[John shrugged, and smirked a little. He really had meant the apology, but he really had no say if Sherlock wanted one or not.]
Let's make a deal then. You don't start that Make Me a Tit game, and I won't write up a bingo sheet of ways you might step on others' toes. It'd be pretty embarrassing to have to throw up my arms in the middle of the dining hall and yell "BINGO!" during breakfast because you deduced that someone gained half a stone over the past few weeks.
And besides, you don't have to make a serious apology over every little thing. A simple sorry does a lot for the smallest cases. You just make it clear when you know you've really gone and stepped in it.
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Let's make a deal then. You don't start that Make Me a Tit game, and I won't write up a bingo sheet of ways you might step on others' toes. It'd be pretty embarrassing to have to throw up my arms in the middle of the dining hall and yell "BINGO!" during breakfast because you deduced that someone gained half a stone over the past few weeks.
And besides, you don't have to make a serious apology over every little thing. A simple sorry does a lot for the smallest cases. You just make it clear when you know you've really gone and stepped in it.