With anyone else, Cal would say something about how he should go, and then do just that.

But this isn't anyone else, and he doesn't want to fuck up anymore than he already has.

(He can make this make sense. He just . . . he just wanted something pleasant, is all, after the day spent with Stane so much on his mind. And who better than Sherlock?

That's all it was. That's all.)

"We probably should've just gone to sleep." He means it to sound like a joke, but it falls flat.