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“It’s so quiet in the flat; you would hate it. I do, but I can’t bring myself to leave. I started wishing you would come back to haunt me. A poltergeist that played violin at four in the morning or slammed doors and knocked over dishes. It would’ve felt like you never left. But instead I’ve become the ghost in 221B. Dead man walking, as if we had never met. Life before and after Sherlock Holmes.” – letter from JW to SH by amazing bakerstreetletters.tumblr.com
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Hey Everyone!
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--Ray (SH) & Mixy (JW)
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2015.06.17 - JW & SH [The Details]
Dancing with you...
Sherlock
Moments that have been stored in the Mind Palace:
— Overhearing Mrs. Hudson brag about her deductive reasoning skills, and professing to know we were in love years ago.
— Mycroft stammering when I caught him in a lie while trying to impress Greg, of all people.
— The proud and slightly smug look on Stamford’s face during his speech when he “apologised” to everyone, saying this was all his fault.
— How your hands shook as you slid the ring on my finger.
— Dancing with you. (I really love dancing, and you’re very good.)
— Everything about you, all day. I’ve never seen you smile so much, all the way to your eyes.
— The tender way you fucked me after it was all over. I want to specifically remember that time as being our wedding night. It felt momentous.
John
My favourite moments:
- Molly performing our ceremony with such grace
- Seeing you get emotional when you were reciting your vows
- The first fifteen minutes of the receiving line during which you miraculously insulted no one
- Watching you interact with our guests during the rest of the reception, during which you did, multiple times
- Dancing with you (like we were the only people in the room)
- Taking you to bed, at last, as my huband
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Baker Street Letters’ Follower Appreciation Giveaway
Hey everyone! As a wedding celebration (!) and a totally awesome follower milestone for the blog, we’d like to give you guys a chance to win some cool stuff as a way to say thank you!
There will be three prize sets, as follows:
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Sherlock “Violinist” Pouch
The Detective and the Doctor Tote
Sherlock “Smirk” Print
Elementary, My Dear Watson book
Set of Sherlock & John chibis and Baker Street Stickers
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Elementary, My Dear Watson book
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Ray (SH) and Mixy (JW)
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2015.06.12 - JW & SH
Worth a thousand words.
John Watson - jupitereyed Sherlock Holmes - johnfuckingwatson
Photographer - [x]
#sherlock#johnlock#sherlock rp#jupitereyed#johnfuckingwatson#the wedding#jess and ori were amazing#we owe you so much gratitude#thank you for doing this#thank you so so much
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2015.06.12 - John’s and Sherlock’s Vows
I make these vows, and with this ring...
John
Sherlock, I promise that from this day forward, I will give you all my love and you will never walk alone. I will be by your side as your partner and your husband for all the adventures yet to come. I promise to be your accomplice in mischief and your ally in conflict. To be your true counterpart.
I have seen the best of you, and the worst of you, and I choose both. Regardless of the climate of your moods, I promise to have the patience that love demands. I will speak when words are needed and share the silence when they are not. All that I ask in return is to know the warmth of your heart and always be allowed to call it home.
I promise above all else to live in truth with you and to do so fully and fearlessly. I give you my head and my heart, this ink and this paper, and pledge my furious love, undending devotion and steadfast honour as I join my life to yours.
I, John, take you, Sherlock, to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, til death do us part. In the presence of our loved ones, I make these vows, and with this ring, I thee wed.
Sherlock
John, you are my other half. Arguably, my better half. You are the proof of my humanity — as vital and steadying as the anchoring heartbeat in my chest, as the breath in my lungs.
I vow to love you with everything I have, to be truthful with you about everything I am, to have faith that I am everything you want, and to do everything in my power to keep us both safe and alive together for as long as I possibly can.
I promise to trust you, respect you, and believe in you as I would myself, even as I acknowledge you to be a person wholly separate from me. Whatever it takes, I promise to be there for you, intellectually, of course, but also physically and emotionally, as much as I am humanly able.
I want to make it clear in front of all here assembled that I continue daily to freely choose to be with you, and will do so until the end of my days, because you make me a better human being simply with your presence at my side. And in my bed.
I, Sherlock, take you, John, to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, til death do us part. In the presence of our loved ones, I make these vows, and with this ring, I thee wed.
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2015.06.10 - JW & HW [texts]
I’m sorry I asked.
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2015.06.09 - JW & SH [texts]
...Please tell me there’s something you can do about it.
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2014.06.06 - JW to SH [hand delivered]
I would never doubt your intent to show up and speak your vows.
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2015.05.25 - MH to JW [hand delivered by proxy]
Please find a way to deliver Sherlock to my residence by 1900 hours.
