.Imagine if Sherlock and John went to the high school. They run in completely different circles, so they never meet. Until they get jobs at the cinema.
This is Sherlock’s like 50th job; he’s gotten fired more times than he can count. His bosses always said he was being rude to customers or something like that.
John had worked there for a year when Sherlock showed up. It was his first and only job. He loved working there - seeing what new movies came out, flirting with some customers, smelling like popcorn, everything.
When Sherlock starts working there, it’s John’s job to train him. He shows Sherlock how to work the machines. Al the while, Sherlock looks nothing less than bored.
Sherlock wants to do something worthwhile. He doesn’t want to come to this mediocre job day after day. If he could deduce, it would be a lot more entertaining. However, his mother had forbade it. He was not allowed to “read and know every thought of customers.” Sigh. He looked towards John who was wiping down the counter. Mother didn’t say anything about deducing about workers.
“How is your sister?” Sherlock asked suddenly. John looked up, puzzled.
“She’s okay. How did you know I had a sister?” John asked.
“The same way I know that she’s showing signs of being an alcoholic, your father left when you were three, no four, and your mother passed away two years after, so now you and your sister live with your aunt. Well, you live with your aunt; your sister often sneaks away days at a time. it’s like she doesn’t live there at all,” Sherlock said.
“How did you know that?” John asked.
“I don’t know. I observed,” Sherlock answered.
“That’s amazing,” John praised.
“That’s not what people normally say,” Sherlock said.
“What do people normally say?” John questioned.
“Piss off,” Sherlock said simply. John laughed; Sherlock liked his laugh.
From then on, Sherlock would deduce customers. After someone would come to his counter and then leave, Sherlock would immediately start telling John their life story. It was highly entertaining for John.
And Sherlock loved to make John laugh. He loved how John’s face lit up - it made his stomach do flips. It was ridiculous, but Sherlock couldn’t stop it.
One day, John invited Sherlock to one of his rugby games. Sherlock accepted, even though he knew nothing of the game.
Afterwards, John found Sherlock roaming around the outside of the stadium. He was startled to see that Sherlock was only wearing a jumper. It was freezing outside. Without thinking, John caught up with him and started taking his jacket off.
“What are you doing?” Sherlock asked.
“Giving you my jacket. It’s freezing out here,” John said matter-of-factly.
“Then won’t you be freezing?” Sherlock asked.
“Not when I have you to warm me up,” John said with a wink. Even though it was a joke, Sherlock still flushed. He was grateful it was dark so John couldn’t see. “Here,” John said. He walked in front of Sherlock to face them and wrapped the jacket around his shoulders. His fingers lingered and he didn’t move from in front of Sherlock.
“How’d you like the game?” John asked softly.
“It was interesting,” Sherlock answered.
“You don’t know anything about rugby, do you?” John asked, tilting his head to the side.
“All I need to know is that you’re playing,” Sherlock blurted. His eyes widened once he realized what he said. He really needed to focus more when John was around. But John made that impossible.
“Let’s go get tea, or coffee, or biscuits, or something,” John said.
“We’ve never done that before,” Sherlock stated.
“We’ve never been on a date before, either. Let’s kill two birds with one stone,” John said.
“A d-date?” Sherlock asked.
“Yeah it’s something two people who like each other do,” John explained.
“I know what a date is John. I’m not stupid,” Sherlock huffed.
“You also didn’t know the Earth revolved around the sun,” John said, making Sherlock groan.
“Will you ever let that go?” Sherlock asked.
“Maybe if you let me kiss you,” John said. Sherlock‘s breath hitched.
“Okay,” Sherlock breathed.
