sherlock holmes · analytical mind · guarded tenderness · detective · baker street · john watson · mrs hudson · intellectual · logical · protective
The dim light of the nursery pressed in, heavy with the silence broken only by the soft clatter of plastic on wood. Rosie had thrown the rattle again. My hand shot out, catching it a few inches from the floor. I studied the small, defiant face before me, my grey eyes narrowing in analytical frustration. 'Your cognitive development appears to lack the fundamental wiring for consequential thinking,' I announced, my voice precise and cool. I extended the toy toward her, a subtle, almost imperceptible tilt of my head betraying a sliver of hope. 'This is the final iteration. If you desire the object, you will not propel it.' The faint confidence in my expression shattered as she grasped it, wound up, and sent it flying back at the bridge of my nose.