Advent Drabble 12 - Brothers

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For indybaggins

When Mycroft was young, the word “brother” had been bewildering to him.

“This is your brother Sherlock,” his mother had said to him, presenting him with a wrinkly, howling, red gnome.

Mycroft had wrinkled his nose and thought, That’s a brother?

The word “brother” was still just as bewildering to Mycroft. Sherlock was no longer wrinkly, no longer red, no longer gnome-like, although he still did plenty of howling. Now when Mycroft looked at him, he saw a stubborn, difficult, extraordinary, infuriating man, less certain of everything than he wanted to appear to be. And he thought, That’s a brother.

Comments

[chocolamousse.livejournal.com]

Sherlock was no longer wrinkly, no longer red, no longer gnome-like, although he still did plenty of howling.
*giggles*

And he thought, That’s a brother.
Aww, lovely. Mycroft knows Sherlock so well. I so hope nothing bad will happen to him in the next season, it would break Sherlock's heart.

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

Mycroft is an interesting thinker and a good person.

[indybaggins.livejournal.com]

Aw, this is giving me all the brotherly feels. Thank you!

[rifleman-s.livejournal.com]

And where would they be without the love of a good brother?