"The great mystery...I'm afraid it's one neither of us can solve." Mycroft makes a huffing noise that's halfway between a laugh and a sob, his face turned, cheek resting on the top of Sherlock's head.
He wonders if John knows just how grateful he is. Sure, he's been meddlesome and antagonistic, but John has done something he couldn't- made his brother a better man. John knows how to love, and does it not only well, but easily. John had found his lost younger brother and brought him back home.
John deserves to know this...this weight that rests on his brother's psyche, this illogical attachment. Even though he probably wont understand, as nobody fully really understands a Holmes, he's come the closest. He's done the best of anyone so far.
Mycroft takes a deep breath.
"I know you haven't told him....that." he begins softly, "But have you told him anything? Have you tried?"
"Remember the king cake? Sometimes it's easier to show."
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Date: 2012-06-11 12:03 pm (UTC)Mycroft makes a huffing noise that's halfway between a laugh and a sob, his face turned, cheek resting on the top of Sherlock's head.
He wonders if John knows just how grateful he is. Sure, he's been meddlesome and antagonistic, but John has done something he couldn't- made his brother a better man. John knows how to love, and does it not only well, but easily. John had found his lost younger brother and brought him back home.
John deserves to know this...this weight that rests on his brother's psyche, this illogical attachment. Even though he probably wont understand, as nobody fully really understands a Holmes, he's come the closest. He's done the best of anyone so far.
Mycroft takes a deep breath.
"I know you haven't told him....that." he begins softly, "But have you told him anything? Have you tried?"
"Remember the king cake? Sometimes it's easier to show."