John is still stubbornly pretending he doesn't appreciate the closeness. But he's been in Sherlock's shoes before (never his bed, though) and he can understand completely the desire to have somebody close to ground him. All the better that it's a friend who understands.
Sleeping with a girl you've just met and screaming your lungs off in the middle of a night, ranting and raving at her is never a good idea. And had happened more than once to John in the beginning before he'd shut himself off.
"Probably would have been better if it was me shooting that time, eh?" he frowns, rubbing Sherlock's back. "It gets easier."
He never thought it would until that Taxi chase. Never thought it'd be quite as easy to laugh and feel normal, even if the situation was far from it.
"I'd joke it's a nice break having you not acting like yourself. But... it's good to have you back in any shape or form."
He could also argue Sherlock at least knew he was alive and had hardly seen his best friend committing suicide. But now's not the time to split hairs.
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John is still stubbornly pretending he doesn't appreciate the closeness. But he's been in Sherlock's shoes before (never his bed, though) and he can understand completely the desire to have somebody close to ground him. All the better that it's a friend who understands.
Sleeping with a girl you've just met and screaming your lungs off in the middle of a night, ranting and raving at her is never a good idea. And had happened more than once to John in the beginning before he'd shut himself off.
"Probably would have been better if it was me shooting that time, eh?" he frowns, rubbing Sherlock's back. "It gets easier."
He never thought it would until that Taxi chase. Never thought it'd be quite as easy to laugh and feel normal, even if the situation was far from it.
"I'd joke it's a nice break having you not acting like yourself. But... it's good to have you back in any shape or form."
He could also argue Sherlock at least knew he was alive and had hardly seen his best friend committing suicide. But now's not the time to split hairs.