"I consider you to be... exceptional; so I make an exceptional effort to accommodate you."
The words echoed around her head; bouncing against the wall that stood between profession and passion, again and again, until cracks began to form.
Whenever he reached out it did this; tried to chip away at what she had so carefully been holding together.
But then, he would do something;
"You must accept, for as long as you choose to be in my life, there will be the occasional fallout from my behaviour."
Say something;
"That must be part of our understanding."
"No one can accept something like that forever."
And just like that;
"To thine own self, Watson."
The echoes turned to mortar and stone.
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Mortar & Stone: an Elementary fanfiction
FanfictionSherlock continues to push at Joan, intent on the idea that life with him will only cause her ruin; but when she finally finds someone who may be more than just a diversion, Sherlock finds himself dealing with jealousy beyond his control, and the re...