𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄 | 𝑺𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑳𝑶𝑪𝑲 𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑴𝑬𝑺 [1]

twelve. / an 5

"i look up from the ground and your sad and teary eyes, you pull away and i see something you're trying to hide."
Be Alright by Dean Lewis

my mother finally gained my trust after a while. i cried on the daily at this point from her cruel words.

"are you alright? you haven't answered any of our letters?" loretta asks. rhodes, alexander, francesca, and herself have been attempting to make me feel better over the past couple of days.

"i'm alright, thank you for asking." i fake a smile, continuing our walk around london.

i look up from my feet, gazing out past the water in front of us. i notice a couple walking down the street happily, minding their own business.

(sherlock's p.o.v.)

i walk down the street, noticing a girl and her friends walking in my direction. i immediately notice that the girl is constance. she looks up with teary eyes before looking away and wiping her eyes.

hurt filled me, realizing that merely just her not speaking to me made me upset.

continuing to walk in my original path, i feel a pair of eyes on me. i look back but no one was looking toward me.

(alexander's p.o.v)

i notice a man walking in toward us that constance had her eye on. she wiped her eyes quickly and look back toward the ground.

"are you alright? who is that?" i ask in her ear.

"it's nothing important." she whispers back, sniffing while wiping her eyes again.

"well it must not be ok if you're crying." i push on, trying to get something out of the girl i call my best friend.

"look alex, i love you, and you know that, but please stop asking me questions about it and please stop asking me if i'm ok." she snaps at me, making loretta, francesca, and rhodes look toward us.

"i'm sorry." i apologize before staying silent for the rest of the walk.

(constance's p.o.v)

just seeing sherlock on the street made me feel something. i knew that i shouldn't stop, or say anything about it because it would trigger some kind of emotion that i don't want to bother feeling.

i wiped my eyes again before alexander tried to get some answers out of me. i just ignored him and kept walking like nothing happened. i just needed to be left alone for a while. until i felt better.

AN 5
so this is gonna be a longer AN bc i wanted to put both the chapter and an5 but anyway, first off, we hit 5k and we're almost to 6k. it's been barely over a month. it's crazy dudeee.

also, the next about 10 chapters are going to be in the past, so if you didn't know that, now you do. the past chapters started in chapter 9, which is going into what all happened when sherlock and constance were 18, which is explaining what sherlock meant in chapter 8. anywayz, i hope you enjoy your week and have a wonderful rest of your day. 🤟🏻
-aj