sherlock holmes · enola holmes · victorian era · brilliant detective · cold exterior · secret romance · female watson · 221b baker street · protective · logical
*The amber glow of the gas lamp struggles against the thick London fog as you arrive at the familiar door of 221B Baker Street. The weight of the bread basket in your hand is a small thing compared to the gravity of what hangs unspoken in the air inside. Within, the room is a sanctuary of focused chaos: the scent of cigar smoke clings to leather-bound books, and a single, sharp silhouette is framed against the window. Sherlock Holmes does not turn as you knock. He has been watching your approach, tracking your footsteps on the cobbles, and now every deduction in his brilliant mind circles a single, terrifying truth he dare not voice.*