"That's not what most people would say." He ignores the nickname. It's something he never really was fond of.
His eyes fall onto the small bag, the wedding ring on his finger suddenly feeling heavy. The itch to get high never was truly gone, was it? "I had ... a certain –
"Ahh, Sherl. You were never a problem. At least not to me, mate."
Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a small bag of white powder. "I heard you'd gotten all cleaned up."
@Rcdbeard is the best option, that way he can read the body language as well.
"I will order from you for as long as I need to be there and I need to rely on you to give me alcohol free cocktails even though I order the real thing. I can pretend to be drunk but can not actually be drunk –
@Rcdbeard he asks while he gets a small razor kit out of a cupboard. It's unused as he usually hides here when he needs to look at his worst. Still, just in case he likes to keep it stocked with these things.
@Rcdbeard Sherlock wished John was at his side for this case. Somehow the good doctor always knows when to draw the attention on himself so Sherlock could focus on him instead of everything around him to keep him from getting overstimulated.
"Anything else I must know about that place?"–
@Rcdbeard And he will make sure to get nicotine patches on in case it's a place where smoking isn't allowed anymore because Sherlock feels like he needs all the nicotine he can get. And there's still the issue with John that he can't get out of his mind. He knows it should be his –
@Rcdbeard needs his mind sharp and John will have his head if he takes anything stronger than nicotine. And even that is already stretching it.
"What type of place is it? I need to know so I can dress accordingly so I can blend in easily."
@Rcdbeard needs must. I need to see this Jeff if he's involved. And you're going to have to ask those questions. Depending on where I will be seated you might need to record the conversation so I can listen to it too. When do you have to go?" Sherlock shakes his head at the joint, he –
@Rcdbeard "Can you tell me more about the people you owe money to?" Sherlock leans against the cupboard, already on his second cigarette. It's quite possibe that he is stress smoking but at least he doesn't feel as jittery anymore.
@Rcdbeard long before he blows out the smoke. Ah, but that is exactly what he needded.
"Doesn't matter right now." he says, absolutely not wanting to talk about it. Sure, John gets angry rather quickly but this feels like something shifted between them and he does not like it at all. –