Short fill: 2 minutes, 43 seconds
anonymous
October 4 2010, 16:03:47 UTC
"Are you absolutely certain?"
"Yes, sir. There's no way to disarm one trigger without setting off the other and they'll both go off in... 2 minutes 43 seconds."
"Thank you, Captain." Mycroft looked from one side of the large empty warehouse to the other. On his left, his younger brother; on his right, his older lover. Both men bound tightly to identical chairs with identical explosives strapped to their chests. The bomb squad had set up a blast barrier - the only question was which chair to move behind it.
"Sir? The area has been cleared of civilians. It will just be one casualty - but we need you to make the call."
Mycroft nodded. The captain's words seemed to be coming from a lot further away than the 18 inches between them. His pulse was pounding in his ears.
2 minutes, 17 seconds... "For God's sake stop dithering, Mike! It's not even a hard choice!" Lestrade's voice cut through the hyper-tense atmosphere
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Re: Short fill: 2 minutes, 43 secondsenderwiggin24October 6 2010, 10:00:36 UTC
gods, how much do i hate the captach requirements of the kink memes!! half the time, I forget it, and then it ates my comments!!!!!!!!!!!! Burns with hate!!!!!!!
your piece is brilliant! utterly, utterly mycrofts thing to do. he will forgive sherlock, coz he promised lestrade, and he will continue to live, but he will never forgive himself. and he can live with that too.
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"Yes, sir. There's no way to disarm one trigger without setting off the other and they'll both go off in... 2 minutes 43 seconds."
"Thank you, Captain." Mycroft looked from one side of the large empty warehouse to the other. On his left, his younger brother; on his right, his older lover. Both men bound tightly to identical chairs with identical explosives strapped to their chests. The bomb squad had set up a blast barrier - the only question was which chair to move behind it.
"Sir? The area has been cleared of civilians. It will just be one casualty - but we need you to make the call."
Mycroft nodded. The captain's words seemed to be coming from a lot further away than the 18 inches between them. His pulse was pounding in his ears.
2 minutes, 17 seconds...
"For God's sake stop dithering, Mike! It's not even a hard choice!" Lestrade's voice cut through the hyper-tense atmosphere ( ... )
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See that? That's my heart. On the floor. Stomped into itty bitty bits.
Lestraaaaaaaaaaade!!!! Damnably noble, self-sacrificing bastard. *sniffles* I love that Mycroft doesn't look back, and I love that final line.
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I just woke up to this, but dammit I still love it to bits. I just love tragedies for some reason.
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This was really perfect thank you now I need to leave and go cry asdgiof
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half the time, I forget it, and then it ates my comments!!!!!!!!!!!!
Burns with hate!!!!!!!
your piece is brilliant!
utterly, utterly mycrofts thing to do.
he will forgive sherlock, coz he promised lestrade, and he will continue to live, but he will never forgive himself.
and he can live with that too.
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