sherlockbbc_fic | Prompting Part XXXIV

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Sherlock closes his notebook, makes sure it’s firmly tucked away in his coat before he returns to the kitchen. The tea has steeped long enough and he arranges various plates, jugs, cups and cutlery on the large tray. He slowly makes his way out of the kitchen and up the stairs, grumbling under his breath that Mycroft would be better served living in a flat without stairs.

Outside Mycroft’s bedroom door, he waits a moment and listens. Not that his brother would be so vulgar as to snore. There’s no signs of movement so Mycroft must still be in bed.

Perfect.

Not that Sherlock is planning anything indecent today. He’s quite aware that his brother standing on the precipice – not quite sure whether to jump or to fall. And Sherlock is still playing his game and for that, he needs Mycroft to continue standing on that edge.

Cautious and gentle. Like handling a feral cat.

He knocks on the door. Doesn’t wait for an invite to enter – his excuse is the breakfast tray is too heavy to give way for courtesy. As Sherlock eases the door open, he spots that Mycroft is still in bed – although the tightness in his eyes indicates his sleep wasn’t as restful as it could have been – but he’s clad in a gorgeous blue cashmere dressing gown. Derek Rose, Sherlock notes. In this they are of similar minds.

“Morning,” he says in greeting. “I thought I’d organise breakfast.”

“It’s Sunday.”

“Yes.”

“You can’t cook.”

“I can. The evidence disproves you.”

“Toast and tea are the extent of your skills I recall, Sherlock.”

“You’re grumpy this morning,” Sherlock grouses as he sets the tray on the large bed. Pushes is across the sheets before he clambers onto the bed himself, ignoring the raised eyebrow his brother offers him. “A cup of tea should sort that out.”

He quickly prepares two cups of tea just how he and Mycroft prefers it, handing off one of the cups, seated in a saucer, to his bemused brother.

“Breakfast in bed?” Mycroft asks.

“And you didn’t even have to put out,” Sherlock ripostes. “I believe that’s the appropriate phrase.”

“Sherlock.”

“Drink your tea. Toast?”

“Fine.”

Sherlock grabs a plate, adding the toast, butter, the small pot of marmalade, a small spoon and knife, passing it to his side. He drops a napkin in his own lap and lifts a domed cover and grabs a sausage from the plate. The smell of a hot, cooked breakfast fills the bedroom.

“You cooked?” Mycroft looks bemused as he butters his toast. “And didn’t burn anything?”

“Yes,” Sherlock replies as he takes a bite of the sausage.
Mycroft suddenly sighs as a thought strikes him. “Does my kitchen look like a war zone?”

Sherlock hums. “I gave it a quick wipe-down,” he assures. “I’m sure it’ll meet your immense standards after your maid gets her hands on it tomorrow.”

Mycroft takes a moment to finish chewing before speaking. “When did you learn to cook?”

“Oh, I don’t cook. Just breakfast,” Sherlock corrects. “I asked Mrs Hudson to teach me.”

His brother snorts and Sherlock’s pleased to see he’s smiling. “I don’t think I need to know anything else.”

Sherlock takes the final bite of his sausage, licks his fingers. When he looks over to ask if Mycroft wanted any hot food, he realises Mycroft is staring at him and Sherlock hesitates. Then he notices his brother is dropping crumbs all over his sheets.

He grabs the napkin and starts brushing at the sheets, ignoring Mycroft’s noises of protest and waving hands. He tries to collect as much of the crumbs as he can but only succeeds in scattering them across the bed. It’s only when he gives up and looks up at his brother, whose face is flushed that he realises what he’s doing.

“Oh.” Sherlock feels his own face grow warmer in response.

Mycroft pulls his knees up, the sheet tenting around his legs. He looks to the side for a long moment and when he looks back at him, Sherlock thinks his brother looks rather becoming when all of his shields are gone. When he’s Mycroft the man rather than Mycroft the Brother, the British Government or even when he’s being Mycroft Holmes.

“Perhaps a refill,” Mycroft asks holding his empty teacup, resting it upon newly raised knees, distracting Sherlock.

“Yes, tea. Right, I can do that.”

Sherlock’s not quite sure but he thinks he might be losing control of his own experiment.

OP

Yay! Delighted to see more of this. And no worries about however long it takes - I was very impressed by how ridiculously fast you were posting new chapters before! Good to see Sherlock finding himself a bit off-balance in this installment. :)

Well I hope it won't take too long but I have loved writing this a lot! I prefer to write as my mood takes so some fics get updated in spurts. Ah the artistic temperament *g*

From my outline, there are only 5 more chapters to go and I am still mulling on the actual ending with the brothers so definitely enough to keep me occupied! Then I need to find a beta to help me and give it a good edit as it feels like a rather rough stone right now.

Oh, more Sherlock feels coming up :-) but its the Mycroft feels I'm looking forward to *evil grin*

Prompting Part XXXIV

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