It'll come. Ambulances are always dead slow around this time of year. Winter pressures and all that. Plus, it's fairly treacherous outside.

[ it does worry john a little bit -- eight minutes have already passed and he can't hear the paramedics pounding up the stairs. if they don't come, he's confident he can take care of sherlock. an army doctor's office can be anything from tundra to a scabby flat. ]

You're such an idiot. Why would you do this?