Watson let out a soft puff of laughter. "I'm glad to hear it. I have no desire to be considered a dog."
Holmes was not telling him anything new, exactly, but it was rare for him to hear, and it was gratifying to know. His other half. That was exactly it. Their names went together, one suggested the other, and would for many years to come. "John Watson" was not a particularly remarkable or uncommon name by any stretch of the imagination, and surely there must be other Dr. John Watsons in the world even now, but how many people on the island had immediately asked if he were that Watson, who had worked with Sherlock Holmes?
Watson reached far enough to put out his cigarette in the ashtray on the mantle, and having freed up that hand, he brought it to the side of Holmes's face to kiss him, tenderly.
"I love you too," he said, even if Holmes had not said precisely that.
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Holmes was not telling him anything new, exactly, but it was rare for him to hear, and it was gratifying to know. His other half. That was exactly it. Their names went together, one suggested the other, and would for many years to come. "John Watson" was not a particularly remarkable or uncommon name by any stretch of the imagination, and surely there must be other Dr. John Watsons in the world even now, but how many people on the island had immediately asked if he were that Watson, who had worked with Sherlock Holmes?
Watson reached far enough to put out his cigarette in the ashtray on the mantle, and having freed up that hand, he brought it to the side of Holmes's face to kiss him, tenderly.
"I love you too," he said, even if Holmes had not said precisely that.