Everyone Has Their Breaking Point

Chapter 1- Freak

Hey guys, I posted this over on FF.net, so you may have noticed it over there. Just putting it on here to share it a bit more!

Sherlock Holmes used to happily refer to himself as a 'high functioning sociopath'. In fact you could almost say he took pleasure in it. The constant remarks about how confusing it must be in John Watson's 'funny little mind' further shows us he would in fact have despised to be 'normal'. 

Used to...

As much as he liked to think he was different, inhuman, it came to a point where our beloved Sherlock reached his breaking point. Just as any human would under the pressure he was living with.

The cases became like child's play, tedious and unoriginal. Muggings, family feuds and faked suicides. But still John dragged him out into the streets of London and all the way to Scotland Yard, afraid that he might once again start shooting walls, raising their rent and also poor Miss Hudson's heart rate.

When working on the cases Sherlock was forced to be in the presence of a Miss Sally Donovan and her play thing Anderson. And although, with Sherlock's many witty and hilarious comebacks, the repetitive and droning 'freak' started to bite away at him.

Things finally snapped for the consulting detective when John went out on his latest (which was ultimately a failure) date. Sherlock, finished with his most recent experiment which documented how much liquid could be held by a dead body, decided to take his regular stroll around his mind palace. Although physical house cleaning was not his forte, mental palace cleaning was of the upmost importance. 

Immersing himself within his memories he relaxed ; the sinking feeling comfortable and familiar to him. But the relaxation he had possessed was now replaced by overwhelming panic...