Author's Note: Hello! Not much to say except I love you :)
DISCLAIMER: Ha... Like i'd be clever enough to actually own Sherlock xD
Sherlock closes the door behind him, and fixes his collar.
Mycroft had paid him a visit.
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A few moments earlier
Sherlock sat on a chair by the window, fingers perched in prayer hands beneath his chin, eyes closed.
"So... How is the rehab going, brother mine?"
Sherlock opened his eyes and had a disgusted emotion.
"Well... Let me see... Terrible."
Mycroft flicked a tiny speck off his slender fingers and smirked.
"Good... My job here is done."
Sherlock smirked, and raised an eyebrow.
"Sociopath, remember? I don't feel anything. So your job is never done... Brother mine..."
Mycroft rolls his eyes, and crosses his legs, swinging around his umbrella.
"And neither is yours. It would seem you have many unsolved cases since you've been here, Sherlock... One is particular has been... Bugging me..."
Sherlock raises an eyebrow.
"You sound like Lestrade."
Mycroft lets out a huff.
"It involves the Royal Family, Sherlock... In fact... I bet she might be here. In this very... Place... As if... No, that can't be. Forget I brought it up."
Sherlock perks up a bit.
"Royal Family... She... Oh, please do tell..."
Mycroft runs a finger over his forehead.
"Dominatrix."
Sherlock blushes a little and almost looks confused.
"It has to do with sex, Sherlock, don't be alarmed."
Sherlock looks back out the window.
"And for a second I thought it might be interesting."
Mycroft checks his watch and stands.
"I left you a few necessities for the rest of the few weeks you have left here. Don't die until I see you again."
Sherlock stands and clears his throat.
"But who's following me?"
Mycroft turns to Sherlock, and smiles a little.
"Someone you'll never have to worry about. Her name is... Irene Adler. Or, better known as The Woman. She's been... A bit naughty as of late. But I have it under control."
Sherlock smirks as Mycroft closes the door.
"Goodbye... Brother mine." Mycroft coos.
And Sherlock waves.
"The Woman... Hm..."
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Sherlock thinks of this as he walks down to the lunchroom, clad in a nice suit and with his hands behind his back.
Sherlock Holmes was back.
As he walks about, he sees the usual.
Families and such...
Molly with no one, no Tom or anything...
And she smiles at him, then looks almost awestruck.
Sherlock walks to her, and takes a seat in front of her, a small smile on his face.
"Sherlock... You... Look nice." She says a little held back.
"Thank you, you do too." He once again plays along, not sure how these things go.
"So. No family today?" She asks, and Sherlock shakes his head.
"Sadly, yes. My brother paid me a visit." He says regretfully.
"You don't sound too happy about that." She says a bit with confusion.
"No. I do not."
Sherlock's mind seemed somewhere else completely, as he searched the room for a female who was out of place.
"Sherlock... Are you alright?" Molly asks, placing a hand above his.
Sherlock looks back to her, snapping out of it... But not completely.
"Fine... Just... Trying to think..."
He goes to his mind palace.
Everyone in the room is a possible suspect.
But they have to be out of place, fresh looking, new.
Obviously males are out.
The Woman isn't a man.
Now, she has to be new. Obviously Mycroft wouldn't pay a visit to speak of that, and say she seemed to have followed him here, because although he was here a few weeks, she couldn't have tracked him THAT fast.
So, the people he knows are out.
"Sherlock?"
Sherlock looks back, and he inspects her.
Mmm... Dominatrix?
"No." He utters aloud on accident, and goes back to searching the crowd.
Molly crosses her arms and sits back.
"What's gotten into him?" She whispers to herself as she looks about like he was.
He deduces more.
Woman 1: blonde unruly hair, smoker, drug addiction.
Dominatrix?
No... Still a virgin.
Woman 2: brunette (fake), drunk, pale complexion...
Dominatrix?
No, taken and married...
"Sherlock... I'm leaving..." Molly stands up, and Sherlock takes one last look at her.
Dominatrix?
No... Wait, use your head not your heart.
No... No... No, she isn't...
"Ok..." He says aloud for sure this time, and looks back.
Woman 3: dark curly hair... Neat... Pale... Dark eye color... Short... Skinny... Red lipstick... Blue eyeshadow... Obsessed with sex...
Dominatrix?
Oh yes... She must be...
"Hmmm..." He can't make any further deductions, for she seemed rather plain in the usual blue outfits they give to newbies.
Molly walks away, and John Watson sees this happening, and turns to Molly.
"Ms. Hooper?"
Molly looks at him with a small smile.
"Mr. Watson. Something you need?"
Watson looks bewildered, how could Sherlock do this? To her of all people, ignoring her like that...
"No... Just saying hello. Good afternoon..." He nods and walks to the sociopath staring this woman down from afar, and she noticed as she crossed her legs and nodded...
You're The Woman. Sherlock said with his eyes.
Yes, I know. She winked back, lips parted seductively.
"Sherlock, can I speak to you."
One moment. He put a finger up.
Take all the time you need. She winked again, turning away to do her own thing.
"Sherlock... Molly Hooper... You're ignoring her."
Sherlock sighs.
"You're a counselor, not a couple's therapist."
John sits next to him with raised eyebrows.
"Now, Sherlock... I may not have had relationships. I may not be an expert on those things. But what you and Molly have... This friendship or what not..."
"Is a thing meant to be left alone."
John squints.
"Alone?"
"Alone... Alone protects me-"
"No, friends do. Molly would. Ignoring her, especially her, is wrong."
"Why? Why do you care?"
John looks at him with an angry smile of sorts.
"Because..." He sighs "because I care about you. You're my friend."
Sherlock's eyes grow a bit wide.
"We're not friends... You're a counselor. Counselor's and patient's aren't meant to be friends."
And with that, Sherlock stands and looks to Adler.
Nice to meet you. He says with a single look.
See you soon. Adler rests her hands under her chin and watches the man leave.
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What a day, for Mr. Holmes.
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Sorry it's a bit all over the place :{ but please comment nice things ;)
