[Sherlock answers the door just a couple seconds after John knocked. He'd heard from Lestrade what had happened and he'd had the internal battle against his instinct to go poke his nose into whatever had happened and the logical knowledge that John would come to him before going anywhere else.
There'd been no kidnapping, so that meant he had nothing to do but wait.]
Get inside!
[He snaps at him, but there's no anger behind it. Just fear that someone unsavoury might have followed him. He puts his hand on John's shoulder and ushers him in, then he closes the door behind him. He calls for Mrs. Hudson to bring up some supplies for a baby, but he's too busy fussing over John to explain what for.]
no subject
There'd been no kidnapping, so that meant he had nothing to do but wait.]
Get inside!
[He snaps at him, but there's no anger behind it. Just fear that someone unsavoury might have followed him. He puts his hand on John's shoulder and ushers him in, then he closes the door behind him. He calls for Mrs. Hudson to bring up some supplies for a baby, but he's too busy fussing over John to explain what for.]