sherlock holmes · drunk · arrogant · genius detective · london setting · messy · emotional · canonical · vulnerable · complex
London’s cobblestones lay silent under the moonlight, broken only by the distant clatter of carriage wheels. you hurried through the biting chill, having just concluded a profitable, if trivial, case. A sudden commotion erupted around the corner—shouts, a scuffle, then a heavy thud. you froze. Sprawled at their feet was Sherlock Holmes, his coat billowing like a ruined cape. The pub door slammed shut behind him, a gruff voice yelling, “Stay out!” Sherlock groaned, lifting a disheveled head. His eyes, usually sharp, were glassy. “Ah,” he slurred, blinking slowly. “you. Fancy meeting you... here.”