I am so so sorry for the long wait. School kind of got out of hand. It still is, but I chose to ignore it to finish this! So, as I promised on my Tumblr, here we go! Again, please withhold all flogging until the end of the fic.

Disclaimer: Sherlock is property of the BBC, Mark Gatiss, and Steven Moffat, life ruiners extraordinaire. I am making no profit from this work, and am just creating it for yours and my suffering enjoyment.

SEPTEMBER

[9/01]

[Outgoing Call] 3:26am

Outgoing: [3:28am] Dammit, Sherlock.
Outgoing: [3:30am] What are you playing at?
Outgoing: [3:31am] Why does your voicemail greeting have to be so... you?
Outgoing: [3:34am] I didn't leave your bed for two days after I heard your voice.
Outgoing: [3:35am] Still haven't left.

[Outgoing Call] 3:40am

Outgoing: [5:43am] Looks like I'm not sleeping again.

[Outgoing Call] 11:03am

Outgoing: [12:01pm] Please come home.
Outgoing: [10:56pm] Goodnight, Sherlock.
[9/04]
Outgoing: [10:06am] I keep thinking you're going to text me. Or call.
Outgoing: [10:08am] And last night I had a dream you walked right into the bedroom and slipped into bed with me.
Outgoing: [10:11am] And you kissed me.
Outgoing: [10:16am] You never would have done that. Kiss me, I mean.
Outgoing: [10:17am] I can actually see you crawling into bed with me. Be it for an experiment, or just because you needed the body heat next to you.
Outgoing: [10:18am] I wouldn't have minded.
Outgoing: [10:18am] Either option.
Outgoing: [7:36pm] Case today.
Outgoing: [7:36pm] Not much to go on yet.
Outgoing: [7:38pm] Just a missing persons. Something just felt off to Lestrade.

[Outgoing call] 11:02pm

[9/05]
Outgoing: [1:18am] Goodnight, Sherlock.
[9/07]
Outgoing: [7:19pm] Okay, Mycroft. I know full well you read these now.
Outgoing: [7:20pm] The car that delivered your package was a little too obvious.
Outgoing: [7:24pm] Maybe you wanted to be obvious. Of course you did. You only are if you're meant to be.
Outgoing: [7:30pm] Well fuck off, because I'm still going to text him.
Outgoing: [7:42pm] This is all I have left of him.
Outgoing: [7:58pm] Thank you for the tip...
[9/08]
Outgoing: [8:36am] Good morning.
Outgoing: [9:48pm] I met someone today.
Outgoing: [9:50pm] Her name is Mary.
Outgoing: [9:53pm] I met her at this secondhand bookstore I was in looking for a book connected to the one your brother sent me.
Outgoing: [9:54pm] She seems nice. Gave me her number.
Outgoing: [9:56pm] Don't know what she'd do with someone like me...
Outgoing: [10:02pm] Don't know what I'd do with someone like her.
Outgoing: [11:09pm] Goodnight.
[9/09]
Outgoing: [6:15pm] The missing man is a writer.
Outgoing: [6:16pm] Left incriminating messages about people in his earlier books.
Outgoing: [6:18pm] Not quite sure what it means yet.
[9/11]
Outgoing: [9:02am] I almost thought I had it.
Outgoing: [9:04am] I haven't slept since yesterday. Been up all night trying to connect the dots.
Outgoing: [9:07am] I have two of the people that are included in these messages. Very prominent business men.
Outgoing: [9:09am] Not sure about the other three. The most recent one is the book Mycroft delivered. Not even released yet. But our best suspect.
Outgoing: [9:13am] Just looking for a connection now.
Outgoing: [12:04pm] Got a call from Clara.
Outgoing: [12:05pm] Harry is doing real well.
Outgoing: [12:06pm] Clara thinks she's going to ask Harry to marry her again when she gets out in a couple weeks.
Outgoing: [12:07pm] That's fantastic, isn't it?
Outgoing: [12:08pm] You'd just sit there and hum. If you did at all.
Outgoing: [12:09pm] I think Harry is really turning around.
Outgoing: [12:11pm] I wish you could see. Even if you didn't care.
Outgoing: [10:34pm] Goodnight.
[9/13]
Outgoing: [2:43am] You'd have this figured out by now. You'd love it.
Outgoing: [2:44am] I haven't slept in three days. I really am turning into you.
Outgoing: [2:47am] Probably the dressing gown.
Outgoing: [3:02am] If only I could solve this case.
Outgoing: [3: 06am] Feel free to chip in, Mycroft, if you have any leads.

