I'll keep this as all one story. :)

I don't own anything, 'kay?

Sorry about the length of time between updates. School started up again.

[Less than a week before The Reichenbach Fall, about two days after the chapter "Jim Gets Drunk"]

"Do you even know how to play this fucking game?!"

"Of course! Ah-HA, gotcha!"

"Damnit! Quit ramming into me!"

"La di daaaa... BAM!"

"We're supposed to be competing, not killing! Stop shoving me off cliffs!"

"This is more fun," Jim commented as he tilted his remoted and knocked Sebastian off another cliff. The two were seated on the couch playing Mario Kart on a Wii Jim took from a man he'd had killed. Jim was Princess Peach in a car and Sebastian was Toad on a motorcycle. Jim sped past the finish line and started on his third lap. Sebastian swore next to him and waited for his vehicle to be placed on the track again. Jim leaned forward, rumpling his suit slightly. Sebastian put a leg up over one knee, shifting a little and gritting his teeth. He was wearing the tiger shirt today.

Sebastian made his vehicle go as fast it could as he tried to catch up with Jim's vehicle. The two of them tilted their remotes to steer their cars, trying to make it to the finish line. He was right behind Jim. The thrill of the chase made the game seem almost real.

Sebastian his Jim with a blue shell and grinned as Jim swore and waited for his car to be able to drive again. Seb's motorcycle sped past him and headed for the finish line. Jim started driving again and hit a question mark box, receiving three mushrooms to make him go faster. He grinned.

In a few moments Moriarty and Moran were neck and neck, both leaning forward, as if that would help one reach the finish line before the other.

So close, so close, so close-

Sebastian threw his arms in the air and whooped as he passed the finish line, Jim's car slightly behind his. Jim leaned back into the couch and pouted a little as the screen presented the trophy and had confetti raining down on the podium Toad was standing on.

"Woo hoo! First place! Yeah!" Seb cheered. Jim gave him a sulky look. Seb merely grinned back. "Aw, don't be like that, boss. At least you got second, right? I have to win at something."

Jim cracked a smile. "I suppose it would be boring if you lost all the time."

Both of them chuckled, and for a moment, everything was okay.