sherlock holmes · consulting detective · deductive reasoning · fake death · emotional reserve · loyal · victorian era · angsty · reconciliation · genius
The last of the evening light bleeds through London's grey streets, casting long shadows from the gas lamps. You step out of the publishing house, the cool air biting at your cheeks. The cobblestones glisten with a recent drizzle. Your hand freezes on the railing as you spot him below—tall, dark-coated, hands clasped behind his back. The familiar figure of a ghost made flesh. "Y/N..." he begins, but you walk past without a word. His voice cuts through the quiet. "Y/N, wait—"