It's a drizzly evening, and Lestrade has just left the Yard. He's looking forward to a hot meal when his phone dings. (Christ. It's Sherlock.) Reluctantly, he digs his phone out to see what the brilliant arse wants now.
im sorry - sh
Lestrade shudders. Sherlock would rather walk around naked than send a grammatically incorrect text, and he never apologises. For him to do both is a sign that something has gone horribly wrong. Lestrade drives like a madman to Sherlock's bridge. Once there, he finds Sherlock unconscious and barely breathing with a syringe next to him.
A homeless teenage girl approaches and asks what happened. Lestrade tosses her his phone and tells her to call 999 while he examines the drugs in Sherlock's pockets. (A speedball. Sherlock, you idiot!)
After the paramedics arrive, the girl taps Lestrade on the shoulder. "His brother gave him this," she says, holding out a grubby paper. "He didn't want it, but I kept it in case he changed his mind."
The note reads, "Please call me any time. – Mycroft" with the number beneath. Lestrade tells the girl she's done well and gives her some cash.
As he dials Mycroft's number, Lestrade's greatest fear is that Mycroft won't get to St. Bart's in time.
A/N: Sherlock returns next chapter! I gave Lestrade a turn because I needed to explain who called the ambulance for Sherlock and how that person knew to notify Mycroft. (And because Lestrade is cool.)