"It'll heal. " He said simply. "Vampires heal faster than humans, It'll be gone in a day or so." both his hands and his face were still warm and tender to the touch, but being out of the sun was already helping a little.

Greg ran out of the building a moment later, panting and holding Sherlock's coat and gloves.

"Thank you." Sherlock said. It was a bit painful to get them on, especially the gloves, but he did it, put up the hood- down further on his eyes than usual,and made the short jaunt into 221B again.