A/N: Hello, all! One fine day, I decided to open my beloved thesaurus randomly, to a random page, and point at a random word, then write delightfully slashy Sherlock Holmes fanfics, using the word as my inspiration. Thus, in this way my Thesaurus Shorts came into being. They are unrelated, but they will all most likely feature Holmes/Watson, with perhaps a smidge of Holmes angsting over WatsonxMary. There will be angst and humor and death and love, all featuring the lovely duo of Baker Street or, as I affectionately refer to them, The Dream Team. Well, I've blabbed on quite enough, so, on with the show! But first the disclaimer…

Disclaimer: I have heard something about Sherlock Holmes being the public domain, but I really, really do not need to be sued right now, ergo: I do not own Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson, or any other characters from the Sherlock Holmes stories.

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Justify

Holmes justifies his use of harmful drugs, in his mind, at least. He can't use certain arguments against the good doctor's protests and gentle attempts to make Holmes give up the cocaine.

Because, you see, the drugs are simply Holmes' way of dealing with the everyday facts that pain him to no end.

Starting with, of course, the fact that Watson remains oblivious to Holmes' feelings for him.

And the fact that Watson is such a terribly good and moral man that, even if he did know how the seemingly cold detective feels about him, he could never, ever love Holmes the way Holmes does him.

Or the fact that Holmes is so unsure of everything and wouldn't even know how to begin showing his friend the depth of his emotion.

So Holmes makes his little arguments and protestations, and the doctor worries and frets, and Holmes turns back to his ever-present cocaine.

But it's alright, he's perfectly justified.