"Sergeant Donovan," he says in a voice much quieter than Sally's but which somehow still can be heard by everyone in the room. "If you can look at those men and tell me they don't mean as much to each other as any romantically involved couple you've ever seen, I will take you myself to the courthouse or wherever the hell you go and help you file against them for tax fraud right now."

Raw fuckin' line right there, heck yeah

"Maybe for you blokes marriage just means taking each other off the rest of the world's hands." He sits back in his chair with a wide-flung gesture. "A publicly declared unwillingness to move on."

Remembered this line too. Love this fic!

Just wanted the author to know that I spent 20 minutes looking for this story because I remembered the below quote and needed to share it with my friend to illustrate an idea in our DnD campaign. Still remembered this story ten years on!

"After a certain point," cuts in Sherlock without looking up from his book, "I should think that the distinction between 'to love' and to 'be in love' becomes rather more academic than practical, don't you think?"

Fantastic story 3

This is favorite story!
Awesome

Mrs Hudson's death is still sad despite being many chapters ago. *tries not to cry*
Well done author.

I little bit want to cry. This was amazing, thank you for writing it.

Their relationship is honestly #lifegoals

I'd forgotten what it feels like, the kind of cheerful contentment I get from stories like this one. Thanks for reminding me

I didn't know this is what I needed in my life, but now that I do I'm never going to un-know it. What am I going to do when I finish this?

Why must you play with my emotions like this?

Ugh, my heart!

I love this in a way I can't put into words

Really enjoyed this unique and beautifully written story. Thank you. I enjoyed the tender affection. Well done.

This is actually so good!

This was amazing! I've re-read it a bunch of times and like four times just this week. Thank you so much for putting this masterpiece out here!