Sherlock x Reader

Sherlock fucking Holmes.

After the awkward encounter with the bread, you saw little of your neighbour. But you heard him, ALL the time. You found yourself often wondering if it would be so bad if you broke into his apartment and gagged him... just to keep him quiet. In general, you weren't really a violent person but like the internet star, Dan Howell, there were many repressed anger issues buried deep, deep, deep down. You had good reason to get annoyed. You'd constantly hear him stomping around his flat or hear random banging sounds that sounded suspiciously like a gunshot being fired. You could tell Mrs Hudson was about 10009% done with him asking her to make tea all the time. Granted, this was only about two weeks after you'd moved in but some people just got on your tits.

But a thing that really bugged you was his "fabulous skill of deduction". After the 'awkward bread' (that's what you decided to name that particular encounter), you'd waited for Mrs Hudson to come home and then invited her in for tea. During that time, you found out at least something about Sherlock Holmes. Finally, a name more ridiculous than Laquisha. As you scrolled through tumblr again, you went over the meagre list you made using Mrs Hudson's information.

-He is always alone and hasn't had any romantic relationships.

-He has next to no friends.

-He works as a 'consulting detective'.

-He made up that job himself.

-He has phenomenal powers of deduction.

-He has an older brother.

Unfortunately for you, you couldn't find out anything else, but you found out something else that first time you went up to his flat.

-He is lonely.

You knew he could blabber on talking about how he's a high functioning sociopath but you knew he was lonely. You probably wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't been lonely yourself. You saw his messiness, and how it was really just an illusion of ... whatever. God, you were sounding like a psychiatrist now. Just as you reblogged another video of Tom Hiddleston swaying his hips, you heard what sounded like pillows being thrown at the walls. Ooh, that sounded like a vase. Mrs Hudson wasn't going to be pleased, you thought. Thank god she went out. However, that left you to have to listen to Sherlock throwing things everywhere. You understood that he got frustrated when he was working on a case but he didn't have to be that melodramatic! Because of his noise, you were now going crazy and couldn't concentrate. You got an email from Molly about the case you'd been working on. As it happens, Sherlock decided to solve this case but he was stuck. You laughed quietly to yourself at his own frustration. You thought you and Molly were finished with the biological side of it but you were wrong. Apparently, you had to come in as soon as possible. You closed the laptop and put a jacket and your converse on. Molly must have contacted Sherlock as well because you could hear him running down the stairs. You quickly left your apartment and locked the door and opened the main door just before he got to the bottom step. You stepped outside and literally felt his presence right behind yours. As you waited for a cab you looked behind and saw he was smiling like the Cheshire cat. You saw a cab driving along and hailed it down. After you got in, you saw he was getting in as well. Oh, how pleasant. You shook your head when you saw he was still grinning and that seemed to catch his attention.

"I'm not a psychopath you know. I'm a-"

"A high functioning sociopath, I know. But you can't fool me. You're lonely. In fact, I pity you." You stopped talking and looked out the window. It seemed to wipe the smile from Sherlock's face as well. From a sideways glance, you saw he was frowning and looking down at the floor of the cab. You smirked and looked back out the window. The rest of the ride was spent in stony silence and when you both got out, Sherlock slammed the door so hard that it felt as though it would break. Molly greeted both of you, then noticed Sherlock's face. Hesitantly she asked,

"Uh, ______ and... Sherlock, is everything alright?"