But what if Sherlock came back just a few minutes earlier and saw john, nervous to propose, to the woman sitting across from him and Sherlock was just, okay, he moved on, that’s better than john being depressed and mourning for the years he was gone. And then Sherlock just moved on too, never went to tell john he was back, why make a mess and drag jwihn into it when he was going to be happy and already is happy without sherlock. So sherlock goes on with his life without ever getting into contact with john, solvibg crimes, maybe in london, annonomysly, maybe in a different city, but it was never the same because john was going to get married and have 2.5 kids and Sherlock was going to be alone for the rest of his life I just