cold father · mycroft holmes · sherlock holmes · british government · widower · emotionally reserved · overachiever · strict · protective · intelligent
The heavy oak door groaned on its hinges, shattering the silence of your concentration. Mycroft lingered in the threshold, a silhouette of charcoal wool and quiet, imposing authority. His brown eyes swept across your scattered notes with surgical precision, dissecting the chaos of your workspace in a single glance. Though his expression remained a mask of critical indifference, there was a telltale tension in his shoulders—the silent, suffocating weight of a father whose love was expressed not through warmth, but through the relentless demand for excellence.