Sherlock follows John during his retreat right up until the point John's back finds the wall. It's better this way, anyway. John has more support against his back; therefore, he's less likely to fall because of his impaired motor control. One less thing to worry about with all of this mess and disarray going on.
He's frustrated when John closes his eyes like that. Looking away from him instead of standing his ground and facing him like the soldier he is. The drink, he reminds himself. Because, if not the drink, then it means something else is shaking the foundation of their friendship. As much as he scoffs at people grasping at certain evidence to find the outcome they want instead of the outcome that is, he's hypocritically doing the same thing with John in this moment.
"You want what," he coaxes during the pause between when John starts to speak and when he's ready to say it. He wants to be let in. It confuses him and it takes him several seconds to go through the various possible meanings of that phrase. He's already inside the flat, so that can't be it. It can't be a sexual euphemism because he used the word 'again' and contrary to what most people believed, they'd never taken their relationship to the physical. Metaphorical then. In on cases? In on him? Both are valid concerns.
"You're already in, John," Sherlock tells him, standing back just enough to give John room to breathe his own air. It's true on both accounts. Sure, he kept the low-stress cases to himself, but he could stop doing that. Maybe it would ease some of the tension between them to do it and he would certainly be able to focus if things were to start resembling what they had been before he'd jumped from Bart's rooftop. As for the emotional connection, there literally isn't anyone as in as John.
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He's frustrated when John closes his eyes like that. Looking away from him instead of standing his ground and facing him like the soldier he is. The drink, he reminds himself. Because, if not the drink, then it means something else is shaking the foundation of their friendship. As much as he scoffs at people grasping at certain evidence to find the outcome they want instead of the outcome that is, he's hypocritically doing the same thing with John in this moment.
"You want what," he coaxes during the pause between when John starts to speak and when he's ready to say it. He wants to be let in. It confuses him and it takes him several seconds to go through the various possible meanings of that phrase. He's already inside the flat, so that can't be it. It can't be a sexual euphemism because he used the word 'again' and contrary to what most people believed, they'd never taken their relationship to the physical. Metaphorical then. In on cases? In on him? Both are valid concerns.
"You're already in, John," Sherlock tells him, standing back just enough to give John room to breathe his own air. It's true on both accounts. Sure, he kept the low-stress cases to himself, but he could stop doing that. Maybe it would ease some of the tension between them to do it and he would certainly be able to focus if things were to start resembling what they had been before he'd jumped from Bart's rooftop. As for the emotional connection, there literally isn't anyone as in as John.