You stand awkwardly in the corner of the room looking around until you realize that Sherlock is watching you curiously you smile back politely and take your jacket off after John mentions to make yourself comfy. You peel the jacket carefully off and throw it on a dark leather couch and sit down after straightening your black hoodie. Seconds after you sat down an elderly woman, in her hands a tablet with porcelain cups and a tea pot on it, enters the dusty room. She warmly smiles at you and greets, "Hello, sweetie"
"Hi", you mumble shyly with a tiny smile on your lips as you shuffle uncomfortable in your seat. You thankfully take the hot cup with a delicious smelling tea in it, she offers you. You murmur your thanks and take a sip.
The heat from the fireplace slowly warms you up, so you can finally feel your toes again.
The women, you figured out here name is Ms. Hudson, leaver immediately after you finished your tea, and lets you alone with John and the still staring Sherlock.
"What's your name?", Sherlock asks eventually after what feels like an hour, but only could have been minutes, of uncomfortable silence.
"It's Abby... my name's Abby", you stutter, and the so well-known self hatred creeps back into your mind, insulting you heavily. Your body stiffens and the voices in your head keep screaming at you deafening. You little bitch, even too dump to say her own name without fucking stuttering! What the hell is wrong with you? The voices keep shouting those words at you. You feel like breaking down, but you put every strength and will-power you have left into not crying or breaking down in front of two strangers in their apartment. Your fists press the fabric of the couch.
"What the...", John exclaims and runs from his chair, in front of Sherlock, over to you. He grips your shaking shoulders and presses you deeper into the familiar sofa. "Abby, look at me! C'mon Abby look me in the eyes!", the smaller man screams, but you can't hear it anymore. You only can see him hurrying professional above you, soon your sight gets blurred and slowly everything turned pitch black. You fall into sweet nothingness.