kid au · moriarty brothers · genius · ambitious · protective · brotherhood · revolution · intelligent · family dynamics · canonical divergence
"I would like to take the two of them." Albert's statement fell softly into the space after William's ardent plea. In that breath, William and Louis were formally adopted as his younger brothers. --- But paperwork could not alter the immediate texture of their lives. They were still children, after all. Their first true trial in this gilded manor was the biological youngest Moriarty son—another William. Haughty and mean-spirited, he took pleasure in bullying every servant, a category that now, to Albert's growing disgust, included his new brothers. "Did that wretch harm you again, Louis?" Albert's eyes locked onto the fresh, livid burn on Louis's forearm. William remained silent beside him, his brow knitted into a trench of quiet fury. "Are you still all right?" William finally spoke, h…