Sherlock/Skyfall: Coffee

[awanderingbard]

Title: Coffee
Characters: Q, Father, M
Rating: PG
Warnings/Triggers: none, except for some slightly black humour
Spoilers: The Reichenbach Fall
Pairings: none
Word Count 1, 701
Summary: The new Quartermaster gets pulled out of Q-branch for a coffee break (and pep talk) with his father.
Author's notes: Second part in the 'What If?' series. This is

Comments

[joonscribble]

I had a very happy smile on my face at Trevelyan's (now Q's) last line.

The conversation between Siger Holmes and his son was perfect. He's such a good blend of supportive but still ever so slightly sociopathic. It all works so well.

[awanderingbard]

The conversation between Siger Holmes and his son was perfect. He's such a good blend of supportive but still ever so slightly sociopathic. It all works so well.

I had a real fight with him to find that balance. I started with him being supportive and he just stopped sounding like himself. I decided to come at it from a more 'but of course you can do it, you're awesome what is the problem?' angle and that seemed to work. I sort of feel like he might be under orders from Mummy and is going 'is this supportive how fathers talk? Yes, this is totally how they talk'.

I'm not sure if it's just the time period this is set in, but Trevelyan is actually less confident in this AU than he is in the regular one. Perhaps Mycroft didn't do too bad a job stepping in as Father. Or maybe it's just been a bad night for him.

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

[joonscribble]

I sort of feel like he might be under orders from Mummy and is going 'is this supportive how fathers talk? Yes, this is totally how they talk'.

That actually reminds me a bit of Sherlock's relationship with John. "Not good?" "Bit not good."

Perhaps Mycroft didn't do too bad a job stepping in as Father. Or maybe it's just been a bad night for him.

I can also imagine once their father died, Trevelyan might have felt like the time for second guessing was over. One just had to keep calm and carry on.

Or Mycroft was totally an awesome oldest brother.

[awanderingbard]

That actually reminds me a bit of Sherlock's relationship with John. "Not good?" "Bit not good."

Hehe! I suppose Siger basically married his Watson.

I can also imagine once their father died, Trevelyan might have felt like the time for second guessing was over. One just had to keep calm and carry on.

Yeah, I think the Holmes brothers responses to the sudden death were 'I will control everything so nothing bad happens again' (Mycroft), 'Caring about people makes you feel Bad when they die, I will not care' (Sherlock), and 'Maybe if I'm quiet and do everything right no one else will die' (Trevelyan).

I also wonder if disappointing one's older brother is not so upsetting as disappointing one's father, so some of the pressure was off him.

Or Mycroft was totally an awesome oldest brother.

Yeah, even Mycroft isn't buying that.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

"Stop being stupid."
So Sherlock's just a chip off the old block in a way?

I rather like Q's dad, though I wouldn't want him to be my dad!

I love the infighting between the parts of Q branch.

[awanderingbard]

So Sherlock's just a chip off the old block in a way?

Pretty much. I have to admit the lure of writing Siger is essentially being able to write Sherlock in love and Sherlock as a dad, two things I would never attempt because they'd be so out of character. I've actually had to correct myself a few times for Mycroft's story. I kept writing 'Sherlock' instead of 'Siger'.

We all know 'stop being stupid' is Holmesian for 'I love you', anyway. :p

[shadowfireflame]

“Yes, and?” Father said. “Has your brother passed some sort of coffee curfew law?”

LOL! I love that they can joke about this-and that Trevelyan’s answer is “Not yet”!!

But I definitely love the last line and how his father gave him that confidence just by having coffee with him. Lovely!