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Title: Longer Ways to Go, part 6

Rating: PG-13 for some language. And to be safe.

Summary: After the standoff at the pool, and with some help from Mycroft, Sherlock's determined to disappear from England with John in tow, and work to bring down Moriarty's entire operation in secret.

Characters: John, Sherlock,

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Comments

[goodtoast]

Aw, Mary! I'm both happy and sad that she's gone (...for now...?). She was hilarious, but hurrah that now we'll get some Sherlock and John alone times!

With Sherlock, ‘interesting’ always means ‘dangerous’.
LOL. Yes, yes it does.

“Of course,” John continues, “I’ve yet to fully integrate the concept of washing up, but then you are a work in progress.”
“Really?”
“Yep. Where would you be without me?”
AW! So cute, and so true, and so awkward. I'm so happy to see more moments of them pushing the boundaries between friends and more than friends. They both know their relationship is something special, but I like how you're playing up what that is. No one knows, and they don't really feel the need to discover it at the moment.

“John, you’re brilliant!”
I love when Sherlock compliments John. Even though he does it often, it's always heartfelt and organic. And I can just picture Benny saying it so so so well.

“Sherlock,” he says, “Sherlock, it’s Leet Speak.”*reader spits out her water* OMG SO FUNNY. Of course Sherlock would have no idea

[teddy_tips]

Yup! Though perhaps we will see her again... But I realised John and Sherlock hadn't been alone since they were quite exploded, so they needed a bit of bonding time so they could kick bum together! Time to get into a bit of trouble. Obviously, now that John's better it's high time they both began doing 'interesting' things

[unrestricted88]

Great chapter. You're really unfolding this story very well so far. I'm kind of sad that Mary's no longer with them but I have a theory that she's secretly a ninja and will catch up to them eventually. XD

Also, I love that John can sometimes trump Sherlock with common knowledge. Go John! Hee. Oh, and how you write their developing relationship is fantastic.

[teddy_tips]

Thank you! Very much! Hopefully I can carry on in this vein, especially now it's mostly all plotted and planned.

And I'm glad you miss Mary a bit ;) But she definitely would make an awesome ninja! She's too good to be shaken off so easily.

John Watson: proving Sherlock's hard drive brain theory as useless, one trivial pursuit question at a time! I imagine John makes Sherlock human, and those random bits of knowledge are like little tidbits of evidence that regular people and regular life exists. I once read that John stands as a perfect example of the England and the morality and humanity Sherlock works to protect, and loved that idea.

Nothing strengthens bonds like an international manhunt while basically fugitives! I'm really glad you think the two are working out well though! Thank you very much again!

[ms_hissyfit]

As much as I love Mary/Not-Anthea, I think Sherlock's caution in getting rid of her is admirable. I do love me some quietly jealous Sherlock.

This story is such a joy. It has everything - a big epic romp through Europe, thick, wonderful plotting and carefully understated emotional descriptions.

[teddy_tips]

Hehe, he's very good at convincing himself that his (potentially) emotionally driven actions are perfectly logical and rational, isn't he?

And wow, that is an amazingly flattering compliment! I'm really quite thrilled that you're enjoying the romp with the boys and that I'm managing to fit it all in satisfactorily! So thank you very, very much! :)

[hellmutt]

All of this.

I just want to say "ditto" to most of the admiring comments on here, actually.

And I recognised the looking-out-of-the-train-window moment for its awesome. If I think for a few days I'll remember which story that's from...

I've wondered on and off how this new incarnation of Sherlock would handle the rose speech from Naval Treaty.

[teddy_tips]

Thank you very much! I'm very grateful for the support, and probably disproportionately thrilled with the response, but I really hope you continue to read and enjoy!

And yep, the train speech is definitely canon based! If you're stuck, I think I posted it at the top, but I won't give it away here ;)

That rose bit is tricky though isn't it? It's already so elegant and precise...It'd be hard to change...Though definitely not impossible!

[ladydragon543]

Hey there, just finished reading what you have so far in this fic, and I LOVE it.

I love how Sherlock is always dressing his emotional responses up as being logic driven. And of course Sherlock had nothing to worry about with Mary and John. Obviously. *sniff*

Also, good one there with the l33t 5p34k. Of course Sherlock wouldn't have immediately seen it right away--he has more important things on his mind.

I'm loving this, so more, pretty please??

[teddy_tips]

Well, I'm afraid it's not been particularly fast in coming but I promise the next part is in the works, and so long as school just behaves for a little while longer, all will be well! I'm so excited you're enjoying it, and it is definitely rolling along a bit now, so FINGERS CROSSED!

And we all know and agree Sherlock is entirely logic driven. No emotional motivation at all. Ever. Hehehe, poor guy. He can be so...clueless. But he has managed to nip the John/Mary thing in the bud, hasn't he?

[laura_trekkie]

Go John! He's found the sticks, the Leet speak and figured out the significance of those names, all in one day. I love that Sherlock was a little bit in awe and free with the compliments :).

Also, their banter on the plane and train amused me *g*.

Laura.

[teddy_tips]

John is on the ball! It's probably because he managed to squeeze in breakfast that morning...somehow. But good job for Sherlock at least recognising that, no? :)

I'm super glad you liked! More soon, and thank you!