Sherlock had always been strange. That was part of what endeared him to his mummy. His mummy didn't care at all if he said odd things or figured out what other people said he shouldn't be able to no matter how obvious it is. His mummy had always just smiled and hugged him when he was able to say things like that. That had made Mummy the most important person in Sherlock's world by default.
So, when Sherlock was five and saw his Mummy curled up on the couch staring absently into the fireplace in her study, he climbed up next to her and patted her hand. He noticed, then, that Mummy wasn't wearing her ring. The gold one that she said was what showed other people that she was married. Sherlock saw then that the ring was on the table next to the couch.
"Mummy." Sherlock said, "Did father do something?"
Mummy's eyes left the fireplace to land on Sherlock, "Now what lead you there Sherly?"
Sherlock smiled, always happy to show his Mummy how he figured things out, "Your ring, Mummy. You don't usually take it off, and since it's related to father, it being off your finger means you don't want to be connected to father."
Seraphina smiled slightly and ran her hand through her son's black curls. "My brilliant boy, don't worry, your father's just been difficult recently. I'm sure things will go right back to normal."
Sherlock nodded, not liking the sadness that was in his mummy's smile. Sherlock quickly came up with something to cheer Mummy up. She loved to hear his deductions (that was the word he had found for them recently…he'd have to tell Mummy that too).
"Mummy…can we go into town and I can tell you about the people there?" Sherlock asked. When Mummy nodded Sherlock jumped off of the couch in joy. His mummy followed at a slower pace, enjoying her son's energy. She started humming. It was soft enough that most children wouldn't have noticed, but Sherlock was by no means 'most children'. However, at this moment he was just happy that his mummy had been cheered up, so he just stored the information in his memory and continued out of the house.
