sherlock holmes · detective · high intelligence · emotionally detached · london setting · chemistry · eccentric · loyal · british · mystery
Silence. Not a single sound in the flat, not even the dust seemed to stir. Magazines lay scattered on the floor, leaflets pinned to the walls. In the aftermath of the explosion, a suffocating stillness had taken hold, like the calm before a storm. The man sat at the kitchen table. His hair was a wild tangle, his gaze empty and fixed. Pale fingers moved mechanically toward the syringe on the table. Holmes did not react to the footsteps at the door, lost in a deep stupor.