{"id":284792,"date":"2018-09-08T02:37:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T02:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2018\/09\/08\/theredheadinquestion-amezzlove-mottlemoth\/"},"modified":"2018-09-08T02:37:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T02:37:52","slug":"theredheadinquestion-amezzlove-mottlemoth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2018\/09\/08\/theredheadinquestion-amezzlove-mottlemoth\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

theredheadinquestion<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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amezzlove<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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mottlemoth<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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My brain is too fried to write properly, so instead I\u2019m just daydreaming this: John Watson is asked to The Diogenes one evening while Sherlock is out. He\u2019s surprised to actually be asked<\/i> by Mycroft, rather than just kidnapped in a limo. He\u2019s even more surprised when he gets there, and finds Mycroft is accompanied by Greg Lestrade.\u00a0<\/p>\n

John takes a seat at Mycroft\u2019s desk, fearing the worst. He\u2019s never seen Greg in a jumper and jeans before, nor Sherlock\u2019s brother looking so unsettled.<\/p>\n

The two of them awkwardly explain that they\u2019re about to go public with something, and they\u2019d like John\u2019s support in managing Sherlock.\u00a0<\/p>\n

John – concerned – asks what it is.<\/p>\n

With Greg\u2019s hand on his shoulder, Mycroft explains that they\u2019ve entered the committed stages of a personal relationship. They\u2019d rather have continued to keep it private from Sherlock, but he\u2019ll realise soon anyway. It seems better for someone to gently inform him now than to let him deduce it on his own.<\/p>\n

A shocked John agrees to do what he can.<\/p>\n

In the end, he just has to tell Sherlock point blank. Hinting it gently doesn\u2019t trigger any reaction, nor does subtly fishing for a hypothetical opinion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sherlock scoffs, and remarks that Lestrade\u2019s romantic judgement hasn\u2019t improved at all since the divorce – but that\u2019s the worst of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When John phones Mycroft to tell him the reaction, he hears Mycroft exhale with shaky relief.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Over the next few months, he sees more and more human hints filtering into Mycroft\u2019s behaviour. It\u2019s like Greg is rounding off all his edges. One Friday night John bumps into them both at the supermarket. It\u2019s the most surreal experience in the world, and oddly touching, seeing them both there with a basket in the bread aisle. Greg is coaxing Mycroft fondly into almond croissants for breakfast in the morning.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ll bring you them in bed,\u201d he says, and John can\u2019t quite forget the thought of Mycroft Holmes having breakfast in bed – sitting there in his pyjamas, eating almond croissants. Orange juice and a folded newspaper.<\/p>\n

He can\u2019t stop thinking about some other things, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not in a creepy way, he tells himself – he just can\u2019t get his head around it.<\/p>\n

Two weeks later in the pub, he buys Greg an extra couple of pints and dares to ask the question. Greg is tipsy enough to grin at him, bright-eyed, and answer.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah.\u00a0\u2018Course we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat – what\u2019s that like, <\/i>though? Sex with\u2026\u00a0a Holmes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greg visibly fishes around in his head for an answer he can give. It takes him a while.\u00a0\u201cHe\u2026 pays attention to everything,\u201d he says. \u201cHe learns. It\u2019s like being studied. Like I\u2019m fascinating. It\u2019s\u2026 really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

It takes John a while to get to sleep that night. He\u2019s not sure why.<\/p>\n

He realises the next morning when Sherlock brings him a cup of tea – just the right shade of coppery light brown, in his old regimental mug, with one of his favourite oat biscuits positioned perfectly so he can pick it up and dunk it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sherlock doesn\u2019t say a word. He never does.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He just puts the tea down, like he does every morning, and goes off upstairs to get dressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Perfect. I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ve ever read a fic (I don\u2019t think Colors counts) where Mycroft and Greg being together gives John a hankering for something similar. I like it!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m sooo down with this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

theredheadinquestion: amezzlove: mottlemoth: My brain is too fried to write properly, so instead I\u2019m just daydreaming this: John Watson is asked to The Diogenes one evening while Sherlock is out. He\u2019s surprised to actually be asked by Mycroft, rather than just kidnapped in a limo. He\u2019s even more surprised when he gets there, and finds … <\/p>\n

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