vitruvianwatson:

Silently affectionate Johnlock, though

• Sherlock looking up after hours at his microscope and finding a steaming hot mug of tea next to his elbow.
• The heat going out and John getting out of bed in the middle of the night in the freezing cold to get more blankets because Sherlock can’t stop shivering.
• John toweling Sherlock’s hair dry after a shared shower.  (Sherlock twisting his mouth as if this annoys him, but really he adores it.)
• Sherlock looking up youtube videos about sewing and then secretly fixing up the holes in John’s oldest and most favorite jumpers.
• Sherlock trying to do up a tie for some party of Mycroft’s that he doesn’t want to go to and getting so frustrated that he rips it off and throws it against the wall.  John calmly picking it up and looping it effortlessly around Sherlock’s neck, using it to pull him down for a gentle kiss once he’s finished.
• John coming home exhausted after a long day at the surgery to find Sherlock reading on the sofa.  John just flopping down beside him, curling into him.  Sherlock shifting just enough to get one arm around John, his hand smoothing gently up and down the doctor’s spine, the other still holding his book.  He just keeps reading, and John is asleep within minutes.
• Sherlock crawling into bed after John, trying not to wake him, but John immediately rolling over, pulling his detective back against his chest, kissing the back of his neck and sighing as he breathes him in.
• John waking up after a nightmare, eyes wet, covered in sweat, tremors wracking his body, but Sherlock silently pressing one hand against his chest, grounding him, anchoring him back into reality, and when the shaking stops Sherlock wraps himself around him and kisses the scar on his shoulder.
• Sherlock and John waking up together on a Sunday morning, facing each other, just staring into each other’s eyes until eventually they move together, at the same time, kissing, touching, hands roaming, bodies moving lazily against one another, making love as if it’s the first time again.