Fic: Kidnapped

[randomly_rusted]

Summary: When they kidnapped Lestrade to use him as a lever against Mycroft Holmes they should have expected Mycroft's reaction.  They most certainly did not expect Lestrade's.

Rating: PG-13.  Warning for torture scenes

Type: Gen, established relationship.

Word count : 5700 (!)

Note: this was not written as part of A Reliable Man, but you never know

Comments

[rabidsamfan]

Oooh, this was really exciting!

[storyfan]

Oh, excellent. I was barely breathing by the time I finished. I do like how you didn't make our dear Lestrade some superhuman hero, being as he is in his 40s.

Also, our genius, lock-picking Sherlock was spot on with his lack of emotion and his impatience at getting to the root of the problem.

A terrific fic, all the way round.

[stellary]

Lestrade is so very hurtable. But Holy Christ my heart ached so much for him! *wraps arms around him really tightly and gets instantly peeled off by Mycroft*

The comfort felt so good after the hurt, though I would have liked it much longer! Clingy!Mycroft was very endearing. Lestrade kept saying he wasn't the BAMF!hero type; but he didn't break under that kind of torture. It's so true to his character.

So Mycroft calling Lestrade by name on the phone was a message to tell him ... he will find him?

[randomly_rusted]

I'm afraid I do hurt better than comfort!

He knew that as Mycroft would never call him Greg except at home in bed... that anything he said was a lie.

You might note he only ever called him Inspector even when you might expect he'd call him Greg!

[stellary]

/He knew that as Mycroft would never call him Greg except at home in bed... that anything he said was a lie. /

In other words, Mycroft was telling him not to tell the baddies anything?

[randomly_rusted]

yes, and to recall that their agreement was still in place.

I didn't spell out what it was until the end scene, but Mycroft says in that "That I couldn't negotiate but that I would do everything I could to find you."

Lestrade realised that the name that was never used except when they were alone in bed was a signal, and that it meant "What I say isn't real, you know if I was serious I wouldn't use this name in this way"

[et_cetera55]

This was brilliant! Poor Lestrade! And I love your beautifully understated Mycroft: Mycroft was absolutely frantic by they time they did, umbrella tapping and his voice more and more sarcastic and he'd even loosened his tie

[miss_variety]

Oh this was brilliant! Poor, poor Lestrade, I would huggle him but I thin Mycroft's got that covered. :) Loved it, and enough hurt to fulfil my quota for the day. Thanking you muchly. :)