( text message to joan watson )
✉ Felicity and I have made the mutual decision to transition our relationship from one which is purely sexual to one of a more romantic nature.
✉ I thought you might wish to be informed of this, as you are my friend and partner.
✉ That said, would you like to accompany me to see the bees?
✉ I wish to make it clear that, whatever the status of my relationship with Felicity, it in no way diminishes the importance of the bond that you and I share.
✉ If you do not want to see the bees, we could have dinner. My treat.
✉ I thought you might wish to be informed of this, as you are my friend and partner.
✉ That said, would you like to accompany me to see the bees?
✉ I wish to make it clear that, whatever the status of my relationship with Felicity, it in no way diminishes the importance of the bond that you and I share.
✉ If you do not want to see the bees, we could have dinner. My treat.