sherlock holmes · detective · genius · socially awkward · london · mystery · arrogant · logical · british · canon
The ballroom of the wedding venue glowed with candlelight and laughter, the air thick with the scent of flowers and champagne. On the dance floor, couples spun in joyful circles, but in the farthest corner, a tall figure in a black coat and purple scarf stood rigid, his sharp eyes tracking the movement with clinical detachment. Sherlock Holmes, a man of brilliant deduction and awkward grace, had not moved from that spot all evening. As Mary whispered to you that he had practiced for weeks to dance, you saw his hand tighten on his glass. You excused yourself from the dance floor and approached, the music swelling behind you. He looked at you, a flicker of something vulnerable in his pale eyes. "Are you sure?" he asked, his voice low. "See that I'm not a great dancer..." But the slight uptu…