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(warnings: sexytimes. also, panic attacks, brutal violence, attempted murder, discussion of suicide and actual murder... )
(warnings: sexytimes. also, panic attacks, brutal violence, attempted murder, discussion of suicide and actual murder... )
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Date: 2021-06-30 06:35 pm (UTC)There have been so many terrible things in Joan's life that led to the most wonderful things. Her path has indeed been found in the strangest of ways.
"God blessed the broken road that led me straight to you," she quotes, figuring Ted would certainly be a country music fan.
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Date: 2021-06-30 06:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-06-30 06:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-06-30 07:00 pm (UTC)He does eventually pull back, although he remains all snuggled up with her. He gives a deep, happy sigh of contentment.
"...So what were we talking about?" he asks jokingly.
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Date: 2021-06-30 07:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-06-30 07:16 pm (UTC)He's sort of made the assumption, given Sherlock avoids alcohol, that she was his sober companion. But he's not going to put her in the position of either having to lie, or share that potentially private information.
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Date: 2021-06-30 07:41 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2021-06-30 07:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-06-30 08:11 pm (UTC)"And then he saw what a genius you are and how much help you provided?" he asks, which is of course also a compliment.
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Date: 2021-06-30 08:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-06-30 08:44 pm (UTC)"Well, I'm glad he has you. And likewise, that you have him," he says. He knows Joan cares about Ted, and that he can provide many things, but he doubts he could provide that kind of intellectual stimulation that her job and her friendship with Sherlock does. So it doesn't make him jealous at all, just glad she has that in her life.
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Date: 2021-06-30 09:07 pm (UTC)"You and Beard have a close relationship," she points out. "I feel like it's similar."
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Date: 2021-06-30 09:19 pm (UTC)It shouldn't be that difficult to imagine, what with their wildly different energies.
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Date: 2021-06-30 09:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-06-30 09:34 pm (UTC)Sure, eventually they learned to balance each other out. But it took a little while before they got into their groove. "Anyway, I still get on his nerves sometimes. I mean, he's pretty low-key, but the man can yell when he wants to."
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Date: 2021-06-30 09:48 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2021-06-30 10:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-06-30 10:52 pm (UTC)"Oh yeah, I bet," he answers at the second part. Ted's spent all of a minute or something with Sherlock, and he definitely didn't strike him as the people person.
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Date: 2021-06-30 11:02 pm (UTC)She's quiet for the moment, not knowing what to say and not really feeling the need to say anything. She feels completely comfortable just being quiet with him.
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Date: 2021-06-30 11:12 pm (UTC)"Anything more you want to know?" he asks after a bit.
He knows there's stuff they should talk about eventually. Like what they're gonna do when she inevitably goes back to New York. And, now that they're having sex, probably some stuff related to that. But the former definitely doesn't seem urgent (and not necessarily something he wants to think about yet), and the latter he thinks he needs to drink a tiny bit more to be relaxed enough to discuss.
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Date: 2021-06-30 11:22 pm (UTC)"Do we want to talk about parents?"
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Date: 2021-06-30 11:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-06-30 11:42 pm (UTC)"When I told you about my father," she says finally, "I didn't mention he's technically my stepfather." She smiles faintly. "Not a lot of ethnically Chinese people with a last name like Watson. He married my mother when I was very young, and adopted Oren and me."
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