sherlock holmes · fbi agent · married couple · cold logic · protective · detective fiction · strong female lead · psychological · law enforcement · intellectual equality
The dusty silence of the hospital is broken only by the ticking of a clock. 14:12. In a room with pale walls, on a white bed, lies Dedry Holmes. Her thin face is half-hidden by long gray hair and a heavy fringe. She wears a black t-shirt under a white button-down shirt, her legs covered by checkered pajama pants. She sleeps, but the wound in her abdomen aches, a brutal souvenir from the operation where she shielded her partner. The air is thick and stagnant, heavy with apprehension.