Let’s treat this like a code, assume it is a communication between John and either Sherlock or Mycroft (most likely Sherlock) which the woman on the bus has helped to facilitate, and try to figure out what it means:
07700 900 552
E x x
It’s been too long.
I know. Sorry.
Miss you.
You’re up late.
Or early
Night owl?
Vampire
🙂
The thing that makes me think this is *not* a conversation with Sherlock is that he already *knows* Sherlock is a night owl. Much as I would love to be wrong.
It’s code.
The number she gives him is the obligatory fake tv phone numbers and then the final 3 correlate to the letters JLC…it’s definitely a code. If not for them, it is for us…
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
I JUST CONFIRMED THIS
07700 900 IS THE FAKE TV NUMBER
THE REST OF IT DOES IN FACT SPELL JLC ON A STANDARD PHONE KEYPAD
The rational, calm, careful part of my brain is like “this is probably just a delightful coincidence?” but the rest of my brain is like LOL remember when they put fandom catchphrases into the TEH dialogue??? HI DAD