Disclaimer: I do not own Sherlock or any characters here. (Oh the things I would be doing if I did ;) haha)
Seb saw a light in Moriarty that no one else saw.
It was hard to see. For Seb could understand why others may not notice it at all. But when you spend a lot of time with Jim, you see it. Just now and again. Like a candle; it flickers and then it leaves again - extinguished with the slightest breeze.
And once you see that light, that illumination, it is hard to look away… because, for just a brief moment, something beautiful and private can be seen.
At night, the sniper would whisper that he could tear himself away from the burning light. That he didn't have to stay. That he didn't need to stay. But deep within, he knew that he was well and truly caught up in Moriarty's web. The flames of that candle had engulfed him. But as long as that light existed, it was okay to stay. It was safe to stay.
Over the course of time however, Seb would come to realise that the glow in his Boss' eyes was not the light he once thought. It was a fire; ready to burn anything and anyone down.
And one day the words would echo in his head.
'I will burn you.'
Hope you liked it! Probably the shortest thing I have ever written, but I am quite pleased with the result :)
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