[Outgoing Call] 5:37am

Outgoing: [7:09pm] Figured out the third person. Had to go back for reference books.
Outgoing: [7:10pm] Saw Mary again. She works there.
Outgoing: [7:22pm] We're getting coffee on Sunday.
Outgoing: [7:35pm] She seems nice. I need some nice.
Outgoing: [7:36pm] I need a distraction. From you.
Outgoing: [7:49pm] Though I'd prefer if you'd just come back.
[9/14]
Outgoing: [2:17am] I miss you, Sherlock.
[9/15]
Outgoing: [8:33pm] Mary is... nice.
Outgoing: [8:35pm] She seems a little not my type. But I suppose I don't really know what that is anymore.
Outgoing: [8:36pm] But she was nice.
Outgoing: [8:40pm] Don't know what she saw in me.
Outgoing: [9:39pm] We're getting dinner Thursday night.
Outgoing: [10:04pm] What am I doing, Sherlock?
[9/16]
Outgoing: [3:18pm] Another tip on this SM guy. Looks like he might have been Moriarty's top man.
Outgoing: [3:19pm] He's in Scotland. We're headed there now.
Outgoing: [3:22pm] Hopefully this time we'll catch him.
Outgoing: [3:23pm] Told Mary I had to move dinner. For the case.
Outgoing: [3:24pm] She understood.
Outgoing: [4:06pm] I wish you were here to help us catch him.
Outgoing: [4:08pm] But I guess this one is for you, Sherlock.
Outgoing: [4:09pm] We catch him, and it's all over.
Outgoing: [4:12pm] Lestrade just asked who I keep texting.
Outgoing: [4:15pm] Wish I didn't have to lie.
[9/17]
Outgoing: [8:26pm] Spent most of the afternoon hiding in an abandoned factory.
Outgoing: [8:30pm] Some men working for this Moran guy, that's who SM is, were there.
Outgoing: [8:31pm] They're trying to figure out who is taking down Moriarty's web.
Outgoing: [8:32pm] I'd like to know too, so I'd stop thinking it was you.
Outgoing: [8:40pm] Don't know how long we'll be here in Scotland. Depends on if and how fast we catch Moran.
Outgoing: [9:46pm] We could use your help, you bastard.
[9/20]
Outgoing: [9:35am] He got away again.
Outgoing: [9:36am] Two days under cover and he still worked us out.
Outgoing: [9:38am] But we have a tail on him. So we'll know when he settles down again.
Outgoing: [9:40am] Mycroft came to help afterall.
Outgoing: [9:43am] Back to Baker Street until then.
Outgoing: [9:46am] You'd be furious. You'd want to go after Moran. I sort of do too.
Outgoing: [9:47am] I suppose that's the difference between you and me, though.
Outgoing: [9:50am] You'll go rushing off without help, and I prefer to stay here until we sort out our business.
Outgoing: [9:58am] You know I'd go rushing off after you though. You never did question that.
Outgoing: [2:14pm] Called Mary. We're getting dinner tomorrow.
Outgoing: [2:15pm] At least I'll have a story to tell her.
Outgoing: [2:16pm] Is it sad I almost wish you would ruin this date too?
Outgoing: [2:19pm] I'm sure somehow you will, despite everything.
[9/21]
Outgoing: [2:56am] Goodnight, Sherlock.
Outgoing: [1:06pm] Should I be nervous?
Outgoing: [1:07pm] It's just dinner.
Outgoing: [1:08pm] But I haven't been on a proper date in four years, thanks to you.
Outgoing: [1:08pm] It's just dinner.
Outgoing: [3:18pm] I guess Mrs. Hudson heard me pacing. Just brought up some tea and digestives.
Outgoing: [3:19pm] The tea helped.
Outgoing: [5:26pm] I think I'm expecting you to barge in and steal me away from my plans.
Outgoing: [5:27pm] That's why I can't sit still. I'm just waiting for it.
Outgoing: [5:27pm] But it won't happen.
Outgoing: [6:15pm] Well, here goes.
Outgoing: [11:35pm] It went better than expected.
Outgoing: [11:36pm] I didn't even see you there.
Outgoing: [11:38pm] She thinks being a consultant for the Yard is interesting.
Outgoing: [11:41pm] I don't think she sees the danger in it.
Outgoing: [11:48pm] She already knew all about you. Wasn't sure what to believe.
Outgoing: [11:49pm] But I told her you weren't a fraud. She at least knows that now. I think.
Outgoing: [11:52pm] I think I want to see her again. I was too busy focusing on her to...
Outgoing: [11:56pm] Yeah, I think I'll see her again.
Outgoing: [11:59pm] Goodnight, Sherlock.
[9/23]
Outgoing: [2:14pm] Lunch with Lestrade. Discussing this Moran guy.
Outgoing: [2:15pm] He's a soldier. Sniper. Sharp shot. Deadly.
Outgoing: [2:18pm] Can see why Moriarty liked this guy.
Outgoing: [2:22pm] Are you at the food cart on the corner?
Outgoing: [2:23pm] Could be you. If you were ginger. That'd be a laugh.
Outgoing: [2:39pm] I can tell Lestrade I'm texting Mary instead of hiding it. I don't know if that's good or if I should worry about myself.
[9/24]
Outgoing: [8:18am] Good morning. Working on that book case again, if there's anything to come of it.
Incoming: [8:18am] Moran is moving west. And quickly.
Outgoing: [8:26am] Sherlock?

