I Didn’t Want Us To Burn Out *Private*

[Leafwing12]

It was that time of the year again. Christmas. And Sherlock really didn’t look forward to this holiday at all. He used to love Christmas. God had he ever loved it. But, due to some events that happened around Christmas, they had scarred Sherlock a bit.

This year was different though. He had a flat mate. John Watson. While he never would say this outloud, he considered the male a friend. A close one at that. He could tell John was into Christmas. So...Maybe He could find it in himself to enjoy it for John’s sake. Maybe.

Sherlock was currently at the flat with John. They had just finished decorating. As much as Sherlock didn’t want to...Somehow he could never say no to John so he had been roped into helping. The flat didn’t look all that bad though. They did a good job.

“Not bad.” Sherlock murmjred, looking around.

[dannychan]

john was pretty satisfied with his work. he smiled slightly and stood back. "yes! it does look nice, doesn't it?"

[Leafwing12]

Sherlock nodded. He glanced around before looking over at the calendar. Only four more days until Christmas huh? That seemed to be approaching rather quickly. He glanced over at John. “Are you going to have dinner with your family?” He asked.

Sherlcok has remembered that John mentioned going to visit his sister. And apparently he was taking his girlfriend with. He didn’t remember her name so he wasn’t going to bother guessing.

[dannychan]

he sighed. "no. harry and her girlfriend are going to france because they just got engaged and want to celebrate, and the woman i've been seeing is going to see her family.. and i don't like my father much."

[Leafwing12]

Sherlock looked him over. Oh. So he’s not doing anything then. Sherlock was supposed to go have dinner with Mycroft and their mum on Christmas Eve. Sherlock cleared his throat. “John...Should you wish to come with, you may join me on Christmas Eve when I have to go have dinner with Mycroft and our mother.” He said

[dannychan]

he blinked and smiled. "i'd love to."

[Leafwing12]

Sherlock blinked, looking him over. “Alright...Just be warned. It’s nothing fun or spectacular.” Sherlock siad. In fact, he was dreading it.

[dannychan]

he smiled. "it's a dinner. what's the worse that could happen?"

[Leafwing12]

He sighed, watching him. He was about to say something, but cut himself off. “Yeah...Just a dinner.” He said. He then looked ahead. “...I suppose I’ll need to buy you something? That’s what people do on Christmas right?” He askes.

[dannychan]

he blinked. "only if you'd like to."