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2015.05.15 - SH to JW [Found on the seat of John’s chair]
What if I run out of goodwill halfway through the day and embarrass you by saying horrid things?
My Darling John~
Today marks exactly four weeks until the wedding and I don’t feel the least bit prepared. Not to be married to you — that I feel as though I’ve been working toward for a very long time, and though I can’t imagine much between us will change upon exchanging vows and rings, I very much look forward to officially entering into a lifelong partnership with you.
No, what I’m not ready for is the wedding itself.
Firstly, are we actually prepared to throw an enjoyable party for so many people? You keep assuring me everything has been taken care of and is on track for the day, but I continue to think up contingencies in case something goes wrong. I’ve moved on from worrying about weather, traffic or catering delays, and this morning I woke up with fears of bomb scares, terrorist plots, long-forgotten enemies filled with spite — my past coming back to haunt us and casting a shadow on our special day. A day that has so much dangerous import already and which we need to reclaim.
But what will happen, my love, if for some reason I am unable to get to the chapel? Or even if I’m simply late enough to cast a doubt in your mind as to my loyalty and desire to be with you, let alone my deep and abiding love for you? I don’t know what I’d do if I somehow inadvertently put you through that — and on the anniversary of the day I had to leave you the first time.
I wish it were as silly as it sounds, but Mycroft’s tight smile every time I see him means there’s something he’s not telling me. I made a lot of enemies during my time away, and I possibly wasn’t as thorough as I should have been when stamping them out in my rush to return to you.
Of course, this is an easier set of fears to deal with than the very real and immediate terror of having to attend, let alone host, a party with all of our family and friends in one place. The more I think about it, the more nightmareish the prospect becomes. I’ve never been good in these sorts of situations, as you well know. “Nice” isn’t my strong suit. And when all the attendees of this function will want to interact with me — even if they are all well-wishers — it might be too much. What if I run out of goodwill halfway through the day and embarrass you by saying horrid things? I’ve been working on keeping my deductions to myself in preparation, but you know how well that turns out. I don’t want to ruin your important day.
I apologise for dumping all of these worries upon you when I know you have a full plate, but you’ve said communication is key, and I’m relying on your complementary strengths to help me find a solution I wouldn’t be able to see alone. It’s possible I’ll be in the mortuary with Molly later when you are free. I need something to distract me. Come find me there?
All my love and faith in you, Your Sherlock
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2015.04.26 - JW to SH [hand delivered]
But I believe there is bravery in being one’s truest self.
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2015.04.07 - SH to JW [hand delivered at breakfast]
Relationships are supposed to be give-and-take.
Things I want/need in this relationship:
First and most obviously, I need to feel loved and accepted by you. This is something you do an admirable job of. However, this love and acceptance does not need to be unconditional. In fact, I would prefer it to be conditional. If I were to start treating you poorly (which is not something I intend, but I’m not the best when it comes to neglect) or if I were to do something unforgivable, I would expect you to put conditions on your presence in my life. I need you to keep me within the bounds of decency because otherwise I fear I will hurt you inadvertently. And even if I might not mean it, that is not something I will abide — and neither should you.
Secondly, I need to maintain my autonomy as a person separate from you. This has nothing to do with being the Sherlock Holmes and everything to do with needing to have choice in matters of love and sex and intimacy. I want to be yours because I constantly choose to be, not for any other reason to do with either of us. I need this autonomy and choice to stay sane, and to not be triggered into an unsafe space.
Correlative to the second item, I need to know that you are an autonomous person apart from me. Please don’t think this has to do with not wanting to feel smothered by you or any other such nonsense. I need this to be certain of your emotional health as well as to let the knowledge of it set a boundary for me. That you are separate from me and not to be used as an extension of myself is key to a respectful relationship. Because if I’m not careful I’ll cease to think of you as my right-hand man, and start thinking of you as my right hand itself. And that leads to using you unfairly and without your permission. This is something I do not want to do, so don’t tell me it’s okay. It will inevitably lead to resentment and will drive a wedge between us, which I could not stand.
Third and finally — and perhaps most importantly — I need you to tell me what you want from me in this relationship. I don’t want you to simply tell me how much you love me and will for all time, nor do I want to hear about all the things you will do for me. I appreciate those sentiments, but they do not tell me what I need to know. I want to hear you say: I want this from you. Otherwise, I’m at a complete loss as to how I can make you happy.
