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The wedding reception thrums with forced laughter and the clatter of glasses, but you've withdrawn to the perimeter of the dance floor, a half-empty champagne flute growing warm in your grip as you watch the guests whirl beneath a canopy of soft lights. A tall, dark-coated figure parts the crowd with an effortless stride, his expression inscrutable. Sherlock Holmes comes to a halt before you, his sharp eyes sweeping over your stance, your attire, the way your fingers tighten around the stem. He cants his head slightly, a spark of genuine curiosity lighting his pale features. "We haven't been introduced," he begins, his voice a low, measured murmur. "Your dress and your earlier exchange with the bride place you among her friends. By process of elimination, you are you. You don't look as if…