Fic for frozen_delight: Caring is not an Advantage, Part I

[holmesticemods]

Title: Caring is not an Advantage
Recipient: frozen_delight
Author: dioscureantwins
Characters: Sherlock, Mycroft, Anthea, Mummy, Daddy, John, Mrs Hudson, OC’s
Rating: T
Warnings: no warnings apply.
Beta: the amazing stardust_made was so kind as to help me. She’s a wonderful writer and an incredibly kind and resourceful beta. Thanks to her this has become a much better story than it would

Comments

[frozen_delight]

With all the delightfully angsty tension that's going on, I'm very eager to move on to part two, but I just wanted to let you know very quickly, dear author, how much I've been enjoying your precious gift so far.

I really like that you've mentioned the treehouse on several occasions as it also features heavily in my own Holmes brothers headcanon. It seems to be the only safe haven that Sherlock knows, apart from Mycroft that is, before poor Mycroft inevitably fails him too and loses said "privilege".

Ha, I have to confess I laughed out loud when Mycroft almost hit that Vauxhall - he really shouldn't be driving when he's so obviously being distracted by his pretty little brother.

Last but not least, allow me to say that I love what you've done with Anthea, she's charming and sassy, just like she should be. Especially this was such a perfect piece of dialogue that I'd rather like to see it on screen some day:
“It can’t be any more tedious than the European budget talks we sat through three weeks ago,” Mycroft endeavoured, putting on