Truthfully?

I doubt that was Sherlock’s real reason for not telling John.

Considering that John has successfully kept the secrets of lords and queens and the British Secret Service in his time with Sherlock, I really do find it unlikely that he would actually blab.  But honestly I think that Sherlock saw John mourning him at the grave, and thought, “I know what I’ll do, I’ll come back when I’m done and surprise him and impress the hell out of him by granting his seemingly impossible wish.  That’ll be awesome!”

And then two years later he turned up in a fancy restaurant and realized that he had vastly miscalculated. 

That really sounds more like Sherlock, doesn’t it?

But all I have to base that on is a thoughtful downcast look, a clueless conversation with Mycroft, and an expression of dawning horror when faced with John’s busted-up rage.  So, really it’s headcanon.

He was taking a holiday, though, in a Sherlock way.  I mean, most people would go to the beach.  Sherlock globe-trots and joyfully risks his life tangling with crazed Serbian crime lords.

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