We're Just Alike You and I (Sheriarty BBC Sherlock)

Chapter 18 - Seal It With A Text

This chapter is just summing up the last, and is just texts. I'm sorry, sorry, sorry about this. It's an awful chapter but I honestly didn't know what to write. Next chapter will be better. I'm sorry.

-It had been a week since anything was mentioned about the deal between Jim and Sherlock, and it was almost like Sherlock was trying to avoid it, Jim mused. So, after school on the Wednesday night, Jim text Sherlock to see what was going on.-

Darling, have you thought about it? JM x.

Thought about what? SH

You know what I'm trying to say. I don't like to repeat myself. JM x.

Yes, I have, although I have questions... SH

Go on then, shoot. JM x.

Where will you go if you've burned down your own home? SH

You know what I do, how much I earn. At a guess anyway. I can afford to pay my way. Plus, there's a stupid, simple minded old lady who lives in one of the flats near my house. She rents out the flat below and she said that my mother and I could live there, no charge, if anything goes wrong..... Always sniffing around our house for gossip, she was. Anyway, I could use her to my advantage. Even though she pities me dreadfully. JM x.

However, your mother wouldn't be with you. You'd be living on your own. SH

I know that, doofus. I am perfectly capable of living by myself. JM x.

Are you? SH

Yes, I live pretty much on my own right now, but in danger. JM x.

Hm, I wouldn't want you to be in anymore danger.... SH

I wouldn't, sweetheart. Anyway, why do you care so much? JM x.

[Delay] I don't know.... SH

Well, that's a first. JM x.

What is? SH

You, 'I don't know.' JM x.

Shut up, Jim. It's obvious that I do care for you, even if I'm not sentimental. We've been wanting to... You know, get together for sometime. SH

Ah, Sherly. I'm flattered, I really am. But you couldn't stop me from doing what I want to do. JM x.

I can't stop you, no. But I can refuse to help you. SH

Okay, let me give you a little extra incentive. There is no way we could get together if you don't help me. If I did this wrong, I could get arrested. We'd never see each other again. Plus, as much as I love that pretty little mind of yours, as well as your face, I only intend to be with those who're trustworthy. JM x.

Oh, it's a type isn't it? Loyal. You're in a relationship with the walking, talking personification of it. SH

I wouldn't say that officially.... You know Sebastian was only to get your attention. And it worked. You always like things to be clever, don't you? JM x.

And you like all of your little stories and games to end with a bang, and that's not realistic. SH

Oh, but it is. Everyone wants their own fairytale ending... Although this one is pretty Grimm. Like the authors, did you ever read those stories? JM x.

Yes, and the big bad villains never succeeded did they? SH

Oh, but I could change that, couldn't I? Swap it all around. And if you'd join me, it'd be a definite success... Or are you on the side of the Angels, Sherlock? JM x.

Obviously not, I'm not one for emotional idiocy. SH

Contradicting yourself, are we? JM x.

How? SH

You say you don't care for any type of sentiment, yet you feel awful for committing such a crime. JM x.

It's a big thing, Jim. SH

You know, I'm starting to think that you don't want us to be together, darling. JM x.

Of course I do. That's a stupid accusation to make. SH

Hm... Not really. Poor Jim feels scared of going home everyday and the idiot who wants to become his boyfriend won't help him. JM x.

...Do you really feel scared? SH

Well it's not a pleasant experience is it? Feeling physically and mentally trapped. JM x.

I'm sorry, Jim. I didn't realise. SH

Boring. Of course you did. You spotted it straight away, remember? PTSD. JM x.

Post traumatic stress disorder, yes. A mental health condition triggered by a terrifying experience. SH

And what can you deduce from that, dear boy? JM x.

That something must have happened in your household to trigger such a condition. Being at home, or talking about events regarding your home brings back memories that have happened or even happen now. Although, I'm sure you've experienced much worse in the past. You're too clever to let any of it happen to you now. You stay away, hence the reason you're still with Sebastian. SH

Clever. So do you understand now? JM x.

Yes, I suppose I do. SH

So will you help poor, little me? JM x.

I want to, yes. But it's still a big thing. SH

Come on, Sherly. Don't be an angel. Join me, and think of what we could have? JM x.

I'll consider it. I'll let you know my decision at Irene Adler's house party at the end of the school year, yes? SH

Oh? So you're going? Fine. Let me know. Don't disappoint me.... JM x.

[Delay] Let's see what happens. SH

Good boy. JM x.