The four of them sat around the table, eating pasta claimed to have been cooked by Sherlock.
"So, what's the connection between you two?" John asked at last.
Sherlock smiled at his question. Being near him all the time had made John a little tactless, and Sherlock liked it.
"Just collies." Mycroft said with his fake smile.
"Well, that's what they said about Sherlock and I at first too, and look where we are now."
Sherlock and Emma laughed. Mycroft wasn't amused.
"Alright, so he's a sociopath –"
"A highly functioning one."
"A highly functioning sociopath, sorry. What's your excuse?"
The men were all surprised by her question, especially the one that was being asked.
"I'm his brother." Mycroft said as lightly as possible.
Emma raised her eyebrows and looked back at her meal, and they continued eating in silence.