they’d talked about it . argued , more like , because really , his baby daughter definitely shouldn’t be at crime scenes . sherlock had said that it would be educational , that a crime scene offered many skills that one could not learn in primary school . & whilst john knew that to be true , knew that rosie could not avoid their lifestyle for the rest of her life , she wasn’t even two , & john preferred to not scar her with the sight of a bloodied cadaver . but , sometimes , things happened . john had gone out to the shops a few hours earlier with rosie , as they’d needed to get some things so the fridge wouldn’t look so empty . but , halfway through his stroll through tesco , he’d received a text from sherlock . it was a good crime , he could already tell , because why else would sherlock have tempted him with it ? there was an address & everything . he glanced down to the baby sitting in the cart , who was gurgling away quite contently to herself , then sighed . definitely earlier than he’d wanted to expose her , but ———— god , he couldn’t resist . he was absolutely weak for it . he quickly checked out with the items in their cart , then carried the bags out to his car , buckling rosie into her carseat in the back before starting up the car & punching the address into his gps . it didn’t take him very long to get to the scene , & he parked before unbuckling rosie & strapping her to his chest , snatching the baby bag from his trunk . he can see sherlock among the yard , milling about the scene . a hand cups protectively on rosie’s back , as he approaches . ❝ sorry that i’m a bit late . i was in the middle of shopping . ❞ a small smile on john’s face , as he walks to sherlock’s side , although he keeps a bit of a distance from the body , trying not to get rosie too close . ❝ what’ve we got today ? ❞
( for @scciopath ! )










