"I love you," he says. Casually, not at all the way Tony says it; with Tony, it always seems as though the affection behind the words overflows his entire being. With Sherlock, there is fondness there but it is not so all-consuming. He is reporting a fact, not acting to express an emotional flood.
(Bizarrely, he is nervous. This is so thoroughly nonsensical that he ignores it, puts it outside of himself, refuses to let it influence him in any way visible or otherwise.)
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(He wants to be sure it is true. Not more than an hour or two ago, he was sure it wasn't.
And then he was less sure.
And now that they are on the subject...)
"I love you," he says. Casually, not at all the way Tony says it; with Tony, it always seems as though the affection behind the words overflows his entire being. With Sherlock, there is fondness there but it is not so all-consuming. He is reporting a fact, not acting to express an emotional flood.
(Bizarrely, he is nervous. This is so thoroughly nonsensical that he ignores it, puts it outside of himself, refuses to let it influence him in any way visible or otherwise.)