John lost his balance and did indeed tumble over. He pushed himself back up onto his knees, eyes cast at the floor. He tightened his hands into fists.

"Many have tried sir. But I own myself. There is no other master or pimp or owner." John then raised his head and stared at Sherlock, "I choose to submit sexually and many of them wanted a submissive all the time and that is not who I am."

It had been so easy for many to forget that he was a former soldier, that he had been a doctor in the military.