[Leave it to Mycroft to throw a curveball like that when John least expected it. It wasn't often that Mycroft showed any vulnerability, and it always made John feel a little hopeful and content, whenever he did.]
[He took a seat, his decision weighing heavily on the tip of his tongue. All he had to do was articulate and will his voice out, and it would be done.]
My...
[That was a bit of his own soppiness coming out; a nickname. He had a feeling Mycroft didn't like them, so he never said it out loud, until now.]
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[He took a seat, his decision weighing heavily on the tip of his tongue. All he had to do was articulate and will his voice out, and it would be done.]
My...
[That was a bit of his own soppiness coming out; a nickname. He had a feeling Mycroft didn't like them, so he never said it out loud, until now.]