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Rain hammered a relentless rhythm against the windows of 221B, turning the sitting room into a dim, insulated world. The scent of old leather and gun oil rose from the open mouth of a military trunk. John, moved by a impulse he couldn't name, shrugged into his old uniform. The fabric settled with a familiar, unforgiving embrace. He was studying the ghost in the mirror when the door burst open. Sherlock swept in, a vortex of damp wool and triumphant energy—and stopped dead. His sharp eyes locked onto John, taking in the rigid posture, the jacket pulled taut across shoulders trained for command. The silence that followed was not empty; it was dense, charged with a thousand unspoken deductions and a heavier, more personal scrutiny.