Sherlock stood in Lestrade's office, leaning on his cane as he peeked through the windows to watch the people in the open office space.
"Sherlock?" Lestrade asked.
"Mmmmhhh." Sherlock answered not turning around.
"What do you want here?" Lestrade asked. "I don't have a case and you have been sitting here for half an hour without saying a word."
"Mmmmhhh." Sherlock answered again, standing up a bit straighter, intensely watching the offices space on the other side of the window.
"Sherlock?" Lestrade yelled.
"Wait and see." Was the cryptic answer from Sherlock.
Lestrade gave up asking further questions. Instead he got up and stood beside Sherlock to see what the younger man was up to. And now he understood. He saw Victor standing between the desks of his team, the chief superintendent by his side, seemingly introducing him to the other officers.
"That is Victor, right?" Lestrade asked.
"Mmmmhhh." Sherlock answered as he watched how Sally talked animatedly to his boyfriend. Sherlock smiled.
"What is he doing here?" Lestrade asked, hoping he would get more than just a murmur as an answer.
"Working." Sherlock answered a small smile on his face as he noticed that while Victor was listening to Sally he had also noticed Sherlock and there was a tiny wink that probably only Sherlock had truly noticed.
"Working?" Lestrade was annoyed by this conversation as he didn't get any real answers for his questions. But by now his team, the chief superintendent and Victor approached his office and Lestrade felt a hint of nervousness. It was not like he was not allowed to work with Sherlock Holmes but he also knew that the chief superintendent didn't really like the consulting detective. The door of the office was opened and the group entered the room.
"And this is Detective Inspector Lestrade, who will be you main contact for most cases." The chief superintendent introduced Victor and with a gesture towards Victor he added. "This is Victor Trevor. He is the new liaison officer of the MI5." The next moment the chief superintendent spotted Sherlock sprawled on one of the chairs and he narrowed his eyes. "And this is the infamous Sherlock Holmes who in some special cases consults the Yard." The venom in his voice was unmistakable.
"Oh, I know him." Victor said with a smile and added a clearly visible wink to his words before he approached Lestrade and offered his hand. "Gregory, nice to meet you again."
Before Greg could reply Sally stuttered. "You know each other?"
"You mean me and Greg?" Victor asked innocently. "Or me and Sherlock?"
"Both." Sally said.
"Well, I know both." Victor said, smiling, not adding another explanation.
The chief superintendent seemed to be less confused and started to talk about the future cooperation before he left Greg's office.
"Thank god, I thought he would never leave." Victor muttered when the door closed before he turned to Sherlock. "Did you wait here for me?"
"Mmmmhh." Sherlock answered with a nod.
"Then we could have taken one cab." Victor said, shaking his head.
"But then it would not have been a surprise." Sherlock stated with a smirk and a wink while Sally, Greg and the rest of the officers watched them with confused expressions on their faces.
"So you really know each other. " Sally stated.
"Oh, Sally, do keep up, he already confirmed that." Sherlock said with a sigh.
"We live together." Victor explained with a smile.
"Oh, you are his new flatmate." Gregson exclaimed.
"Flatmate, no not really." Victor said his smile broadening.
"Before this conversation gets even more tedious, let us go. I am starving." Sherlock said and sprung up from his chair, grabbing first his cane and then Victor's hand. "Text me when you have a case." He shouted at Greg.
They were nearly out of the office when Victor stopped. "Yeah, please text him with a case. He is unbearable when he is bored."
"Vic." Sherlock exclaimed, tugging him along.
"Sorry, my boyfriend is apparently also unbearable when he is actually hungry." Victor said with another smile and a wink before he followed Sherlock.
"Boyfriend?" Sally uttered unbelievingly.
Greg couldn't help and also smiled. "Yeah, boyfriend."
"The freak has a boyfriend." Sally stuttered once more.
"Sally." Greg shouted.
"Sorry, but really, I just flirted with the boyfriend of Sherlock Holmes. I can't believe it." Sally shook his head.
Greg turned around and realized that this reaction probably was exactly what Sherlock was looking for when he showed up here today.
Once outside Victor stopped Sherlock. "You really needed that, don't you?" He smirked.
"I just wanted to see how your first day at Scotland Yard would look like." Sherlock stated calmly, but he couldn't help but to smile a bit.
"No, sweetheart, you wanted to show off." Victor said.
"Well, yeah, maybe a bit." Sherlock said quietly. "But most of all I wanted to see if my prediction would be correct."
"What prediction?" Victor asked curiously.
"I assumed that Sally would try and flirt with you." Sherlock said. "And she did, didn't she? If the chief superintendent would not have been by your side all of the time she would have asked you out or given her your number."
Victor smiled broadly again. "And you needed to be there to prevent that?"
"Yeah." Sherlock nodded.
"You can be quite possessive." Victor said, still grinning.
"Well, you belong to me and I don't want anybody to think differently." Sherlock stated and walked to the street to hail a cab.
Victor watched him and whispered to himself. "As if there is any risk that I will ever leave you again."