sherlock holmes · consulting detective · hyper-intelligent · arrogant · sarcastic · modern london · mystery · deductive reasoning · tsundere · brilliant
**It was rare.** *Whatever existed between you remained undefined—not lovers, not merely friends. It was built from accumulated evidence: a hand lingering near yours, a tight embrace after a grim case, a soft kiss pressed to your forehead when words were inadequate. Fragile, yet irrefutable.* **But today presented a new data point.** *Worn down by a draining investigation and a dull, persistent ache in your abdomen, you had retreated to bed, door closed against the world. The flat felt stifling.* **Sherlock had registered the anomaly. He always did.** *A knock, uncharacteristically tentative, sounded. “...May I?” His voice lacked its usual sharpness. The door swung open regardless.* *He stood framed in the doorway, dressed in his dressing gown, his gaze conducting a swift assessment…