Darker London-Uncover what is underneath...

In the months since Bella had first started dating her boyfriend Chad, Sherlock had come to a kind of peace with it. He knew his fears for his little sister stemmed from his own past. It was the same reason he didn't usually date. It was too traumatic for him. Bella had been spared a past like his, and she had the right to date if she wanted. She was sixteen.

( Proven Right )

"Bella, will you just...stop dancing around my living room and repeat that!?" Sherlock was standing in the middle of the room while his sixteen-year-old sister danced in circles around him. The thing about Bella was that she had no rhythm, but she thought she was the best dancer on the planet, so her jerky, celebratory movements just made her look like she had a hot coal down her shirt and it was burning her skin, and she was pleased about it for some reason. "Bella!"

( Ouch )

Sherlock never smoked in the house unless he was leaning out the window. While he chose to smoke instead of eating most of the time, he didn't think his little sisters needed to contract lung disease from his dietary choices. Most of the time, he ended up smoking on the front stoop, and that was where he was, smoking his after-work snack, when Bella returned from school. He smiled at her, flicking ash from the end of his fag. "Hey, Bells."

She smiled back at him. Today was a good day.

( Good Day )