Sherlock: An Interesting Puzzle

[awanderingbard]

Title: An Interesting Puzzle
Characters: Mycroft, John, Sherlock
Rating/Warnings: PG-13/ descriptions of blood and vomitting, references to past drug use and some yucky symptoms relating to poison
Spoilers: None
Pairings: None
Word count: Approx. 4000
Summary: Mycroft Holmes has had a very bad day. And now it's up to Sherlock and John to make

Comments

I liked it

[adamsmith2]

I really liked this but it has many anachronisms and lacks sufficient information to make a reasonable prediction as to who is the culprit.

Perhaps Sherlock's drug dealer. Only someone with knowledge of drugs could so poison Mycrof but avaoid killing him. Additionslly, he knows Sherlock and he knows where Sherlock lives as Sherlock lives two minutes away from their meeting point. He could have arranged Mycrofts' release and non-fatal gunshot near Sherlock to get Sherlock's attention. Why? Perhaps Mycroft's secrets are hidden in his umbrella. Perhaps he wants Sherlock to find them, and in so doing disclose their location. The delaer's knowledge of exotic natural substances suggests an involvement in the Internation Community. As Mycroft was involved in government, his secrets may be valuable. I really liked it.

[ebonlock]

Yay! You made my Monday when I saw that you'd responded to my prompt, so thank you very much for that. A very cute little story, poor Mycroft! Loved the sniping between the brothers and with John joining in. The line about wondering whether they'd been raised by Batman made me laugh aloud :D

[awanderingbard]

Yay! I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for the great prompt!

[_medley_]

This made me SO HAPPY. You had me at "somewhat trying" in the first paragraph. And this part:

“Really, Mycroft, you've been after me for years to get myself a friend and I finally make one and you spend all your time pulling his files and abducting him,” Sherlock complained. “Heaven knows what you'd do if I got one of those romantic partners everyone is so keen on.”

“Die of shock, I suspect,” Mycroft said.

“At last, a suitable incentive,” Sherlock said. “Though we might not have to wait that long at this rate.”

And John being all, WORKING HERE. All of it is so very, very them.

Also, I cracked up at the "raised by Batman" line. That might explain a few things...

If somebody had asked me, "What do you want from a story in this fandom?" my answer would have been THIS. *draws sparkly hearts around it*

[awanderingbard]

Wow, thank you, babe! *huggles you* It's nice to see you again. :-D Thanks for commenting!

[joonscribble]

I love your Mycroft oh so very much!

“I just got this tailored,” Mycroft murmured, sadly.

“Yes, it must be very expensive letting your clothes out so often,” Sherlock's voice taunted, from nearby.

Taunting is the way the Holmes family shows love. Clearly.

A blanket had been thrown over him by a person who clearly had no idea how to put a blanket over someone.

This little detail had me in stitches. I have an image of John eventually waking up to find a bunched up blanket lying in a ball on his chest. It's the thought that counts.

[awanderingbard]

I love your Mycroft oh so very much!

Thank you!

This little detail had me in stitches. I have an image of John eventually waking up to find a bunched up blanket lying in a ball on his chest. It's the thought that counts.

LOL! And you know that Sherlock stood there for at least a minute, judging angles and proper placement before going 'screw it' and dropping it on him. Because people put blankets on sleeping people, don't they? That's what people do.

Thanks for commenting! I'm glad you liked it.

[guardian_chaos]

It was only the last few hours, when he'd been abducted, drugged with an unknown substance and shot while escaping that had been somewhat trying.

Oh gosh. Yes, that'll put a wrinkle in your tunic. XD

So many lines in this made me laugh. I'm amused that Sherlock would still mock Mycroft's weight, even while Mycroft s bleeding on the floor.

“Really, Mycroft, you've been after me for years to get myself a friend and I finally make one and you spend all your time pulling his files and abducting him,” Sherlock complained. “Heaven knows what you'd do if I got one of those romantic partners everyone is so keen on.”

BAHAHAHAHAAA!!!! Oh, it would be a scene!

He stood up and removed a painting that hung on the wall, hanging a bag of fluid from the hook there.

That's...actually quite clever. I read this and I sort of stopped to think about it for a second. I doubt most people would make the connection between "painting on the wall" and "potential hook" in such a situation.

“You two both act like you were raised by Batman,” John said.

[awanderingbard]

That's...actually quite clever. I read this and I sort of stopped to think about it for a second. I doubt most people would make the connection between "painting on the wall" and "potential hook" in such a situation.

I totally stole that from my parents. My mum is a nurse and my dad is an RT. One of our dogs had pancreatitis a few years back and we had to give her an interstitial IV a couple of times a day and a little while ago another of our dogs had surgery and came home with an IV. My mum and dad hung the bag off the knob on the clock on the wall, off the cord that hangs the curtains that cover her closet and off a hook that was previously holding a cross stitch, depending on where the dog was at the time. I thought that was pretty clever.

This makes me wonder if Mycroft started the hedgehogs/otters thing, as revenge for something Sherlock did. John getting sucked into it was an accident, albeit one Mycroft found hilarious and so did nothing to stop.I can totally believe Mycroft is secretly behind all internet memes. Just