[ "You don't have to help me. I'm okay alone. Being alone protects people. I could hurt you."
No.
Immediately John could feel his own body tensing up, jaw clenching with a slow breath through his nose and the mug makes an audible loud noise as its placed back on the counter. Not really intending to startle, just loud enough to snap his attention back to him.
Even if he really wanted to smack the kid upside the head. But he wasn't going to let the anger at that response get him that upset. He wasn't that kind of person. That's not a promise in the future as they get to know each other more however.]
Wrong. It's not okay being alone, and it's definitely not what protects people. Friends, others, they protect people.
[It snagged at his heart, those words. Because Sherlock himself had said words just like those. And as much as he wanted to prove it to him.. he didn't really get that chance.]
no subject
No.
Immediately John could feel his own body tensing up, jaw clenching with a slow breath through his nose and the mug makes an audible loud noise as its placed back on the counter. Not really intending to startle, just loud enough to snap his attention back to him.
Even if he really wanted to smack the kid upside the head. But he wasn't going to let the anger at that response get him that upset. He wasn't that kind of person. That's not a promise in the future as they get to know each other more however.]
Wrong. It's not okay being alone, and it's definitely not what protects people. Friends, others, they protect people.
[It snagged at his heart, those words. Because Sherlock himself had said words just like those. And as much as he wanted to prove it to him.. he didn't really get that chance.]
I'm willing to take that shot.