The next day you were at the train station, saying goodbye to your mother. She kissed you on the cheek. “Be safe Y/N, and don’t forget to give John love from me.” You told her you would and found your compartment, thankful it was a private one. A long train ride with strangers wasn’t exactly something you looked forward to. Settling down in one of the seats, you put on your music and fell asleep as the train pulled out of the station. The next thing you knew the trains whistle blew and you awoke with a start. Looking out your window, you saw the London station and started getting your bags together to depart the train. When the Train finally reached a stop, you stepped off of it looking for your cousin.

You saw him before he saw you and you snuck up behind him covering his eyes. In hindsight this wasn’t a good thing to do to a war veteran, as he reached for your arm and pulled you in front of him. When he saw it was you a smile cracked on his face. “Y/N! It’s so good to see you!” You shook out of John’s grip and gave him a hug. “It’s good to see you too John, I’m so happy to be staying with you!” The two of you continued talking as you carried your bags to his car.

As the two of you got in and prepared to leave, John put the car back in park. “You should know Y/N, my roommate might not be the happiest about you staying, he has a problem with change.” You just nodded and smiled at John. “That’s ok John, I really don’t mind. I’m sure he can deal with me for a week.” John gave her an uncertain look and took the car out of park, reversing it before driving off to his apartment.

When the two of you got to his place, John helped you get your bags out of the trunk as you looked up at the stone building. A movement in the window caught your eye and you saw the curtains moving, but there wasn’t anything there. Noticing you staring John nudged you. “Oh, don’t worry about that. That was just Sherlock, he’s just scoping out the new addition.” You nodded still wondering about the reclusive roommate. Just who was the man known as Sherlock? You couldn’t wait to find out.

Over the next few days you got settled in into 221 B Baker Street. It started out awkward for you to see Sherlock without him talking, he would just sit in his chair studying you, and you would stare right back trying to figure out what made him act just like that.

                One day you were returning from getting groceries when you walked in to see one wall covered in newspaper clippings and pictures. You walked into the kitchen with your bags and started to put them away while glaring at John until he looked up. “What on Earth is all of that doing up on the wall?” you asked in a rather serious tone. John just shrugged and sighed, “Sherlock’s found a new case.” You nodded as if you understood what that meant and finished putting everything away.

When you finally finished you walked over to the wall and studied it. From what you could tell, a woman had gone missing and the husband was worried about her. As you looked at all of the articles about the family and pictures, you couldn’t help but think that the woman had run off with someone, after all, it wouldn’t be the first time that had happened.

You were so focused on the things on the wall that you didn’t notice Sherlock once again studying you until you had turned around with an answer. “Why are you staring at me?” you asked finally noticing him. Sherlock simply waved his hand to dismiss the question and asked, “What do you think happened?” gesturing to the wall. You looked back at the wall and stated, “She ran off with the doctor.” For the first time since you had been there, Sherlock smiled at you. “What makes you say that?” He asked still smiling.

Taking a deep breath you started. “Well for one, she was going to the doctors weekly, now she either is really sick or having an affair, and if you look at the date that the doctor’s office closed, it’s the same day that the wife disappeared. Horrible planning there really. Also a large sum of money is missing from both the wife’s and doctor’s accounts. It’s rather obvious they’ve run away together.” You finished feeling satisfied with yourself.