Fic: Action Man

[thesardine]

Title: Action Man
Genre: ​ Gen
Characters: Mycroft, Sherlock
Word Count: 2,000

Summary: Post-Reichenbach. He’d known long ago that Sherlock would never see forty.

Warnings for angst and raw un-beta'dness.  All feedback is welcome!

Comments

[thesardine]

What underlying theory do you mean? I ask because I'm likely to rework this a bit when I'm not in a post-fic posting frenzy, so it will be good to have an outside opinion. ;)

[piyo_chiko]

I adore this; I humbly request that you rework nothing. :)

[thesardine]

Well thank you! Bless the post-Reichenbach bliss - it's been awhile since I've had The Fervor (tm).

[lindentreeisle]

Ouch, my heart. This is fascinating, I've never seen Mycroft's childhood played this way before.

[thesardine]

Thanks! I like Mycroft to be an actual child sometimes. He wasn't born in that three piece suit (even if he was born to wear it).

[lindentreeisle]

Well I really like what's now become the trope of the older brother who's always looked after Sherlock. But I like different too!

I think our perception of Mycroft really changed this season, too. There's a lot more going on there than I thought at first.

[thesardine]

I'm all for that trope also (as long as it's done well, and gives Mycroft his proper due as a human being.) This piece somewhat slots in with The Seat of Reason (otherwise known as Little Sherlock's Massive Tantrum), which kind of slots in with my headcanon for Bird's Bone, except I killed their mother here, while in BB she's alive. Um, anyway, what this means is that in this vague-ish headcanon Mycroft does look after Sherlock from a very early age, but there was a time when he didn't have to. That means he can look back on that time and SUFFERRRRR AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[aphyde]

This perhaps isn't all about this story

[thesardine]

"Jounced" is an excellent word; thank you

[aphyde]

That's a good head-canon. I'm fond of your Mycroft. I know people like that Sherlock, for sure.

[swissmarg]

Interesting. I wonder whether Mycroft knows (about Sherlock's ruse). I think we're supposed to think Mycroft knows everything, but even if he does, I think he does care about Sherlock and would feel some guilt or hurt that Sherlock had to take such drastic measures. Is the mentally ill mother canon? It makes a lot of sense.

[thesardine]

I think there's a short span of time where Mycroft doesn't know. He wasn't in on the ruse, but he will need to identify the body, and Sherlock will need to be in touch with him before that happens. This story is set in that maybe 24 hour gap.

Mentally Ill Mummy isn't canon, but it's a head-canon I'll probably never shake: it just works too well with what I see in the characters ; )

[missilemuse]

Very in-character! Thanks for sharing!

[thesardine]

Thanks!