I still need to sort the reunion scene out and some of the start, but I need an honest opinion :D x
On Sherlock Holmes’ 5th birthday, its the first time he notices a small baby blue coloured line on his wrist. Sherlock, having a higher intelligence than anyone he knows, (with the exceptions of his late father and his 12 year old brother, Mycroft.) knows there are only a few letters of the alphabet which could start the way this blue line does. He also knows that this blue line signifies the start of someone else practically controlling his partner later on in his life.
He knows when a child reaches their 5th birthday, their mark starts to appear. A mark on the ring finger is more common, but there are rare cases of it appearing on the wrist, also. The mark as a child grows older develops into a set of initials in a determined colour, for example, a mark that is a pale lilac will turn to quite dark purple, sometimes even black. Sherlock has only ever seen two other marks in his life, His brothers, which is now a noticeable light green and starts with the letter G, and his mothers, which depicts a barely readable first letter and then a H, obviously for Holmes in a chalky white colour. His mothers mark is starting to fade, which he has noticed since he was 2 and his father died.
Sherlocks Mother inspects his ring finger in puzzlement. Sherlock waits for a minute in slight amusement before he shows her his wrist. She looks over it carefully and nods with a small smile before covering it with a small platinum band. Marks are supposed to be private.
John Watson is nearly 6 when his mark is finally noticeable in a baby blue. His is also inscribed on his wrist before his father covers it with a platinum band. His sister, Harriet, is 13. At the time when John gets his mark, she’s looking for her soulmate on one of the finders available. None of them really work of course, but harry doesn’t seem to want to leave her powder pink mark alone. The websites show what colour someones mark is and the enitials someone has, but on purpose, there are thousands of people with the same colour mark as hers. Harriet has already met 3 potential matches with the enitials C.H. The point of a mark is you are still supposed to meet someone by coincidence; the websites are just there to provide some interest for those who want it. John, understandably, doesn’t care at his age. He wants to be an Army Doctor when he’s old enough, so he discards his mark almost as soon as it appears. To him its irrelevant, if he is meant to meet his soulmate by coincidence, he will.
When Sherlock is 20, he has already met someone who could be his match. Their colour is almost identical and the initials the same, but Sherlock knows as soon as he meets them that they aren’t specifically for him, and even if they were, he wouldn’t be too interested. He’s passing time by working on small experiments at home, since his mother is still too protective over him. Mycroft has managed to earn himself a rank in the British Government, and already knows who his match is.
Sherlock is nearly giving up on finding his match on the day he meets Dr.Watson. He’s always been sceptical about the whole concept of love, considering sentiment gets in the way of his job, Although there has always been a tiny niggling sensation in the fact he doesn’t know who his match is. Sherlock is working on an case when Mike walks in.
‘Mike, I need to borrow your phone.’
‘Its in my coat... Can’t you use the landline?’
‘I prefer to text.’ Sherlock rolls his eyes. The man stood quietly in the corner of the room is clearly military from the way he holds himself and his haircut. His limp is psychosomatic, as already proved by his therapist.
‘Here, Use Mine.’ The man offers his phone up and Sherlock gives just a trace of a smile for less than a second.
‘John Watson. An Old Friend of mine.’ Mike continues. Of course, Sherlock has already made the connection in his head, knowing that John and Mike must have studied at Barts together. A second later, Sherlock realises that the name John Watson makes him feel quite peculiar, though he hasn’t felt this type of emotion before. His wrist aches a little, and Sherlock runs a finger over the marks, a small JW. Since Sherlock was 16, he hasn’t gone along with social protocol, and has left his marks uncovered.
