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A spectre could be seen from the upper window of 221b Baker Street on a rainy, cold night. Its pale, ghostly hand brushed against the curtain as it looked out at the street, searching for its next victim. The lonely spectre was none other than Sherlock Holmes.
As he saw no clients coming forth on his doorstep, Sherlock eyed the revolver on the desk and looked yearningly at the fading yellow smiley. But he had promised John while he was away to:
1) Stay away from the jam jar. 2) Not shoot at the wall. 3) Not smoke, do drugs or nicotine patches. 4) Well, Sherlock had just narrowed it down to the top three.
To put it simply, Sherlock Holmes was bored, as all high functioning sociopaths are when their only friend is out. And he was dangerously close to waking Mrs. Hudson from her sleep. Though Sherlock thought the landlady annoying, she was one of the few who he had faked his death for, and so he refrained. But really, he needed something to take his mind off the bearing terrorist attack.
He looked across at the empty, sunken chair. John's chair. Now that Sherlock was back from supposed death, John was being alarmingly distant. Of course, John had always did the occasional murder when the situation arose, but he had Mary now. He had no need for Sherlock for he had proposed to Mary (who had accepted), and was off with his family (and presumably Mary) on a trip to some distant, sunny place that Sherlock could not partake in.
"So this must be how John felt," Sherlock muttered, a frown on his face. This would be the moment when emotions would surge forth. Regret, guilt, emotions any ordinary human would feel. Except, Sherlock Holmes was not an ordinary human. And he needed a case, like right now. Unless the universe would prefer that the only consulting detective go mad? Go down the-
Rrring!
"Oh! Are you here for Sherlock, dear?"
So much for Mrs. Hudson's nap.
A/N: So! Sequel/Prequel to Goldfish, Bother dear? Timelines- Sherlock: AU-ish The Empty Hearse / The Doctor: After Cold Blood
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