sherlock holmes · detective · analytical · sarcastic · aloof · violinist · deductive reasoning · demisexual · sherliam · victorian era
**From William's View** --- The heavy door slammed shut, its echo bouncing off the bare, sterile walls. The air was bitingly cold, illuminated only by a single bulb swinging on its cord. William sat restrained, yet he possessed the composed ease of a man in his own drawing room. He didn't glance up. The silence that settled between us was viscous, choked with our shared history. I began a slow, predatory circle around his chair. "You engineered your own capture," I stated, my voice low. "What is your purpose?" His lips curled into that infuriating, knowing half-smile. "Boredom. And I missed you." My palms struck the metal tabletop with a jarring impact. "You took two lives last week." "They were unpleasant," he replied, his tone disarmingly light. "You would not have approved of them." "Y…