Title: While You Were Sleeping
Characters/Pairing: Sherlock/John
Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to anything.
Rating: PG
Warnings: Fluffy slash. Post " The Great Game" so there's spoilers.
Word Count: 385
Summary: Sherlock confesses his regrets to an unconscious John.
Beta: Rainbowwizard1 on Livejournal

Sherlock creeps into John's hospital room. He sits besides him and looks at him sadly. This is a very different John than before, weak and frail. Above all, he feels very guilty for being the reason John is weak and frail. Guilt is not an emotion Sherlock is familiar with, but since meeting John, Sherlock has had to deal with many new emotions and feelings. It's not that Sherlock minds some of these emotions and feelings, he just finds them very distracting. Before meeting John, he never would have crept into someone's hospital room unless it was for a case.

He takes John's hand. " I regret not telling you the truth, on so many things. I regret not admitting it to myself. I'm sorry and I'm never sorry for anything but I will be forever sorry if my actions or non actions killed someone I loved, and I do love you, John. I don't know if it's romantic or brotherly. I've never let anyone close enough to get to this point. I see now why I haven't, because losing the one I love the most, I wouldn't recover. I'd be like every other silly human out there and it would destroy me. You have the power to destroy me John, please don't make regret giving you that power, wake up." Sherlock can feel the tears welling up in his eyes.

" I have been awake. I was just resting my eyes when you crept in. Which I don't even want to know how you pulled that off," John says as his eyes flutter open.

Sherlock looks at him. " I picked the pocket of a doctor."

John sighs. "Like I said, didn't want to know."

" So you heard everything?" Sherlock asks, with a hint of embarrassment and nervousness.

" Yes, I did." A faint smile appears on John's face. " You don't know whether you feel a romantic love to me or a brotherly love. Must be very annoying for you, not knowing."

" Not really, I figured it out the minute I heard your voice. Case solved."

" Really and the verdict. "

Sherlock leans over and kisses John on the mouth.

" True love, I'm afraid."

John caresses Sherlock's hair. " How very frighting."

"We're doomed," Sherlock jokes.

They embrace again.