Very insightful exploration of the budding friendship. While I only discovered this a decade later, it holds up extremely well to scrutiny. Thank you for sharing your perspective that now reminds us of the reason we found the then new series fascinating.

Oh my god... this is so beautiful. I didn’t know I needed this until now thank you thank you thank you!

Terrific character analysis. Good job!

Kudos! Well written with spot-on characterizations.

Nicely done. Way to take less than a double handful of minutes of screen time and turn it into a beautiful reflective piece on their friendship. I loved all the interludes and the reality of this friendship - I like the idea of a romance between the two, but I feel like this really nailed all the intricate and intimate details of their incredible friendship. Beautifully rendered - thank you so much.

Great story, I enjoyed all of your themes and how Sherlock tries to help John value himself as much as John tries to help Sherlock take care of himself.

Like getting more of their childhoods. It was nice to hear about Sherlock's reaction and his words at the end were great.

Cool idea with the Prince and John knowing each other. I did wonder about the court case for John. I think you hit the nail on the head with John saying he doesn't want Sherlock to change who he is but just to look out for John now and again.

I liked the part with Watson's own deductions. His comebacks to Anderson and Donovan were pretty awesome too. He does have a good point that Sherlock shouldn't have to complain and treating him like a good man would help for sure

The first born son comment was pretty funny. I like how Sherlock looks back to deduce all of the clues he missed. As for John, wait till Baskerville for the fear

this whole thing was so adorable. I was awwing so much. their interactions and bond was so strong and real and there. and I ended up reading John's whole blog when you mentioned it but I didn't find the melting laptop.
but actually, reading the blog made reading this even better because I got to see that your characters were very much in character. and that is really cool. writing them well is not easy.
their relationship was very precious and tender and.. well, sufficient to say I liked it

Really good story! Loved all of the little flashbacks as Sherlock learned more about John and their friendship grew!
God Bless,
SW

Wonderful! Many thanks for your well-crafted written story.

Love the thoughts and added scenes/ memories. Great story! :)

The dialogue here is just great! I'm really enjoying the way you've written this relationship. The shock blanket and "Postcode envy" are exceptional touches.