The Escapist

anigrrrl2:

_{How are you feeling?}

_{Yeah, not bad. A bit… smoked.}

_Right.

lemmonysnippets: #DISGUSTING#HAVE YOU SEEN HIS FACE#WHOSE FACE????#WHOSE FACE AM I TALKING ABOUT?#AM I UPSET THAT JOHN MAKES A REALLY DRY LAME JOKE#AND THEN HIS FACE DOES THAT THING LIKE#’OH GOD I CAN’T HELP IT’#’IM WITH YOU AND I NEED TO MAKE OUR LITTLE JOKES I HAVE TO’#ORRRRR AM I TALKING ABOUT SHERLOCK’S FACE#WHICH IS PURE CONCERN BUT JUST A LITTLE TOUCH OF#’OH GOD THIS FEELS….YOU DID OUR DYNAMIC??? DID YOU JUST DO OUR DYNAMIC????’#I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS

They’re feeling round the edges of each other so much in this scene. So afraid to break whatever tenuous bonds are holding them together in this moment, both of them wanting to reach out to each other and so fucking unsure of where the lines are drawn now, understanding that their relationship has irrevocably shifted and that they can’t be as they were, but they want to be, so so badly, and it just HURTS to see how they step around each other with such fragility while still trying to recapture what they had.