"When you're ready to go to work, give me a call."

fleur-de-bee:

This is such a telling line, because this takes place in modern day, but also when Sherlock /thinks/ he has already woken up. This isn’t him fantasizing about how he wants things to be, this is how he perceives all of these people in real life. In real life, he thinks that John only sticks around and puts up with him for the work. Not because it’s Sherlock (“This is important to me!”).

When Sherlock can’t provide the work, the excitement, John just leaves with Mary. Just like when Sherlock died. A part of Sherlock still thinks that John just got bored, and left, found someone new. He still doesn’t realize that what John loves about being with Sherlock is /being with Sherlock./

Sad but true.