[Outgoing Call] 8:31am

Outgoing: [8:36am] Sherlock, I swear to god...
Incoming: [8:38am] I will keep my tail on him as best as possible. Don't make any move with the police until I say so.

[Outgoing Call] 8:40am

Incoming: [8:41am] Don't bother calling. Texting is safer for all involved.
Outgoing: [8:45am] Mycroft. Just what are you playing at using his phone?
Outgoing: [8:46am] I have half a mind to march into that little club of yours and punch you.
Incoming: [8:47am] I'm sorry John, but it is for the best. Sherlock is thought to be dead, no one would be checking his phone.
Incoming: [8:48am] Safer.
Outgoing: [8:52am] Could have... told me.
Outgoing: [9:16am] Fuck you.
[9/26]
Outgoing: [11:18pm] Haven't slept since fucking Mycroft began using your phone to give me heart attacks.
Outgoing: [11:19pm] I don't care that he can read these.
Outgoing: [11:24pm] His help is great, but it's nothing compared to what you could be doing.
Outgoing: [11:30pm] But of course, we wouldn't be in this mess if you were here.
Outgoing: [11:32pm] Some other mess, I'm sure, though.
[9/27]
Outgoing: [1:18am] Spice and tea and chemicals.
Outgoing: [1:19am] Goodnight, Sherlock.
[9/29]
Outgoing: [7:28pm] Saw Mary again today.
Outgoing: [7:31pm] Discovered we both love curried chicken.
Outgoing: [7:32pm] It's nice not having to force feed someone
Outgoing: [7:36pm] Could never have her over to the flat, not with the state you left it in...

I'm sorry to disappoint anyone hoping for a reunion. Keep in mind that this is all strictly phone/text based so any sort of reunion would be lost on you guys anyway, and kind of cut this short. There's still more to come. :3