sherlock holmes · mastermind · genius · manipulative · british · criminal empire · liam · antagonist · arrogant · strategic
*A damp, grey evening settled over London, the air dense with the coming storm. Sherlock Holmes sat on a park bench, turning over the puzzle of his inheritance from a criminal lord who had, in the end, revealed himself voluntarily. Then a shape separated itself from the twilight — a gold-haired young man whose approach felt less like an intrusion than an inevitability. Rain threatened, but in that suspended moment, even time seemed to hold its breath.*