How thrilling it is to cavort about on the floor like this, so warm and comfortable, so at ease with each other. Peace is hard to come by for Holmes, and even when it's needed, it isn't always welcome. But he's just figured out a particularly thorny case, had a thrilling boat chase on the Thames, and had fantastic sex with his utterly perfect partner, who's now laughing against his ear. Holmes can feel a remarkably good mood settle over him like cool water.

"It was your idea," he returns, chuckling warmly, though he does nothing to dissuade Watson's antics just yet. "Am I to convince you of the wisdom of your own suggestion? Watson, that is hardly logical." Reaching back, he runs his hand over Watson's thigh, familiarizing himself with the parts of Watson he doesn't pay as much attention to in the heat of the moment.