The answer to this is to ship Sherlock/John/Mary. Duh.
Yeah, not a difficult concept. I happen to ship Sherlock/John/Mary as a V and Sherlock/John/Lestrade as a V and a triangle. C’mon, people, poly shipping is exciting!
(Source: sherlock--confessions)
Let me fix this problem for you: Mary/John/Sherlock. There, all fixed. You’re welcome.
I’m actually writing a story where Sherlock/John/Mary all-together is the ship. It starts out John-Mary and evolves into...
Yeah, not a difficult concept. I happen to ship Sherlock/John/Mary as a V and Sherlock/John/Lestrade as a V and a...
What is this John/Mary?
I’m not a shipper of John/Mary, but it’s canon and going to happen, so I’ll have to swallow down the Johnlock ouchies.