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I stood in front of the door and checked the address on the paper in my hand. I didn’t need to check, my brain told me this was indeed the address, but something made me glance down at it anyway. Slowly I brought my trembling hand up to knock on the door.

The door opened and I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding when I saw his face. "Sh-Sherlock?" John pulled his hand back and in a second pain shot through my face. I brought a hand up to rub my throbbing jaw.

"Do you know how long you’ve been gone?! I thought you were dead!"

"Yes, I know, I’m sorry. I never thought you’d move out. There were snipers and-"

"Sherlock, what the hell are you talking about?" I furrowed my brow, clearly confused. What did he mean, what was I talking about?

"My fall. What else?"

"Fall, what fall? I thought you were poisoned a year or two back! I saw it in the papers."

"No, you shot the cabbie..."

"Sherlock, what are you talking about? And what are you doing here? I haven’t seen you since I was fourteen..." I stumbled backward and caught myself on the wall. No. No! What was happening?

"Sherlock, you okay? Here, come in, I think you need to sit down..."

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