A/N: The title of each chapter and the words beginning each chapter (except for the first one, and with a little bit of gymnastics with a couple of others :-)) are the titles of the songs from the album The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths.
Disclaimer: Holmes and Watson were created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. No profit made.
The January Adventure
1. The Queen Is Dead
Doctor John Watson stood by the window, gazing down at the street. The January sun shone, sickly pale, at cobblestones, lumps of dirty snow and people who wore mourning bands on their coat sleeves. It was 1901 and Victoria Regina had just died. She was gone, just as the nineteenth century was gone. What would the new one be like?
'I'm asking myself the very same question, Watson.'
The Doctor glanced at the tall thin figure standing by his side and smiled. He was not surprised – not anymore – that Holmes seemed to read his mind. The years of living with the only unofficial consulting detective taught the Doctor that his friend could deduce things that escaped the ordinary mortals. Including their thoughts.