Sherlock's case was taking him longer than he'd expected, which was both exciting and frustrating for him. It involved a mime and a dwarf and a gruesome triple homicide, and anything more than that, Violet didn't want to know. She was up to her eyeballs trying to everything out with Gringotts, combining all of her accounts and Sherlock's, and the goblins weren't being particularly obliging, so there was no way she could help Sherlock with this case, as well. It didn't mean, however, that she didn't feel exceptionally anxious about it.

Even Harry had noticed a difference. "Lock will be okay, won't he, Auntie?" he asked as she tucked him in that night.

"Of course, he will be. He's Sherlock Holmes," she answered, grinning at him to hide her own insecurities.

She went over paperwork, staying up far longer than she would have otherwise, but still, Sherlock was still out. Deciding that, at this point, she was no longer actually accomplishing anything but shuffling papers, so she might as well go to bed. There may have been a bit of Sleeping Draught mixed in with her chamomile tea, but really only enough to help her get to sleep without staring at the bedroom ceiling for hours.

It was not enough to keep her asleep when two very familiar arms slipped around her. "Missed you today," she mumbled, allowing Sherlock to pull her against him tightly.

He didn't reply, simply buried his nose in her hair, allowing the scent of her to finally dissipate the stench of the alleyway. "Do you want to tell me about it?" she asked quietly.

Sherlock began, telling about the death at the circus, his face still in her hair. As he spoke, he tangled their fingers together, playing with the rings he'd placed on her ring finger. With his other hand, the one that had slipped under her neck to pillow her head on his arm, he traced random designs on her collarbone. He talked about the three policemen who'd been killed, and how Donovan was in surgery. He even told her about the cut to his stomach he'd received, though he had managed to heal it before anyone noticed. "It wasn't even serious," he was quick to assure her, taking note of her stiffening and simply pulling her closer to him.

Once he ran out of words, she continued to play with his curls, even for the awkward angle of reaching behind her. "I love you," she said softly, "so much."

It was if her words were the release he'd been waiting for. All the tension drained out of him as quickly as air out of a popped balloon. He lay still for a moment along the length of her, then, shifting so quickly she wasn't sure how he had done it, she was on her back with him leaning over her with a devastating smile on his face. "You know exactly the right thing to say to make me forget everything bad that ever happened in the world."

"Well, someone's got to help keep that brilliant mind under control," she grinned, reaching up to comb her fingers through his hair. It didn't do any good to keep it out of his face, since it simply fell right back to where it had been, but that wasn't why she'd done it. She simply loved the feel of it through her fingers.

And she knew Sherlock loved it, too, as evidenced by the darkening of his eyes just before he kissed her. "The curtain's open, Sherlock," she gasped out when he finally moved from her lips to her throat.

He waved his hand distractedly behind him, and the curtain fell to the floor with a crash. "Not anymore," he growled, cutting off her laugh with another heated kiss.

It was very early indeed before they finally fell asleep, but neither minded. Violet especially didn't mind when she woke to Sherlock still sleeping peacefully beside her at eight o'clock in the morning. It was rare enough that he slept, let alone so late or so well, that the sight of him, sprawled across the bed in a very good imitation of Harry in his sleep, warmed her heart.

AN: And here's the first little scene! It takes place during Knight of Wands while Sherlock and Vi are still trying to figure out where Voldemort is hiding but they're stumped. I know it's a pretty short scene, but I thought you guys might like to have a fluffy scene every now and then!