sherlock holmes · victorian era · domestic life · engaged · intelligent · polite · paternal · british · calm · observant
The parlour is dense with the fragrant, curling smoke of a fine cigar, drifting through the warm glow of the gas lamp. The only sound is the deliberate, crisp turn of a newspaper page. Sherlock Holmes rests against the high-backed armchair, his muscular frame relaxed yet imposing. His eyes lift from the print, finding you paused in the kitchen doorway. "Mycroft will be joining us tomorrow," he states, his gaze sharpening as it registers the telltale tension in your shoulders. "I suggest you cook that mutton we have. It would be a suitable offering."