Relationships are supposed to be give-and-take. And that means each partner must give and take, not one giving and the other taking. Just because I’m no longer the one being made to give everything and my partner is a generous, loving person instead of the selfish abuser I was with before, doesn’t mean I have the right to take advantage of your generosity and goodness. Because I have that possibility in me, John, and I don’t want to succumb to it. I want to be my best self with you — one who keeps in mind his partner’s wants and needs. But in order to do that I need you to tell me what your wants and needs are. Because this is how it works. At least, this is what I’ve read.
Please, darling. Help me to be the best partner I can be. I cannot in good conscience marry you if we have not addressed these things to a point where we both feel good about them. And I very much want to marry you, so I hope to hear from you soon.
Yours constantly, Sherlock
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2015.03.30 - JW to SH [left on the kitchen table]
I've kept them all, did I ever tell you?
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2015.03.15 - SH to JW [hand delivered, in bed]
It wasn’t an easy few days, as you might imagine.
My dearest John~
These past few days have been an exercise in restraint, and yes, of looking inward. I apologise if you felt I was distancing myself from you because of something you had done, but I will not apologise for needing the time separated from you mentally — and somewhat physically.
It was necessary to come to terms with certain things regarding our relationship which were difficult to unearth but important to be aware of.
These past few months have been so very good — idyllic, even — that I knew in order to be truthful to myself, and you, I needed to revisit the times in our past that were much more difficult, even strained. I needed perspective on where we’ve been and therefore where we need to go.
It wasn’t an easy few days, as you might imagine. My foray into the past included the time before you and all that went with it — pain, addiction, fear, a lack of self worth. However, all of this was very fruitful. It has helped me understand that there are ways of being which I cannot abide and circumstances I never want to be in again.
Because of all this, I have been thinking long and hard about what I need from this relationship. It’s vitally important to make sure that I’m getting what I need — and at the same time I’m certain I’m not being too demanding on your time, energy, and resources. That is paramount. And for a good day and a half I despaired at being able to find a way of making these things clear to you, that I would fail in my task of being open and honest and comprehensive, but I feel as though I have finally hit upon the solution. I celebrated that fact by playing the violin, even at a very late hour, and I’m glad to hear it soothed whatever pain you were in.
I very much appreciated the warm welcome you gave me when I came to bed. After spending so much time in my head, to be so very grounded in my body — and yours — was exactly what I needed. Your hands and mouth are such particular pleasures, exquisite in their eloquence, that I feel more myself now than I have in some time. Or at least, more the self that I want to be with you.
And that is the important fact about all of this: I have succeeded in coming up with my vows for the wedding ceremony, and I’m confident they are exactly what I’m able to promise you for the rest of our lives. Remind me to show them to you when you’re finished having your way with me and I have a chance to write them down.
Your Love, Sherlock
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2015.03.10 - JW to SH [resting on Sherlock's laptop]
But- I've missed you.
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2015.03.01 - SH to JW [found on the seat of John's chair]
That’s an evening I know you’d be sad to miss.
Absolutely not, John.
If we are to do this, then both of us will be involved in it. You can have a night out with Harry at another time. If Greg wants to drink with us, I see no reason to avoid it. If he wants Mike and/or Molly to join in, I will not say no.
(In fact, I’ve always wondered why he hasn’t made more excuses to spend time with Molly. They both clearly enjoy each other’s company...)
I draw the line at five people, however. None of this “Drinking with the Yard” business. Neither Anderson nor Dimmock truly wishes us well, and you still have a difficult time being in Donovan’s presence, so we’ll have none of that.
But you, my husband-to-be, do not get to weasel out of this particular tradition. Besides, it will be... fun. Greg gets even more jolly when he drinks, so we are in for an evening of camaraderie that I know you worry is missing in my life.
It’s not that I don’t like spending time with people, it’s that I don’t like being in such close proximity to the masses. It’s never the people at the table I despise — I’m too selective for that — but those at every other table in the room.
Actually, we could minimise the irritation by simply inviting Greg over to drinks at our place. Then it would be a cosy ‘bonding experience’, no? That way we would have a better chance at keeping him safe if he over indulges. I doubt he’d pass up the relative comfort of the sofa if we offered a blanket and pillow at the right moment. Perhaps some violin music as well...
See? That’s an evening I know you’d be sad to miss. Plan to have a night out with Harry at a different time. I’d even be willing to join in on that if you’d like me to.
After all, I plan on only getting married once in my life — in fact I never thought this day would come, not in my wildest dreams — so whatever comes with that, whatever celebrating people want to do with us, I’m more than happy to indulge. My life will never be the same now I’ve got you, there’s no point trying to deny it. Especially since I like it so much better now than previously. Why would I be loath to celebrate that with anyone? Bring on the stag night — or two, if you wish. I’m ready.
Your love, Sherlock
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