Life, Death and Love
Chapter 1
Mycroft Holmes had been dating Gregory Lestrade for three months. He'd known that he was in love with him two weeks in, and the feelings he had for him kept getting stronger everyday. The only barrier in their relationship was Mycroft's ex lover, June.
Before he came out as bisexual, he had only ever had relationships with women. The last woman that he had seen before Greg was a much younger woman named June. He was in a bad place when he met her and she knew just the way to take his mind off of things. Their relationship was almost exclusively physical. He would meet up with her at her apartment and they would get takeaway and then they would hook up, and he would leave. They both knew they weren't in love but the relationship that they shared was one they both felt they needed at the time.
When Mycroft first started working more closely with Detective Inspector Gregory Lestrade, he was simply trying to keep closer tabs on his younger brother. Sherlock always seemed to find trouble at every corner, and Mycroft had always known it was because Sherlock actively sought out danger any way he could. The more Mycroft worked with Greg, the more he started to realize how much he missed the detective when they were apart. That was when he broke things off with June. He stayed on friendly terms with her, both of them understanding that whatever it was they had was never going to be long term.
One month into his relationship with Greg, they were sitting on the couch in Mycroft's extravagant living room watching a movie and snogging. Mycroft's phone ringing interrupted them.
"Just ignore it Myc. You're off the clock!" Greg whispered into Mycroft's ear. Mycroft sighed.
"You know I have to check who it is darling. It could be a matter of national importance." Greg whined as Mycroft pulled away to retrieve his mobile from the side table. He looked down at his phone and was surprised to see the caller ID read: June. He contemplated letting it go to voicemail in favour of returning to his previous activities with his current boyfriend. He decided that June wouldn't be calling him if it weren't important and figured that the right thing to do would be to answer.
"I'm sorry love, I really do have to take this." Mycroft said, getting up from the sofa and heading towards the kitchen.
"Make it quick, I wasn't finished yet!" Greg pouted from the living room.
Mycroft chuckled to himself as he hurried to get out of earshot of his detective boyfriend before finally picking up the call.
"Good evening June, I wasn't expecting your call. Is everything alright?"
There was a brief moment of silence from the other end and Mycroft thought he heard sniffling. "Hi Mycroft...I didn't know if you'd take my call. I…Erm… I hope I haven't interrupted anything important…."
Mycroft's mind immediately went to deducing the reasoning for the phone call. Scratchy voice: she had been crying. Long pauses: nervous. She clearly had something to tell him that was both upsetting to her and she was scared to tell him about it.
"No it's alright. I'm not at work, what is it that you wanted to tell me?"
Another long pause at the other end. "Right. Well… I went to the doctor last week and erm.. And well I'm 12 weeks pregnant. It's yours" June practically whispered.
Mycroft was frozen in shock. Pregnant? His? He thought that they had been careful, but he also knew that these sorts of things weren't all that uncommon. He began to panic internally. What was he supposed to do? He had been with June when his depression was at an all time low and now as consequence he would have a child with her. How would he tell Greg? Could he tell Greg? Would Greg leave him? The thought of that brought tears to his eyes. He was finally happy again after all of those months in darkness.
"Mycroft? Oh I'm so sorry Mycroft! I didn't mean for this to happen!" June said tearfully.
That was enough to pull Mycroft back from his own thoughts and worries. "No, no don't apologize. It's not your fault; or rather it's both of our fault's. What… what do you want to do?"
"I don't know! I really don't, this just happened and I'm not ready and you probably don't even want any part of this!" She sobbed.
"Shhh, shhh please don't cry. Of course I want to be part of this. It's just as much my responsibility as it is yours. Just take a deep breath and let's talk about this." Mycroft soothed. He was scared shitless but he could only imagine how June was feeling.
Mycroft and June talked on the phone for another hour and a half and June decided she really did want to keep the baby. Mycroft agreed to help her in any way she wanted him to.