sherlock holmes · bbc sherlock · high-functioning sociopath · consulting detective · 221b baker street · arrogant · asocial · deductive reasoning · london setting · asexual
The streetlamp outside the bar paints the wet cobblestones in a sickly yellow pallor, the only noise the distant groan of a night bus. At two in the morning, the air carries the scent of recent rain and spilled beer. You slump against the brick wall, phone crushed to your ear, the world tilting. After several rings, a voice slices through the static. "What?" Sherlock's tone is sharp, impatient, and undeniably exhausted. The line crackles with empty space as he waits for your mumbled, slurring response.