The Consulting Detective's Apprentice (Sherlock x Reader)

Chapter 5: Beam me up, Sherly

'I wanted to come by your apartment and ask a favour of an old buddy of mine, but I see that you're already working on a case.' He said with that cocky grin on his face, then he turned his full attention on (Y/N).

Oh you bastard, you don't know who you're talking to, she'll eat you alive.

'And you, lovely lady must be his current case, I hope you're not in too much trouble. I'm Sebastian Wilkes, high-class banker.' He said smoothly, also shaking her hand, and squeezing it a little bit, adding a quick wink. Sherlock felt how she felt uncomfortable with this.

'(Y/N) (Y/L/N), and I'm not part of his current case.' She said, and Sherlock saw how Sebastian's gaze went over her whole body and back, his pupils slightly delating. Sherlock felt the urge to stand in front of her to protect her from this predatory gaze.

Sebastian, keep it in your pants, this isn't some stupid college girl.

'In that case you must be a colleague.' He said with a raised eyebrow, very subtly indicating that it wasn't possible for Sherlock to have any other relationship with you. Sherlock wanted to open his mouth to reply that she was a friend, knowing that anything else would make a person uncomfortable.

And he didn't want to go through the same thing as last time when he had introduced John as a friend, but John corrected him as a colleague, that had been painful.

'Girlfriend, actually.' She said with an angelic smile on her face, slipping a hand in Sherlock's, he immediately took it and smirked a bit, she was oozing confidence right now and looked nothing like a few minutes ago.

Much better like this, feels also nice, holding hands, though it is utterly unnecessary.

Sebastian's eyebrows shot up and his mouth opened with a loud pop, his gaze went over her body and face again and Sherlock saw that he wanted to scream that she was out of his league.

I agree with you on that Sebastian, however, she is even farther away from yours.

'Well, what a surprise, I would've never thought back in college that Sherlock would get a girlfriend, especially not this beautiful.' He said, trying to remain smooth, but he was just too stunned. Sherlock's eyes squinted and he raised his hand to haul a cab, his mind was spinning with what he could answer.

'You don't think much at all, do you?' She huffed, leaving Sebastian completely baffled and Sherlock proud.

'Gooday to you Sebastian, I'm unfortunately not interested in your case.' Sherlock said, no sign of regret in his voice as he opened the door for (Y/N) to slide in. He got in after her and closed the door before Sebastian could answer.

'Bart's hospital please.' He said to the driver, looking outside and seeing a pissed-off Sebastian. The cab drove away, and Sherlock felt her poke his arm, he looked to his right and saw a blushing (Y/N).

'I'm sorry if that was rude, I shouldn't have done that without knowing if you would approve of it. He was just being one of those mainstream douchebags and I thought that this might be... I don't know, sorry.' She apologized, almost stumbling over her words.

'It's alright, I enjoyed his reaction and I really didn't mind.' Sherlock smiled, hoping that his answer would make her less anxious.

'Now there are 4 people who think we're together, this might result in quite some trouble later on.' She laughed a bit, sounding like she didn't really mind. Sherlock felt a bit...warmer, though he subconsciously blamed it on the weather.

'Probably not, the whole world thought that John and I were together for a long long time, some of them still do.' Sherlock smirked and she chuckled again, shaking her head a little bit.