Here are the last two chapters of this story.
I know it wasn't great, but I enjoyed writing it.
Sorry for any mistakes.
Chapter 9
"John?"
Sherlock tilted his head to the side as he emerged from his bedroom to find the doctor hunched over the kitchen table, his arms folded under his head and on top of what looked to Sherlock like documents from his anger management counsellor.
Sherlock, currently unwilling to attend any cases with his facial injuries, had been asleep when the doctor had returned from his session. Until now, he hadn't realised just how little sleep the poor doctor had been getting.
"John?"
He tried again, gently placing his hand on John's back in between his shoulder blades. The action awakened John's inner soldier and he started, jumping a little into alertness and turning to face whoever it was that had disturbed him. He seemed to calm a little when his gaze fell on Sherlock.
"Go to bed."
At this the ex-soldier shook his head.
"I can't, Sherlock." He sighed softly. "Mycroft is coming to see me, remember?"
Of course Sherlock remembered, he was dreading his brother coming again.
"You have plenty of time to go on upstairs to your bedroom and sleep." Sherlock assured him. "I'll come up and wake you when he arrives if you're not already awake by then. Yes?"
John was very aware that there was no use in arguing with Sherlock.
Mycroft's visit was certainly less than enjoyable for John. The British Government all but kicked Sherlock out of the sitting room so that he could speak with John in private.
John knew, and he was sure Mycroft did as well, that Sherlock was standing at the door listening in to their conversation.
Mycroft noted that John seemed to be doing well in terms of his regular anger management sessions, but he intended to make certain that John knew not to harm his little brother again. Not that John planned to.
In doing so, he reignited John's guilt and left the doctor in tears once more.
Even Sherlock couldn't manage to calm him down this time.
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