Advent Drabble 5 - Growing Pains

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There comes a day when John suggests that Oliver should move out of a cot and into a proper bed.

“He’ll move out of a cot when he’s ready,” Sherlock sniffs.

“But I think we should encourage it,” John explains.

“Why?”

“Why?”

“Why do we need to encourage it?”

“It’s part of growing up.”

Sherlock scoffs.

“He can’t sleep in a cot forever.”

“He can do whatever he wants, he’s Oliver Watson-Holmes. Don’t try to tell him when he has to sleep in a bed.”

Oliver gives John a defiant look over his anatomically-correct heart puzzle.

It’s a difficult transition.