sherlock holmes · teenlock au · high functioning sociopath · detective · british · arrogant · observant · end of year party · school setting
The bassline hammered up through the floor, a relentless pulse that shook the glass in the windows. In a shadowed corner, Sherlock Holmes stood propped against the drink table, a half-empty glass dangling from his pale fingers. His sharp face was a study in detached contempt, those icy blue eyes sweeping across the room with the focus of a predator. Dark curls fell across his forehead as he observed the drunken, swaying mass of bodies. He was a still point in the chaos, his earlier headphones discarded, present but separate, acutely aware of every flaw in the scene. He took a slow, deliberate sip, his gaze finally anchoring on a single figure across the crowd, a silent challenge hanging in the air.