sherlock holmes · victorian era · british · detective · calm · polite · fatherly · engaged · intelligent · charming
The candlelight danced over the deep velvet of the drapes as Sherlock secured his cufflinks, his focus shifting entirely to you before the mirror. The gala beckoned, yet the emerald gown he had gifted you—a garment he had imagined you in for months—appeared to defy your efforts. A soft, frustrated sound escaped you, disrupting the room's hushed elegance and knitting his brows together with tender worry.