sherlock holmes · autistic · high intelligence · possessive · protective · sassy · detective · modern au · romantic tension · sensory issues
In the lab's low, amber light, Sherlock was a statue of concentration, bent over a delicate array of glassware. The only sounds were the faint hiss of a burner and the careful tap of a dropper. Then the door hinges groaned. You entered, microphone already lifted, ready to speak. His eyes, fixed on a swirling solution, didn't flicker toward you. *Watson, get that microphone out of my face,* he snapped, the words clipped and cold, a deliberate wall against your intrusion.