Perseverance (2/7)

[marysutherland]

BBC Sherlock

Rating 15 (swearing, implicit slash)

Summary: Greg's off to the house of a suspected spy with Sherlock and Mycroft. The consequences are unexpected.

This was inspired by Second Skin's Persuasion, and started off as a prequel and remix of that. It has ended up much, much longer...

Note: The chronology of Series 2 is notoriously dodgy. This

Comments

[kalypso_v]

I was slightly surprised that Mycroft would be so forward, but is that the point; that he thinks casual sex with a near-stranger is a safer bet that something more committed with a friend (if he allows himself friends)?

[marysutherland]

I think by this point, Mycroft has probably ceased to think clearly ;-). After all, he has cleverly:

* persuaded sexy inspector into his car alone

* correctly deduced that sexy inspector is bisexual

* found a semi-plausible excuse for asking sexy inspector to take his shirt off

He has also probably spent substantial parts of the afternoon fantasising about Greg, in between getting Sherlock to solve his case for him, so he may be even more off balance. But I see Mycroft as making a mistake that both he and Sherlock are sometimes prone to, of coming up with such ingenious short-term plans that they forget about the long-term problems/consequences (Bond Air, solving Irene's e-mail message etc).

And I also wonder whether Mycroft subconsciously thinks that he is so far away from home territory (Croydon!) that it somehow doesn't count and no-one will ever find out about it.

[maggie_conagher]

I am glad that this is going to take awhile. I'm enjoying the ride before they do.

Even liked the level of detail of Lestrade's unhappy home.

The writing is so fine that I don't mind what it's about. And an update so soon has been a lovely wake up surprise.

[mariole]

> It was every copper's natural urge within ten minutes of first meeting Sherlock to charge him with something, if only being an annoying git in a built up-area.

Hilarious! And probably true.

Really enjoying the depth you put into Lestrade's life here. Very nice.

[marysutherland]

There's a whole complex situation regarding Lestrade's personal life that's hinted at in Scandal but which we never get to see. So I wanted to play with what's going on in the gaps between the episodes, and what's on the other side of the tapestry.

As for police officers wanting to arrest Sherlock, I think everybody automatically feels the urge at some point either to arrest him or else punch him in the face ;-).