The "guests" he's had come unannounced in his flat run the gamut, from welcome to worrisome, on a scale of Mycroft to Moriarty. There's so little to glean from the movement of a shadow beneath his doorframe, nor the creaking steps from beyond his closed door, but he can gather that it's neither of those extremes — a step too light to account for the weight of a large, grown man. A woman, most likely, though beyond that, he cannot say.
Holmes knows which parts of the hall to avoid a creaking, groaning step underfoot, too. He's traveled up and down this corridor heaven knows how many times, so that it comes naturally and without thinking. He's a quiet entity as he draws close to the door, testing its doorknob very, very quietly. A slow turn.
MISS VAUX IS HERE <3
The "guests" he's had come unannounced in his flat run the gamut, from welcome to worrisome, on a scale of Mycroft to Moriarty. There's so little to glean from the movement of a shadow beneath his doorframe, nor the creaking steps from beyond his closed door, but he can gather that it's neither of those extremes — a step too light to account for the weight of a large, grown man. A woman, most likely, though beyond that, he cannot say.
Holmes knows which parts of the hall to avoid a creaking, groaning step underfoot, too. He's traveled up and down this corridor heaven knows how many times, so that it comes naturally and without thinking. He's a quiet entity as he draws close to the door, testing its doorknob very, very quietly. A slow turn.
Locked or no? DID U LOCK HIM OUT OF HIS OWN ROOM]