[He knuckles a shaking hand into one eye and takes a deep breath.
Calm down.
This John doesn't know the terrible thing he did with Mary, he doesn't know how deeply he's sunk into a hole, and he had forgiven Sherlock before he died. It's selfish, he's always selfish, but he just needs to hear John's voice once more to reassure him that the man survived even if it won't last.
He'll need to tell him the truth at some point, and there really will be no coming back from that.]
08:13
Calm down.
This John doesn't know the terrible thing he did with Mary, he doesn't know how deeply he's sunk into a hole, and he had forgiven Sherlock before he died. It's selfish, he's always selfish, but he just needs to hear John's voice once more to reassure him that the man survived even if it won't last.
He'll need to tell him the truth at some point, and there really will be no coming back from that.]
Answer me. One word.