[ He is a model patient, which doesn't manage to surprise Joan at all. Every so often she steals a glance up towards his face, smiling that reassuring smile of his. She wonders briefly what his previous medics were like, if they had anything akin to bedside manner at all or if they were military too — all blank faces and matter-of-fact assessments. ]
You know, [ she says, her head ducked again to focus on her work. ] I have a partner back home. He said to me once that I was better with him. [ Her hands pause and Joan inhales-exhales once. She thinks about Sherlock a lot, but she rarely talks about it. ] I'd like to think most people are like that — better off with somebody they can rely on than on their own.
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[ He is a model patient, which doesn't manage to surprise Joan at all. Every so often she steals a glance up towards his face, smiling that reassuring smile of his. She wonders briefly what his previous medics were like, if they had anything akin to bedside manner at all or if they were military too — all blank faces and matter-of-fact assessments. ]
You know, [ she says, her head ducked again to focus on her work. ] I have a partner back home. He said to me once that I was better with him. [ Her hands pause and Joan inhales-exhales once. She thinks about Sherlock a lot, but she rarely talks about it. ] I'd like to think most people are like that — better off with somebody they can rely on than on their own.