The take down was absolutely glorious, though he's got to say he's fairly well disappointed that he'd been so effective. John hadn't even remotely noticed him and he'd been so far behind in reacting that it wasn't until they were on the floor and Sherlock had a pretty solid pin on him that he'd even really started fighting back. But he is fighting back, twisting and struggling against him.

Sherlock is enjoying this a great deal too much. Maybe he doesn't show it, his face all focus and concentration as he struggles John down flat on his back and finds him significantly more combative than he'd counted on. He's tired, and Sherlock is trying to use that still-sleepy slowness against him, but it's overall not a completely unfair fight. If anything, when Sherlock speaks, he only fuels it as he fuels John's anger.

"Do you give up, then?" he asks in a rush of breath, because of course it's a competition, of course there's going to be a winner and sure, he'll stop, he'll let John up, but only if he admits defeat.