can we get a snippet of Dr Watson taking care of Sherlock? :>
“You were foolish—“
“Calculating—“
“Foolish!”
“I miscalculated,” you correct. “Or missed some variable. Being wrong, in some small way, is not the same as foolish. Truly Watson, to think you so against learning, improving oneself by accepting failures—“
“YOU BROKE YOUR TOES!”
“Just the one toe…”
“The important one.”
“I don’t discriminate on such things.”
Watson pushes you down to remain on the bed. “I need to bind it. How’s your pain?”
“Tolerable. Unless…”
“No—“
“Then do not ask.”
Your good doctor had kept you in bed, elevated foot and everything for far too long now. It had been nearly an hour.
There’s tea on your cupboard. Extra sugars. And the very best biscuits, the one Watson hoards for the longest of days.
“Watson?”
They hum a soft sound, an acknowledgment, as they bind your broken appendage with steady and careful hands.
“If I am forced to endure monotony, I shall demand you do it with me.”
Watson looks at you, over those steady shoulders. A small smile across their lips. “I shall remain by your side. For as long as… as you need me, Sherlock. I can promise you that.”
