Prompting Part XXXIV

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FILL: Part 12A - All Life is an Experiment (Mycroft/Sherlock)

[(Anonymous)]

Chapter 12
Day 25

Day 0: set up

Experiment – subject: Mycroft (brother)

Purpose: key objective is to observe and evaluate the reaction of subject to various sexual and non-sexual stimuli related to relationships, and their influence and affective reaction upon a pre-existing sibling bond; and to analyse the resulting relationship conflict.

Design: study will involve various stimuli using both verbal and non-verbal means. Frequent associations with the subject to accelerate timeline of behavioural changes.


Mycroft reads the short introduction for the fourth time. Not because he doesn’t understand it, or can’t remember what his brother has written. He’s able to recite it word for word after his first pass. But he’s still somewhat in shock that Sherlock ever thought that this – this experiment, the mere thought of which still brought about a bitter taste in his mouth – would have ended in anything but a disaster.

He picks up the small notebook, the leather warm from his constant handling, and flicks ahead several pages. His eyes alight on Sherlock’s distinctive penmanship, his unique style of noting his observations.


Day 4: the first kiss

Subject response to the sequence of gifts led to his unexpected presence at my flat. Presumptive theory that the bespoke gifts advanced the expected timeframe of projected Subject’s timeframe.

The evening progressed further than expectations again however an opportunity presented itself. Subject’s reaction was likely influenced by the consumption of alcohol – in both the inhibition of his usual uptight behaviour and deductive skills. Or given the fraternal relation, subject did not foresee the inevitable next step of a kiss following stereotypical courting behaviour – note, key step of a date is missing from the timeline which may have contributed to the subject’s surprise.

The kiss was simple and perfunctory. Subject’s reaction by comparison was much more interesting – complex. Details noted below.

Additional note – see addendum on personal intoxication levels. I experienced several abnormal reactions as a result of this step which is currently attributed to the lack of food and alcohol consumption. Will repeat activity, including a level of alcohol intake to see whether abnormal reactions are replicated or not. If the former, may require reassessment of personal involvement.


He still remembers that first kiss so clearly, coming as it did during an evening where he and Sherlock simply enjoyed each other’s company as they did years before – it had been far too long since the two of them had been so accommodating, Mycroft now recalls ruefully. The shock of registering Sherlock’s lips against his, that his little brother initiated the kiss, had left Mycroft in stunned silence for an unprecedentedly long time. A glance further down Sherlock’s supplementary notes confirmed his brother had enjoyed eliciting that particular reaction.

Reactions. This scheme of Sherlock’s was purely to manipulate him, Mycroft tells himself. To elicit feelings that he wouldn’t otherwise show so openly. To manufacture a longing, a desire that didn’t really exist. Except now it does, Mycroft has to acknowledge. There are too many signs pointing to something going awry with Sherlock’s original experiment.

The concept of manipulation is at odds with the Sherlock of the past few days who, in his own particular way Mycroft acknowledges, is trying to woo him again. But his brother’s relative inexperience is telling in the repetition of his early gifts and he had found it all too easy to dismiss the ‘gifts’. The undercurrent of hurt and anger running through Mycroft eased any guilt he may have felt.

Until the other morning when Mycroft walked into his office to find a matching Mycroft-styled teddy bear to the Sherlock-bear he already possessed, sitting in his office chair. The slightly wide-eyed innocent look from Andrea hadn’t fooled him. But Mycroft found himself unable to send this particular gift back to Sherlock and so relented this one time, taking the Mycroft-bear home with him that evening.

And both bears currently sit, side by side, at the corner of his desk – silent, stuffed witnesses to Mycroft as he contemplates the madness that is his life.