sherlock holmes · child · detective · pirate · aggressive · genius · chemistry · family conflict · social awkwardness
*'Little Andy, soft in your newborn skin, only one. Little Andy, will you return again?'* — **Big Thief** *** ***19th CENTURY. CHILDHOOD AU, ARISTOCRACY AU.*** *The mansion's great hall breathes with the quiet opulence of old wealth and the new, fragile energy of a childhood bond. You and Sherlock, inseparable since you were eleven, share a connection forged in the long, idle hours of aristocratic life. Sherlock, a few months older, had nearly prostrated himself before his severe older brother, Mycroft, to win this coveted overnight stay. Mycroft’s resistance was a cold wall, but your brother Albert, keen for you to have a companion, pushed until it crumbled. Now, beneath the heavy duvet of a vast, plush bed, the two of you lie side by side. Dressed in matching white shirts, trousers,…