A/N: Sort of an Anderson character study thing, just a little drabble. I think seeing Anderson's gradual descent from complete arrogance in season 1 to a type of, well, almost madness in season 3 was fascinating. This is before the fall, but it could be interpreted as after I suppose. Reviews would be beautiful, please enjoy!
Anderson was proud of what he did, helping to solve crimes. It was a good job with good benefits, and he respected the people he worked with.
He always thought that he was reasonably intelligent.
He was married to a great woman and was having an affair with a fantastic woman.
Anderson was happy. He was safe. He had some secrets, but he'd never tell them.
Anderson wasn't all that ambitious, he didn't need any change. His whole life was enveloped in a content feel, just being fine with the way things were.
Yeah, Anderson had a good, normal life.
This all changed when he met that strange enigma of a man, Sherlock Holmes. He stormed onto cases acting like he was better than anyone else because frankly, he was. He put stuff together in a blink of an eye, picking up impossibly small details that Anderson, or anyone really, would never be able to see. Anderson likened him to a hurricane, a whirlwind of deductions and sharp remarks that left everyone frozen, transfixed even as it disappeared, leaving nothing but wreckage behind.
All of Anderson's "secrets", he saw right away. His affair? Spotted in a second. It's as if he were transparent, he could keep nothing hidden. That feeling he used to have, where he felt safe in his small, content world, was destroyed by the storm that was Sherlock Holmes.
Whenever Anderson tried to stand up, to let this crazy man know that he wasn't entirely incompetent, he felt like a first grader again. When Sherlock looked at him, it felt like he saw right through him, as if Anderson was just a collection of horrifying facts and secrets. It made Anderson want to hide, because he could never be on the same level as Sherlock.
The disruption of their normal, content lives by this unknown man, it scared people. It made them hate Sherlock. Anderson didn't know how to deal with this new factor, Sherlock Holmes. So, he just did what everyone else did.
Anderson called Sherlock a freak. He hated him because he was afraid of him. He insulted him because he didn't want to feel so transparent. He would lash out when insulted by him. He would call Sherlock a psychopath, just like everyone else.
Deep down though, he couldn't quash his true thoughts, the ones that didn't fit in with the "Anderson" everyone knew.
Yeah, Anderson was Sherlock's biggest fan.