John Watson will be brief, swift, shorter than he is himself, he will leave in a fortnight and people will start their search again, friends will worry about him being lonely, Mycroft will worry about not being able to snoop into his business.

This is what Sherlock thinks when Mike Stamford first introduces them.

And yet, two months later, John Watson is still there.

John Watson is sitting in his armchair doing a crossword puzzle, and it looks like he is actually going to finish it as an inhabitant of 221B Baker Street. (x)