I looked at the limp figure in my arms. He was beyond tiny when I held him. He snored gently, cutting off each time I accidentally jossled him on the way up the stairs. He looked comical with his head lolled back and it was hard to think that the man I held struck fear in the hearts of many by his name alone. By his sheer existence.
He was stubborn as he was ruthless and no matter how much I bargained with him, shouted at him, threatened him or cajoled him, he refused to go to the hospital. I hadn't meant to hit his head after I dragged him off the counter. Hell, I hadn't even meant to go near him but he had struck a nerve with me. The little shit thought I didn't care. I wanted him to think it but it bloody hurt when he said it.
He'd passed out on me as I held him and no matter how much I shook him he wouldn't wake. I very nearly made the stupid mistake of calling an ambulance but Jim would skin me, again. I called the physician he had blackmailed into working for us. He was used to odd injuries in odd places and carried out his job with a stoic expression. I liked him. He informed me that Mr Moriarty probably had a concussion.
Said Mr Moriarty then woke up and proceeded to wreak havoc meaning I had to threaten the good doctor into giving him a sedative. He watched me with a pained expression as I held Jim down and plunged the needle into his throat as he shrieked bloody murder, clawing at me.
He seemed so harmless now as I tucked him into bed.
Watching him crawl around the kitchen on all fours as he spoke nonsense was probably the highlight of my year. He was like a drunken, angry toddler who didn't know how to work their own limbs. His laugh was manic and childlike as he chuckled at something only he could see.
"Sebby," he had whined, reaching his arms up to me off the kitchen floor. "Let's dance," he cried, his eyes wide in an expression at odds with his mood. I let the doctor out with a brief nod and returned to find him snoring on the tiles, medicated out of his psychotic little mind.
He was kind of cute like this. I didn't have to put up with his whining. I should do this more often.