So happy to be back doing the HLoTD December Challenge of Awesomeness again! I started doing it ten years ago, and my, how time flies! It feels like forever but it's also gone so fast.
Here's to another December of Sherlock Holmes!
Prompt from YoughaltheJust: Sherlock Holmes is on the case once more!
Once Lestrade had left, Holmes abruptly stood from his chair, pacing between his bookshelf and the window as he gestured with delight.
"A case, Watson! Finally, something to prevent stagnation - not every criminal can be a Moran or a Moriarty, but these last few weeks I have despaired of finding one with even a hint of imagination!"
"Perhaps because all of London still believes you to be dead," I said waspishly. The wounds of grief were still too fresh for me to take Holmes' admiring attitude towards Moran and Moriarty lightly. That he had survived them both to come back to me still felt a little like a dream, too good to be true.
Holmes looked at me, and as he ever did, knew where my thoughts had wandered. "Then let us enjoy our little anonymity, Watson." He fetched my coat and stood beside my chair, that masterful figure softened in a way I had not seen before. "Come with me, Watson. Holmes and Watson, on the case once more!"
He had changed in the last three years, and so had I. Nevertheless, I took my coat with a smile, ready to once more follow Holmes into adventure.