Inspired by: LittleMissDreamer7 she asked for the Sherlock's first words to be Mycroft's nickname of Brolly, but only madame Holmes calls him that so... This is what happened.
Sherlock: 3
Mycroft: 10
"Mummy?" Sherlock pulls on his mother's sleeve to get her attention before climbing onto the couch next to her.
"What is it cher?" She pulls the small boy into her lap.
"Why does 'Croft have an extra name?"
"You mean a nickname?" Madame Holmes clarifies, "You have one too…"
"No," he huffs trying to figure out how to ask his question. "I know our full names and the easier to say versions, you call us both cher, but he has an extra."
"Oh," she hums in understanding, "You want to know why I call Mycroft brolly sometimes," she smiles.
"Uh huh," Sherlock nods.
"Well when he was small, Grand'Mere bought him a book called Little Bear."
"I know that book."
"Mhmm, it's the same one," she nods fondly, "One day when we were reading it to him there was a picture of Old Grizzly Bear and he was carrying an umbrella, or a brolly."
"How…" Sherlock interrupts impatiently.
"That was his first real word," Madame Holmes continues, "Besides Mummy and daddy of course."
The little boy takes in the information for a beat, his face solemn as he works it out. "But why do you call him that?"
"I'm not sure, cher," She smiles warmly, "It just stuck I suppose." She laughs a little, noticing the little pout on her sons face. "What is the matter?"
"Why don't I have one?" Sherlock looks up his eyes wide and questioning.
"Your first word was ouch," she chuckles gently, "That's hardly a proper nickname."
"Nope," he nods thoughtfully.
"You'll probably get one soon enough," Madame Holmes smiles, embracing him a tight hug, "Mark my words."
AN: Thank you for the prompts etc! Please keep it up, chances are I'll use it... any and all ideas are welcomed for the brothers, vague or detailed (doesn't matter).
Just don't forget to mention ages and such, since this is random bits of the brothers relationship. (keep in mind they are 7 years apart.)
Also check out the spin off story from Chapter 9 called Seven Percent (THANKS!)
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