedias onto the computer.
One day, he arrived at the
office and found a sign on the
door saying The Red-Headed
League had been dissolved.
SH
(16:45)
Liam was angry to lose such
an easy income, so he found
the office’s landlord and went
to see him. The landlord had
never heard of The Red-
Headed League, but he did
have a red-headed tenant.
He gave Liam the number of
the joint implant business
where he worked.
SH
(16:46)
When Liam went there to
confront him, the tenant
pretended he had never seen
him. Then, Liam came to see
me.
SH
(16:48)
Intriguing. It doesn’t sound
that idiotic for now.
(16:48)
I’m not done.
SH
(16:50)
I went to the implant shop,
found the red-headed man
who had hired Liam, and
noticed he had unusually
dirty knees. I managed to
distract him, scrubbed off
some of that dirt, and
analysed it in Barts’ lab.
SH
(16:52)
The dirt came from the same
area as Liam’s shop, so that’s
where my investigation took
me next. I tapped the
pavement in front of the shop,
and that’s how I solved the
case.
SH
(16:55)
That can’t be it. What didn’t
you tell me?
(16:56)
Can’t you solve it from all the
clues I gave you?
SH
(16:58)
You know I can’t.
(17:00)
Fine. From the dirt on his
knees, I knew he had knelt
somewhere close to Liam’s
shop. There, I discovered
that the shop is right next
to a bank, which pretty
much told me everything I
needed to know.
SH
(17:02)
Tapping the pavement only
confirmed what I knew: The
Red-Headed League was an
excuse to keep Liam out of
his shop while his assistant
and the red-headed man
tried to dig in the basement
to get into the bank’s vault.
SH
(17:03)
Nope, I don’t believe you.
(17:04)
If I had decided to make up
a case to cheer you up. I
would have thought of
something much cleverer.
SH
(17:06)
Christ! I’m actually crying
here. Digging into a vault?!
What were they using,
spoons?
(17:07)
No, they had explosives.
That’s why they had to keep
Liam out of his shop.
SH
(17:09)
But he was still in his shop for
most of the day, right? Why
didn’t he notice the hole being
dug in his basement?
(17:10)
The basement was full of boxes,
so it was easy to cover that
whole area.
SH
(17:12)
What happened when you told
Liam?
(17:13)
He turned as red as his hair
and stormed out. I believe he
fired his assistant.
SH
(17:16)
At least he got some money
out of it. I still can’t believe
it, it’s hilarious and kind of
amazing. They deserve a
few points for originality!
(17:18)
The case was easy to solve, but
at least it amused me. I can’t
say the same for all criminals.
SH
(17:19)
Glad you were amused! I
wish I had been there to see
you work it out.
(17:24)
Hey, I have to go. My
sister just called and she’s
taking me out to dinner,
which never happens, so
she must have something
important to tell me.
(17:24)
I’ll talk to you later,
alright?
(17:25)
Have a nice dinner.
SH
(17:26)
If I meet a thief or a
murderer, I’ll give them
your phone number.
SH
(17:28)
Hahaha, ta!
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-24 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Wrong Number - 4f
Just because the fest is over doesn't mean you have to stop -- keeping going! This is fantastic!
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-24 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Wrong Number - 4f
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-24 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)I imagine John would find it easier to talk about personal stuff with someone who's not a therapist, who's not someone he knew before the war, and doing it while not face to face would probably help, too.
As for Sherlock, well, he prefers to text...
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Seriously, I think I'm more invested in their relationship than I have been in a fic for quite a while. I can't wait for them to meet!
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-26 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)You're so nice, thank you, I'm a bit glad you're so involved in their relationship :-) I can't wait for them to meet, too, but it could take a while.
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Please, please continue.
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-26 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)(Well, eventually, but I still have a lot of canon material to cover, and I can't stop where season 2 stopped, because that would break my heart)
Yeah, I plan to go on for a while ;-)
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(Anonymous) 2012-06-23 11:08 am (UTC)(link)