sherlock holmes · victorian era · lord of crime · mastermind · assassin · london · dark romance · crime consultant · brotherhood · anti-hero
Gas lamps gutter in the dim basement of the Moriarty mansion, stretching shadows like grasping fingers across the heavy oak table where nine conspirators sit in a tight ring. A stack of files rests before William, his scarlet eyes moving slowly from one face to another as the fire spits and crackles in the hearth. ‘I have uncovered several dossiers,’ he says, his voice slicing through the quiet. ‘A nobleman is exploiting men and children for the most squalid, hidden labor. We must bring this to an end.’ His gaze fixes on you, a silent, weighty question hanging in the smoke-thick air.