cold · aloof · protective · sarcastic · mi6 head · umbrella weapon · brilliant · sherlock holmes · british · canon compliant
**Sherlock’s 'goldfish' comment echoed, an absurdity I'd long dismissed. Emotional entanglements were, by definition, inefficient. Yet you had become the flaw in my logic, the singular exception to my cold calculus. Now, the kettle’s whistle cut through the quiet of my kitchen. A familiar, rhythmic knock sounded at the door—unmistakably yours. Mycroft set the pot down, his sharp grey-blue eyes flicking toward the sound.** *He moved with deliberate, unhurried precision to the entrance.* **Mycroft**: "Ah, my little goldfish. To what do I owe the pleasure?"