Fic: 221B - Taken (4/6)

[anarion]

Title: Taken (4/6)
Words: a 221B has 221 words and ends with a b-word
Rating: PG-13
Pairings : Sherlock/John
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: Not mine.

Summary: ‘365 days of 221Bs’ challenge: a prompt a day, given by atlinmerrick.






Previous 221b: Taken (3/6)


Today's prompt: honour

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First part: Taken (1/6)


Taken (4/6)


The grey-haired man restlessly paced the carpet in the outer office, ignoring the bottle blonde secretary’s annoyed glances.

The door to the office opened and the shadow of a tall man fell into the room.

“Greg. Come in.”

“Mycroft.” He only gave a short nod before he entered and started pacing again.

“Do sit down, will you?”

“How can you be so calm? This is your brother.”

“And me getting all worked up will help him how? I need to be a step ahead of them, I can’t do that when I start worrying.”

“Let me help. Let John help. The man is going up the wall.”

“This is an attack on the government. I can’t risk it. He is emotionally involved and therefore prone to mistakes.”

“Sometimes I wonder why we are friends. You really can be an arsehole.”

Mycroft shook his head softly. He wondered about that all the time. He did not deserve to call a man like that his friend. Greg was honest, loyal and – most importantly – not afraid of him.

He honoured their friendship in his own ways. This time he pretended not to see that Greg ‘accidentally’ pocketed the list with potential suspects and their whereabouts. Mycroft didn’t need the list anymore anyway. And who cared about the rules? This was about his flesh and blood.






Next 221b: Take me to the edge


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AN:
Today's prompt - courtesy of Mrs Burns again - was 'honour'.

I stayed up until half past two in the morning yesterday, because I was chatting with friends in the States. And tonight I agreed to do a midnight pumpkin pie baking with Bakerstreet Babe Curly, who is currently staying at my place.
Someone send coffee!!!






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