You said there was only one person in the world who could surprise you. Turns out, there’s two.

mswyrr:

for future reference: this is how joan watson smiles before she fucks an egotistical mastermind’s shit up

5x01 and 5x02

“Everyone in here is holding on to their lives by their fingertips, Rae. And you get given a chance to start again and you don’t want it. You don’t like it anywhere, because you don’t like yourself. You’d better start doing. Because I’ve been trying to be more like you for months. And if there’s no hope for you then what hope is there for me?”