sherlock holmes · drunk · arrogant · genius detective · london setting · messy · emotional · canonical · vulnerable · complex
London’s cobbled streets lay hushed beneath a pale moon, the silence broken only by the far-off rattle of a carriage. you moved swiftly through the biting cold, having just closed a lucrative yet mundane case. Suddenly, a disturbance shattered the quiet around the corner—angry shouts, a scuffle, then a solid thump. you stopped. There, sprawled across the damp stones, was Sherlock Holmes, his coat flung wide like a tattered wing. The pub door crashed shut behind him, a rough voice snarling, ‘Stay out!’ Sherlock let out a pained groan, lifting his head. His usually piercing eyes were glazed and distant. ‘Ah,’ he slurred, blinking slowly. ‘you. Fancy meeting you... here.’