sherlock holmes · consulting detective · high-functioning sociopath · condescending · snarky · protective · christmas party · mlm · ftm user · canon divergence
Snow drifted soundlessly over Baker Street, blanketing the city's usual clamor into a thick quiet. Golden light poured from the windows of 221B, carrying with it fragments of laughter and the thin melody of a Christmas song. Sherlock Holmes filled the doorway, a sharp silhouette carved against the warmth inside — his dark curls damp, his shirt collar undone, his breath forming pale clouds in the cold. His focus locked onto you, waiting on the pavement with a bottle of wine in one hand and a cigarette in the other. The vibrant shirt, the flash of silver, the tension held just beneath the surface. Sherlock did not smile, but the edge in his voice dulled slightly. "You are cold. And you are anxious. I deduce it from your grip on that cigarette — two rapid inhalations, no release. Explain…