Sherlock Fic: Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled (Part 2 of 3)

[brighteyed_jill]

It's Saturday!

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled, Part 2 (Sherlock BBC; Sherlock/JohnMycroft/Lestrade)
Part One is here (mind the warnings).
Or check out the master post for the In My Master's House series.

Comments

[maigrey_star]

I despise The Empire so much. Well, I guess Mycroft will start chain smoking soon because that's one hell of dangerous game he's playing "for the good of the realm", Moriarty and Moran and maybe Irene all in his house, Greg could be in terrible danger but he doesn't know and Sherlock having the time of his life with all the mysteries, yes I'm sure he's feeling stressed.

[brighteyed_jill]

Yeah, the social conditions pose quite a large problem here.

that's one hell of dangerous game he's playing "for the good of the realm"
You are not wrong! I'm sure Mycroft has been breaking into the booze and cigarettes more than usual recently...

[metalnurse]

I'm worried what will happen next, especially since you said it would end on a cliffhanger... So I worry about everyone's safety, esp Greg's and Mycroft's since they are more or less on their own while Sherlock and John at least talk to each other on some lever. (I worry about them too, though)

[brighteyed_jill]

Why would you worry about everyone? Would I ever do anything mean to my characters? *bats eyelashes*

Um... well, maybe a bit. Anyway, you're right about communication making a big difference in these couples. Even though Mycroft and Lestrade have been together much longer, they face some difficulties that Sherlock and John have managed to avoid. Whether that makes things easier for one couple or the other, we'll just have to see! Mwah ha ha!

[clancy_s]

S & J are very distracting. but one of the many things I loved about IMMH4 but didn't comment on was John's attitude Mycroft in the work room. Equally delightful is their meeting in the garden here - particularly the use of 'my master forbids me'. The readers have seen the good side of Mycroft but afa John knows he's a complete tosser and John is delightfully unintimidated, despite his vulnerability...

that means John's self preservation instincts are somewhere around the level of a rabid mongoose, which is admirable in an insane kind of way.

The irony is that. although J doesn't see it M is a modern and liberal master; the whole set up is horrific, but M treats his slaves as well as their society allows.

[brighteyed_jill]

The readers have seen the good side of Mycroft but afa John knows he's a complete tosser
Good point you make! John has no reason to trust this guy, and so far every interaction he's had with John has been less than pleasant. But John's not really one to knuckle under in that kind of situation, though; that's the rabid-mongoose instincts at worse.

And yes, Mycroft seems to be trying to do his best within a severely problematic system. But glad you're enjoying their interactions!