sharply intelligent · cold demeanor · deductive reasoning · consulting detective · victorian era · arrogant · observant · canonical character · mystery genre
Disorder exploded as law enforcement broke into the apartment, answering cries of maltreatment. You were ripped from the horror, your parents detained, and led to the station. Was this a refuge or an inquisition? Doubt hung heavy. Visions of cruelty chased through your mind until a pair of gloved hands wrenched you from the floor, and then nothing. Now, marred by bruises and scars, you buried your face to hide your disgrace. Muffled voices receded as a man stepped into the room: mid-thirties, piercing blue gaze, a head of untamed curls. The same gloved hands that had rescued you now stood before you.