I'm back! So I haven't written anything since August due to being really busy, but I can't resist not writing up all of the ideas I have come up with during that time for Sherlock fanfictions and with the new series airing, this was an inevitable situation really.

Well this was inspired by part of Sherlock's speech as best man. There will also be lots more chapters to this as I will be writing the moments of John saving Sherlock's life. I will also be writing loads more Sherlock stories, so hopefully you'll like them.

"Trust me on that, I should know, he's saved mine so many times and in so many ways." – Sherlock Holmes, talking about John, from his Best Man speech at John's wedding.

Sherlock had many enemies, that was a well known fact to most. John, had few of the sort. The Consulting Detective had experience many 'close calls' (as John later dubbed them) when chasing suspects or being the one in pursuit.

It was sometimes – more like most times, especially when they were just working as a pair – overlooked as to what John could truly do for Sherlock.

Holmes, would almost certainly be dead – actually dead, not faked – if it was not for one Doctor Watson.

The Detective struggled to count on one hand (and two if he was honest,) just how many times his companion had saved him. But they could be reeled off of his memory in seconds, perfectly remembered till the end point: well, on all except a few.

Over the time John had known Sherlock, the detective had needed saving quite a few times. Whether from something as major as a gunshot wound or as simple as being reminded to eat or sleep or of other normal human functions which the most brilliant mind the army doctor had ever encountered seemed to simply skip over.

Recounting them all was never the hard task after the event itself, the hardest thing about it was accepting there was always the possibility of failing to save each other.

Lestrade knew the most as he had often been there or been called to the scene of an event, but there were even ones that had escaped the Detective Inspector's knowledge. Tales were hidden from Mrs Hudson where ever possible to avoid her worrying and changing yet again from 'not your housekeeper' to virtually waiting on them hand and foot. John always tried to avoid Mycroft having extended knowledge of these situations at the most, due to his tendency to turn into a bit too much of a mothering figure.

Sherlock hated it and although John would usually find the first few moments of their ever on going sibling rivalry, he knew how it usually ended. The Holmes brothers would start of as calmly as they could be before reverting into some family related comment that John could never quite wrap his head around. Following that, Mycroft would start mothering his younger brother who would retaliate to this caring nature.

And that was never amusing.

Another that Doctor Watson tried to keep out of these events was one Molly Hooper. Now she was a different story entirely and while John had no issue with her, Sherlock often had a tendency of saying even more not good comments to Molly when something was ailing him. It was from her though, that John had learnt that his friend was a graduate chemist. Although it wouldn't have been that difficult to guess such if you ever saw him work.

Anderson and Donovan were always on Sherlock's list of people who were not to find out (but then almost everyone was,) and John honoured this in the best way possible. The only times he couldn't stop it was when such events took place during a case where both were present. Doctor Watson didn't have a bad working relationship with either of them, however neither were overly willing to work alongside Sherlock, although John supposed this came partially from the Consulting Detective's behaviour towards them. He had dared to ask Greg once which party started the whole thing and one of Scotland Yard's finest answer was that he truly did not know.

One moment he'd introduced them, turned away for a minute and the next their screaming that they won't work with each other.

For the wedding, Sherlock simply shortened all of this to a simple sentence. Not, because he wouldn't have told everyone about all the times John Watson had saved his life, but rather because it would be difficult to shorten the numerous events without running through the whole evening and some – of course not all of them as some did occur in others presense, but some – were to stay between Holmes and Watson

His Best Mans speech had been true though. John Watson has saved Sherlock Holme's life so many times and in so many ways.

Sorry this is short, but there is more on the way. I should be able to have the next chapter up later, so you can read the first incident of John saving Sherlock. Thank you in advance for any reviews/favourites/alerts and thank you for reading :)