mun finally gave in to making a journal, canon is elementary

[inurwhiteotp]

I am glad you at least see the irony in creating this while intoxicated.

And I'm also glad you recognize the fact that you're in no position to place me anywhere.

As for the rest of it, I could give you a big pep-talk, and tell you what you're worried about isn't true, but at base you know it isn't. Nothing I say will change how you're feeling at this particular moment. The only thing I can say is that you know how to change how you're feeling.

So do it.

You know you can, too.

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[costing]

You're incredibly supportive, of her. Am I meant to take that personally?

[inurwhiteotp]

She isn't deliberately obtuse. I don't have to address her in seven different ways for one of them to work.

It's called being straightforward.

[costing]

You mistake simple for something valuable.

I think you just find yourself drawn to those with the potential for substance abuse.

[inurwhiteotp]

You mistake simple for frank. Sometimes it's nice to go from point A to point B in a conversation without stopping off at Z-squared. [That is the way normal people talk. And FFS Sherlock stop acting like a two year old every time she meets someone new.] Charming. Do I even want to know where that one came from?

[costing]

That's boring, Watson.

And I would've thought you could figure it out. Your intellect isn't nearly as dull as it was when first met.

[inurwhiteotp]

She's not an addict, Sherlock. [It's that tone. You know the one. It's the same one she uses when you start picking at the technicalities in an argument.] And anyway, she was drawn to me, not vice versa. Which says something more about your company than mine.

[costing]

My company is simply the vehicle allowing for our present conversation. Other than that, inconsequential.

[inurwhiteotp]

Inconsequential.

[An exasperated pause, inviting him to take the statement back.] She's the one who can keep you quiet if she feels so inclined.

[costing]

That won't happen. _{( Simple, assured. )}

Because, you see, I am a distraction. And as all present company proves, we will always cling to distractions, because they keep us from focusing on ourselves. And despite being an entirely selfish species, that is the last thing we want to do.

[inurwhiteotp]

[She could attack that statement from a variety of angles, if she wanted to indulge him in a verbal tango of minutiae. Instead she does the mature thing.]

She probably has a mirror at least. [OFFHAND AND CRANKY.]

[costing]

Yes, and reflections are often inaccurate. _{( Not mentioning his own aversion, nope. )}

[doctoring]

If only it were so easy.

[inurwhiteotp]

It doesn't always need to be more complicated. There are plenty of ways to make things harder on yourself and most of them are pointless.

[A pause.] Which doesn't stop some people.

[doctoring]

[ a short, almost barking laugh. oh, doesn't he know about 'some' people ]

Some people revel in the joy of being difficult. They're so deeply obsessed with their own needs that they fail to see how their selfishness affects those closest to them.

[inurwhiteotp]

[A twitch of a smile. Because how familiar is that.] They don't always fail to notice. Sometimes it just... needs to be pointed out.

why not all the watsons

[flatmatewatson]

...you sound like my therapist.

every watson *^*

[inurwhiteotp]

[Quietly:] I'm close enough to being one.

[A studying look.] Did you listen?

[flatmatewatson]

[wry smile] Sort of. [Till Sherlock happened.] It...wasn't for me.

[inurwhiteotp]

Taking control of your emotional destiny?

[flatmatewatson]

Yes. Being psychoanalyzed the rest of my life didn't seem productive. [Watson missed the action of being a soldier.] At least, my flatmate thought so.