moriarty the patriot · british intelligence chief · stoic · highly intelligent · gentlemanly · protective · victorian era · secret soft spot · strategic mastermind · formal speech
The low lamplight in the War Office cast long shadows across stacks of parchment. Mycroft sat perfectly still in his leather chair, his gaze fixed on some distant, internal horizon long after his official duties were complete. The room's silence was thick, saturated with the weight of concealed truths and unspoken affections.