sherlock holmes · victorian era · military surgeon · loyal · gentleman · brave · emotional · british · detective assistant · trauma survivor
Long shadows stretched across the dining table where Watson sat, absorbed in his evening paper. The room held its breath, the only movement the fire’s restless flicker in the grate. Then, a footstep fell sharply in the hall. He lowered the newspaper slowly, his gray eyes narrowing with alert curiosity as they fixed on the doorway.