#the casebook

green sticky notes = john

yellow sticky notes = sherlock

2.1

"A date, where two people who like each other go out and have fun", "That's what I was suggesting"... it being unclear whether sherlock is under the impressino that the night at the circus as a date for him and john (with sarah tagging along).

JOHN NOT HELPING THE MATTER WITH HIS RESPONSE

2.2

IT STILL BEING UNCLEAR WHETHER SHERLOCK IS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT IS A DATE BETWEEN HIM AND JOHN

2.3

Sherlock pretending to cry for a case. John assuming Sherlock being vulnerable is ingenuine and to illicit a response. Sherlock ironic and flirty and turning everything into a dark joke. at the same time, i'm convinced on some level sherlock meant what he wrote. he doesn't really want john to think that he is a sociopath.

2.4

speaking of sherlock's worry of how john thinks about him in these episodes...HEY I DID solve the case John. Please don't think I'm evil or heartless. I don't want to disapoint you when I inevitably fail. I'm not as good as you think I am.

ALSO I guess they DO FUCKING COMMUNICATE about this shit - but it's through these notes in john's case files. WHY IS THIS NOT AN IN PERSON CONVERSATION. MY FUCKED UP BELOVEDS

2.5

FLIRT. (sexually coded on like 3 levels)

ALSO HOW ON JOHN'S BLOG HE TALKS ABOUT HAVING TO TAKE AWHILE TO "RECOVER" FROM THE EXPERIENCE AT THE POOL. BRO IS LYING ON THAT DAMN BLOG HE LOVED THAT SHIT. and this note is so intimate.

2.6

sherlock covering up the butt (of a woman he knows john found attractive) with a note telling john he feels like eating today (SOMETHING HE KNOWS JOHN WANTS AND WILL MAKE HIM HAPPY BECAUSE JOHN BEGS THAT MAN TO EAT). "Could you buy some?" Asking John, a man who LOVES to be of service - to get FOOD SHERLOCK WILL ACTUALLY EAT.

aka... JAWN GIVE ME ATTENTION PLSSSSSSSSS. sherlock is such a manipulative little bitch.

FOOD=SEX METAPHOR SAVE ME NOW

2.7

FLIRTTTTTTTTTTTTT. JOHN APPLYING SHERLOCK'S MAKEUP. THAT MAN COULD HAVE DONE IT HIS DAMN SELF. HE'S A MASTER OF DAMN DISGUISE.

SHERLOCK BEING COMPLETELY NAKED UNDER HIS COAT. JOHN BEING THE ONE TO PUT HIM TO BED. (john being jealous af)

2.8

john never doubting sherlock (affirmation for praise kink sherlock)

2.9

Sherlock not needing to impress Irene - THEN WHO WAS HE TRYING TO IMPRESS. "breakneck speed" *glances at john* "no doubt having a [john] to impress helped". SHERLOCK DID NOT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT IMPRESSING IRENE. and he's SAYING THIS to john.

It’s definitely a fun read, but I don’t know if I’d consider it a must-have item. I read through the whole thing a few years ago when I first bought it, and then sort of forgot about it until just recently when I picked it up again.

John’s write ups of the cases are amusing, and there’s a lot of really charming banter with the post-its.

green sticky note = john

yellow sticky note = sherlock

1.1

sherlock digging through john's shit. wanting to understand him. being NOSY

1.2

acts of service love language sherlock making a tie-index for john.

1.3

sherlock telling john how much he likes him

1.4

them making each other *so* happy.

1.5

(FLIRTTTTT) THEY JUST BLATANTLY FLIRT IN THIS SHIT

1.6

SHERLOCK calling JOHN dramatic. Pot. Kettle. Black.

1.7

looks like john did end up finding out why sherlock didn't let him in.

1.8

green sticky notes: john

yellow sticky notes: sherlock

3.1

sherlock praising attempting to reassure john because he respects john's intellect and sees him as an equal. john is a doctor. he can remove kidneys.

3.2

"Lunatic Fungal Chic" and AWIJNHJ SFIIOHBIFE and the way John teases Sherlock

3.3

SHERLOCK READING WOMEN'S COLUMNS. HIS DRAMATIC ASS. I CAN'T. HE IS SO AWESOME.

3.4

sherlock fucking snooping around john's UNDERWEAR DRAWERS I CANNOT WITH THESE FUCKS. "one must not theorize without all the data". THIS IS THE DATA. THIS IS THE FACTS. DEDUCE THEIR ASSES. THEY ARE CLINICALLY DOWN BAD FOR EACH OTHER

3.5

flirting. john being down bad in the tagged photo.

3.6

ok prepare yourself for sad:

this is so beautiful.

ALSO:

sherlock left a post-it in the back of the book. suggesting he added it AFTER this page was written. (but with plausible deniability). he was trying to let john know he was alive.