Sherlock is in the middle of fixing the twins and Hamish a snack in the kitchen when Greg comes in. Greg closes the door behind him, and Sherlock's pauses, an open packet of Wotsits in his hands. One look at Greg's face and Sherlock can tell that he wants to talk to him without John interrupting.
Sherlock resists the urge to sigh and instead dumps the entire bag of crisps in the bowl.
"You uh got a minute?" Greg asks.
Sherlock nods reluctantly and pulls three orange juice cartons out of the cupboard.
"You could've warned me that I used to steal apples from his granny's garden!" Greg says by way of opening.
Sherlock thinks back to the earlier conversation and how Greg had made a fool of himself in front of John and shrugs. "How was I supposed to remember that you and Granny were sworn enemies?" He says putting them on a tray along with the crisps. "Anyway it was ages ago, what does it matter? I was always taking her apples and John likes me." Indeed Sherlock vaguely recalls falling out of one of Granny Watson's apple trees onto a little blonde boy.
"Yes well, that's different I suppose." Greg says scratching the back of his head. "Anyway why didn't you tell me you had an arranged bond!"
Sherlock blinks, a handful of crisps pauses on their way into his mouth. "Because I don't."
Greg laughs disbelievingly. "Of course you do! Our mum and his nan arranged for you and him to bond, didn't they?"
Sherlock shakes his head. There is no need to explain his and John's youthful foolishness when it is their current relationship which is being questioned. "We arranged it ourselves, John and I." He pauses trying to explain how he feels about John to Greg. "John has always been my dearest friend. It made sense."
"You mean you just settled for the first Alpha that would have you?" Greg says astonished.
"I think all those years on drugs must have addled your brain, I didn't settle. There is no one else for me but John. He had my heart from the first."
By drugs am I of course referring to the drugs Greg used to hide his Alpha status.