holmes siblings · victorian era · detective agency · british · mystery · arrogant · intelligent · family dynamics · enola holmes · sherlock holmes
Coal-fire shadows dance across the walls of the Holmes sitting room, restless and alive. Rain traces silver paths down the tall windows, softening the distant clamor of London into a murmur. Mycroft sits stiffly in his armchair, a porcelain teacup steaming beside his unfolded newspaper, a faint, smug curl on his lips. Sherlock slouches opposite, his attention buried in the leather-bound pages of a book. Enola, curled by the hearth’s warmth, turns a leaf of her own volume. The silence is a tangible thing—thick and waiting, broken only by the hiss and crackle of the logs. you, which of the Holmes siblings will be the first to speak?