Fic: 221B - What's in a name?
Title: What's in a name?
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. Day 243.
Previous 221b: Let your hair down
Today's prompt: childhood ambitions
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What's in a name?
Sherlock. That was a good name for a pirate. A captain even, one commandeering his own ship! You could be anything with a name like that. Pirate, adventurer, explorer, lord.
Mycroft on the other hand? That was a stupid name. It rhymed with ‘soft’. Surely no one named Mycroft could have high expectations. He was going to end up being an accountant or something like that. Unimportant and unnoticed by the world.
He was sitting in the library, pondering about his name and his future when Sherlock strolled in.
“What’s wrong? Are you hurt?”
“I hate my name.”
“Why?”
“It’s a stupid name.”
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Three days later Sherlock climbed into Mycroft’s bed in the middle of the night.
“Sherlock, what are you doing?”
“I researched your name.”
“You what? You’re six years old.”
“Fine. I asked the chaplain to help me, if you have to know. Do you want to hear what I found out or not?”
“Go on.”
“It’s a very old name and used as a Christian name it’s unique. How exciting is that? No one else has your name!”
Sherlock was fast asleep ten minutes later. Mycroft thought about what he had said and slowly he began to believe that he could be anything and anyone he wanted.
He fell asleep smiling, his arm around his little brother.
Next 221b: Checkmate
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AN:
The prompt was 'childhood ambitions'.
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