"A CASE!" John smiled slightly, the damp note sogging in his hand. He folded it gently and placed the note in his coat pocket as he stuck his arms into the sleeves. He shut the window, not acknowledging or bothering to figure out how Sherlock managed to leave the flat via the window. 

     "I'm going out for a bit, Mrs. Hudson. Don't wait up! Sherlock has a case!" He was slightly excited. While it meant Sherlock wouldn't speak or eat for a few days, John loved watching him in action. His facial expressions, the excitement in his voice. Silly little psychopath.  But he's my psychopath. John said to himself. He paused in the street, the rain hitting his umbrella in a rhythmic pattern. My psychopath?? What am I saying. He doesn't belong to anyone. He shook the thought off like the umbrella shook of the rain and got into the cab. 

    "Scotland Yard, please." He told the cabbie. The cabbie nodded and began to drive. It only took about 13 minutes to get there, and the rain had slowed. John paid the driver and went off into the building. The doctor knew exactly where Sherlock was; Donovan was saying something questioning his sanity, and Anderson was babbling something unintelligent. 

    "So what's the case?" John asked. Sherlock turned and smiled. 

     "John! It's brilliant." He smiled again, ignoring Donovan and Anderson's protests regarding John's presence and Sherlocks use of brilliant to describe a murder. 

     "So who dun it?" John chuckled. He shuffled through the file that Lestrade had handed to him. Woman in her 40's, gun shot through the... throat? Why there? John thought. He looked at Sherlock and noticed that his brow was furrowed, but there was a grin on his face. 

      "No idea!" 

      "Sherlock has left the building. Thank God." Donovan mumbled under her breath. She was really starting to get on John's nerves. What was her deal anyway?? The doctor motioned to Lestrade, then to the files. Lestrade nodded, and John left, files in hand. 

     By the time Watson had gotten back to the flat, Sherlock had destroyed the apartment. Files of possible suspects were tacked up on the wall, some with large, black "X"'s marked through them. Paper rubble was strewn throughout the room. And there was Sherlock, laying on the couch, his hands like he was praying, resting against his mouth.  

     John tried to ease quietly into the room, but the door hit something as it opened, causing Sherlock to stir. "Sorry, Sherlock." He shrunk a bit, hoping he didn't just ruin their chance of solving the case. 

      "John!" He jumped up from the couch, his feet dancing on the carpeted floor. "A Case! A Case!" He signed happily. "And quite a difficult one at that." Sherlocks deep voice growled slightly. It sent small tingles down the doctors spine, and he tried to play it off. 

     "Is it cold in here?." asked John, even though he had his coat still on, it was the middle of spring, and Mrs. Hudson liked to keep the apartment toasty. 

     "Not particularlly." Sherlock sat into his chair, pulling his legs up to his chest. "Tea, John. Tea." John shook whatever was bothering him off, and went back into the kitchen, where an already full kettle sat. 

     Good thing I remembered to turn the stovetop off. He turned it back on and went back into the living room. Sherlock didn't seem particularly interested in the case, even though he was obviously excited to have another. Normally he would go into his Mind Palace and didn't leave for days, but that time, he seemed a bit more... Distracted. Sherlock looked over at John and smiled... again.. He's been doing an awfully large amount of non-Sherlock smiling lately. I wonder if he has the flu. 

     The tea kettle whistled and the doctor hustled back into the kitchen, made two cups, and went back into the living room.

     "Thank you, John." 

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