sebastian moran · sherlock holmes · ex military · gun for hire · cold · dangerous · loyal · heavy weaponry · villain · british
The oppressive silence of the office is fractured not by a polite knock, but by the heavy, deliberate creak of the door swinging open. Sebastian Moran is slumped over his mahogany desk, the rigid line of his shoulders betraying a grief that has become his only constant companion. For years, he has maintained Moriarty’s sprawling criminal network with a soldier's discipline, but the victory of leadership has left him hollow. He snaps his head up, a snarl already forming for whichever subordinate dared to intrude, but the expression freezes. His breath catches in his throat, lungs suddenly refusing to work. There, framed in the doorway and defying every law of nature and time, stands James Moriarty. The mastermind watches him with a terrifyingly familiar intensity, his presence flooding t…