drabble prompt from MizJoely on tumblr: "Why did we have to have kids?"
"Victor Hamish Holmes, what do you have to say for yourself?" Sherlock's voice boomed. The kitchen walls were splattered with the remnants of an experiment.
"It wasn't just me!" Victor exclaimed. "Charlotte was in on it too!" Sherlock looked around but did not see his daughter present. She was hiding.
"Charlotte, I know you're beneath the desk, come out now," he called out. She poked her head full of cinnamon curls out from under her father's workspace.
"What on Earth is going on?" Molly asked as she entered 221B.
"Mommy!" Charlotte shouted, running towards her mother. Molly enveloped her in her arms.
"It seems our son has taken to experimenting on his own time; apparently Charlotte was in on it," Sherlock explained.
"Alright, you two, clean this up and afterwards, we're going to have a talk," Molly told them. The two children went to work straightaway. Sherlock followed Molly to the sofa, both collapsing in exhaustion.
"Oh, father?" Victor asked.
"Yes?" Sherlock answered.
"You may or may not be aware, but Mummy's with child again," Victor deduced, returning to the kitchen. Sherlock's face softened with love in his eyes for his wife.
"Why did we have to have kids?" Molly questioned with a laugh.
"Because we wanted a family," Sherlock smiled before kissing her.
"Ew!" the Holmes children proclaimed rather loudly.
"I love our family," Molly smiled. "And I love you."