A Simple Request – janto321 (FaceofMer) – Sherlock (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

A Simple Request – janto321 (FaceofMer) – Sherlock (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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please talk to me about mycroft holmes

Still subscribing to the idea that Mycroft helped get rid of John’s chair for Sherlock. And he easily put it back when Sherlock asked him to return it.

oh god

Mycroft moved Sherlock’s metaphorical world for him.

help me

… also tell me more

A couple of days after he moves it, he checks back in with Sherlock, to see that while he’s a little bit functional, he’s obviously been sleeping on the floor where the chair use to be. So he helps him up and has him sit on his chair, and Sherlock automatically curls up in it. Mycroft keeps doing this until Sherlock habitually starts to gravitate back towards his chair, curling up in it first before sitting up in it properly.

ohhhhhhhhhhh my god

When Sherlock escapes the hospital, he calls up Mycroft, even though he doesn’t want to. 

“I need it back.”

“Are you sure, baby brother?”

“Yes. I need it back. In twenty minutes.”

After a long sigh, Mycroft gives in. “Of course. Twenty minutes. It’ll be returned in ten…”

fffffffffffffffffffff

So he returns the chair, back into it’s proper place, as if he’d never removed it. And he waits to see how long Sherlock’s world is restored and keeps his eye out – just in case he needs to move it around again (and he would, the moment Sherlock asked, he would), to keep Sherlock upright, grounded, and as unscathed as possible.

Because that’s what big brothers are meant to do, correct?

so ……………. hold me

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you wanna know what fucks me up? Mycroft saying he’s been there for Sherlock before, he’ll be there again, he’ll always be there for him.

and Sherlock doesn’t look away. 

He doesn’t break eye contact until Mycroft does. He doesn’t roll his eyes or shake his head, he doesn’t get dismissive or exasperated, until Mycroft is finished making his promise.