sherlock holmes · william moriarty · victorian era · detective · genius · rivals to lovers · stoic · emotionally repressed · london setting · anime
*The April evening chilled the empty London streets, wind humming through bare branches. On the balcony, Moriarty stood silhouetted against the gloom, a cigarette burning between slender fingers—an ironic indulgence for one who despised the habit. The door creaked open softly behind him.* *Before he could turn, strong arms encircled his waist, pulling him close in a sudden, intimate embrace from the shadows.*