Special thanks to KaizokuShojo for suggesting the plot bunny for both parts of "A Blood-letting" (so if you take violent exception to this particular AU world, you know who to aim your rotten produce at.) ; )
Sherlock Holmes's face was as cold and hard as the handcuffs on his wrists. The police milled around, their voices muted in the grim atmosphere.
The body of John Watson, M.D., had been carefully laid out, his fatal wound futilely cleaned and tended. On the other side of the room, crumpled carelessly, were the bloodied remains of "Killer" Evans.
They covered Watson's body with a clean white sheet and carefully removed it. Holmes watched silently with haunted eyes. When they approached Evans, he tensed. "Keep that trash away from Watson," Holmes commanded.
Hopkins noted the underlying pain and nodded, understanding.