Lady Gaga was so strangely brilliant.

One of her songs started playing in the coffee shoppe on Jim's break. He was sitting in one of the booths, enjoying a small coffee and some saltwater taffy with Sherlock right across from him, when this soulful belting poured from the intercom above.

"I can't believe what you said to me last night; we were alone. You threw your hands up - baby you gave up, you gave up!"

Jim looked at Sherlock across the small round table with a raised eyebrow.

"I can't believe how you looked at me with your James Dean glossy eyes, in your tight jeans with your long hair and your cigarette stained lies!"

Sherlock averted his eyes.

"Could we fix you if you broke? And is your punch line just a joke?"

Jim was almost scared at how perfectly the song fit the moment. The chorus rolled around the shoppe and Gaga swore she would never speak again.

A few more verses played, and Jim's ears perked up at the next few.

"And I know that it's complicated, but I'm a loser in love, so baby, raise a glass to mend all the broken hearts of all my wrecked up friends!"

Instrumentals.

"And after all the drinks and bars that we've been to, would you give it all up? Could I give it all up for you?"

"And after all the boys and the girls that we've been through, would you give it all up? Could you give it all up?"

"If I promise, boy, to you..."

Jim was staring at Sherlock heatedly, but Sherlock refused meet his intense mocha eyes. The last few verses fluttered by, and the song ended. The radio announcer jabbered on senselessly about how much she loved the song, and then it cut off to a commercial break. Sherlock still wouldn't look up. He just sipped at his coffee, which might have had too much caramel this time to be even remotely tasty, and thrummed his long fingers against the table.

Jim sighed, and slipped into the booth next to him, bumping his shoulder against Sherlock's. Sherlock slumped a little bit into Jim, but continued to drink his coffee and eat his taffy.

They stayed like that in a reverent sort of quiet, one you'd fall under inside a church, until Jim's break was over.

{ Yeah yeah, I hate singfics too. Here's a link to the song + lyrics;

Lady Gaga - Speechless - OFFICIAL The Fame Monste...: http://youtu.be/H6RN36wQVqo }