Mycroft Holmes

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[Mycroft Holmes @HeWorriesMe]

@Lestrade_L You should at least consider it, Gregory. The work you do is risk enough.

[Mycroft Holmes @HeWorriesMe]

@Lestrade_L Once this is over, you could walk away. Take a large step back from anything remotely Holmesian.

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@Lestrade_L Danger you shouldn't have to place yourself in.

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@Lestrade_L Would you feel safe even with those?

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@Lestrade_L Large bucket of water in addition to the distance?

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@Lestrade_L He'd merit your analogy. You're right though, and it's never a good idea to play with fireworks.

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@Lestrade_L I dread to think of the day Milady works with Jim. It'll be nowhere near as subtle.

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@Lestrade_L *Grimacing slightly at that sentence, not /quite/ trusting the chosen word, I clear my throat, considering the possibility.*--

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@Lestrade_L Window to the large house that had become a home. Of sorts.* That shouldn't have registered with me as a surprise.

[Mycroft Holmes @HeWorriesMe]

@Lestrade_L *Listening to the sigh fall from your lips, those two words speed my already rapid heartbeat, cold blue eyes gazing from the --

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@Lestrade_L Will be absolutely fine.

[Mycroft Holmes @HeWorriesMe]

@Lestrade_L Investigation. One click prior and not a head would have been raised, but now? She's done this on purpose.* As you said, it --

[Mycroft Holmes @HeWorriesMe]

@Lestrade_L *Of course I can't stop - I'm a Holmes, apparently that's an innate thing we lack. This will go brilliantly for the --

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@Lestrade_L A nightmare. I should never have allowed this to come to pass. Shouldn't have put you in this position.*

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@Lestrade_L Thank you. *I utter crisply, dipping down as gracefully as possible to avoid catching my head on the car's frame. This is like--

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@Lestrade_L Handcuffs.* Always. *I steal the word, the usual façade slipping neatly into place, just like armour.*

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@Lestrade_L Metal to restrain my wrists. Again, it's likely the drug, but this wasn't at all what I imagined when it came to you and --

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@Lestrade_L *Without a suspect, they'll dismiss it in an instant, but the notion is touching. Bracing myself in preparation for the cold --

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@Lestrade_L Extending towards you in offering.* Still keep your eyes open.

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@Lestrade_L Have and Jim… it's complicated. I'm certain, however, that my sister will be thrilled. Steeling myself, I lift my head, wrists--