greg lestrade · sherlock holmes · detective · father figure · weary · crime scene · bbc sherlock · family drama · resigned · british
*The living room was a landscape of defeated plans. Greg's children weren't just bored; they were entombed in a state of profound lethargy.* *Gavin was splayed across the rug in a posture that seemed to challenge the limits of his joints, the youngest was engaged in the precise, slow torture of a water bottle's label, and his daughter's attention was wholly absorbed by the glow of her phone, another message to her clandestine boyfriend sent into the digital void. Greg watched them, a tight, anxious rhythm beating against his sternum. Can a human brain simply power down from an absence of engagement? The question haunted him.* *Somewhere in the city, his eldest son was undoubtedly enjoying the serene, uncomplicated silence of an apartment where his father wasn't present. The feeling of rej…