sherlockbbc_fic | Prompting Part XXXVI

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Update to prompting guidelines.

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{Note: the experiments he refers to are about raising monkeys in isolation chambers, and two ancient experiments where babies were raised without anyone ever speaking to them or communicating with them to see what language they would be born speaking ( thought to be the true language God intended). They didn't end of speaking any language at all--they all died.}

"You do realise I'm going to keep at this."

"Until when, Sherlock? Until I break? Until I tell you what a despartely lonely man I am without my other half? I have no other half. I need no other half."

"No one said you need another half. You're large enough as it is."

"And to think there was even a passing thought in that remarkably slow brain of yours that I might have had a romantic interest in you. Sleeping with the enemy, indeed."

"I've never been your enemy."

"But I have been yours?" Mycroft lifted his chin slightly and straightened his back and making the most of his height. "There is a reason Orwell chose the term Big Brother. You were standing in my shadow for quite a long time...and before you go there, yes, it was, admittedly, a large shadow."

"Didn't say it.."

"Thought it."

"You think I would judge you."

"Judge me?"

"The reason you won't tell me why you called this service. You won't tell me because you think I would judge you, which means you must be being an absolute hypocrite. Which further means it's something you have repeatedly warned me against, so it can only be one of two things...drugs or sentiment. You don't call this service for drugs. You call it for physical affection, but if it fell into the realm of kink, you'd have something with you, as they did not instruct me to bring anything, and clearly you were waiting at your desk, absorbed in work to pass the time. You needed this fix, badly, and had nothing out at the ready. No supplies necessary...that actually lowers the list of possibilities rather significantly."

"Not every service requires accoutrements."

"True, but if you wished to merely be insulted, I would have seen a certain relief after I insulted you."

"You've learned well." Mycroft's smile was soft.

"There it is."

"There what is?"

"My, but we are being repetitive tonight! The façade has slipped. When you thought you'd made a difference. Been...Oh!"

"Oh?" A cynical reply, complete with mocking facial expression.

"Come closer."

Mycroft stood his ground and crossed his arms in defiance.

"You want to prove you didn't call me, or rather, call Philotes and request someone as close to my height, weight, build, hair and eye colour as possible for a tryst, unknowingly getting the genuine article? Then, come closer."

"Dirty tactic."

"Necessary to prove a point."

Mycroft stepped up right next to Sherlock, who quickly scanned his brother, before reaching his long arms around him and pulling the man into an embrace. Mycroft stiffened, and then relaxed. There was no sexual undertone, no challenging questions in the touch, just a simple hug. Simple, and complicated. "Well done," he muttered into his shoulder.

"I learned from the best."

Mycroft shook just the tiniest bit, and channeled the outpour of emotion into a manageable physical action, his arms reaching across Sherlock's back. Mycroft opened his mouth, then shut it again. There was really nothing more that needed saying.

It couldn't have been all that long, really, but it felt that way to Mycroft, as he straightened slightly-- a direct cue for any other person to release their hold. Sherlock didn't. There was an almost imperceptible shift, not visible if there had been an observer in the room, but for a brief moment, it was Mycroft who was hugging Sherlock. Then they broke apart.

"I suppose we all have our occasional weaknesses," Mycroft mumbled.

"Needs and weaknesses aren't the same thing. Touch was the first of your senses to engage. You don't need romance to need touch. Harlow's Pit of Despair."

"Are you comparing me to a Rhesus monkey?"

"Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. James IV of Scotland. There is a reason there are no modern experiments. Fascinating as they are, they are considered unethical, and rightly so. No one survives them. Besides, it's far too late to see what language you would speak if raised in isolation if you are currently fluent in nine of them."

"Ten."

"I included Serbian."

"I didn't. I'd hardly consider that crash course fluency. I have, however, recently acquired LSF and ASL in addition to my BSL. Thoroughly different root -- more complicated than I had anticipated. Non-verbal languages are highly useful." Mycroft smirked. "Exceptionally good' they said? Not rating yourself too highly? Am I still expected to pay you, William?"

Sherlock returned the expression. "It's all in finding the right approach for each individual. And I'll play you for it. War? You'd be good at that."

"You won't cheat?"

"We'll both cheat. It's more fun that way."

Posted to AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/3923065/chapters/8784901 as complete last night.

Got a rather personal bit of attack feedback on it upon posting it, which, hey, if you don't like the topics I write about, I understand perfectly-- I tag them so you can skip them safely-- but if someone reading this over here *did* happen to like it and thinks it was handled respectfully, it means a bit more for me now to hear from you. (I certainly still welcome and encourage constructive criticism on the work itself)

Mycroft refuses to comment. He is busy adopting a goldfish at PetSmart.

This is so pleasantly unique! I love this!

Si glad you enjoyed it! I love wroting these boys ;)

Prompting Part XXXVI

FILL 5/6 Intimacy

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Author's Note on "Intimacy"

Re: END 6/6 Intimacy

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