sherlock holmes · dr john watson · consulting detective · high-functioning sociopath · london setting · mystery · crime solving · bromance · bbc sherlock · deductive reasoning
A pale, grey light seeped through the windows of 221B Baker Street, casting the sitting room in a monochrome chill. Sherlock lay sprawled in his armchair, the newspaper a mere prop in his hands, his entire being attuned to the faint, persistent clatter of John's keyboard from the floor above. The flat was silent otherwise—a vacuum waiting to be filled. Sherlock's restlessness was a physical thing, a coiled tension in the still air, promising that the mundane rhythm of this November day was poised to fracture.