Chapter V

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Greg sat down and took John's hand gently. Sherlock, on the other side of John, glared. It was no secret that he followed John like a lost puppy; it amused Mycroft and him- John too, he believed.

Greg smiled at John, moving closer and squeezing his hand because, hey, annoying Sherlock was fun.

Sherlock made a little growling noise and held on to John's hand tighter. Greg felt John wince and immediately calmed himself.

John scrunched up his eyes and pulled away from both of them, rubbing his hand over his eyes. Greg hit Sherlock on the side of his head. "Oi! Calm down! Idiot..."

Sherlock's eyes snapped up to John and he immediately calmed himself.

"I'm sorry, John, I'm sorry." Sherlock touched John's shoulder softly and John shied away, standing up, pacing away. "John?"

Sorry... I almost have this...

Greg frowned. "This?"

Sometimes I can make it not hurt.

"John? It's okay, it doesn't matter."

It does.

Sherlock looked worried now and it came through in his voice. "John?"

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" John sighed and clutched at his hair for a second before turning around. "Okay."

"Okay?" Greg raised his eyebrow.

John nodded and smiled weakly. "Sorry I freaked out."

Sherlock still looked a little worried but was obviously trying to keep it in check, for John's sake. "I-It's okay, John."

John smiled slightly and came back to sit between them. "I'm sorry." He took both of their hands. "But this isn't about me. It's about teaching Sherlock."

Greg finally nodded and squeezed John's hand before letting it go. "John's right, Sherlock." He smiled at Sherlock.

Sherlock look nervous suddenly. "Do I have to?"

John squeezed his hand reassuringly. "It's alright to be nervous, after all Greg's teaching you how to control fire today."

Sherlock nodded slowly. "Yeah..." He looked up at John. "Will you stay?"

"Of course, Sherlock." He smiled gently and pulled the small boy into a gentle hug.

Greg chuckled and watched for a moment before they broke apart. Then he began. "First we're going to learn how to control a flame and then we're going to create one..."

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