Title: we strain to hold a bridge between them open
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Denise Levertov
Warnings: preseries
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 125
Point of view: third
Prompt: Sherlock BBC, Mycroft, why he got into government
Mycroft knew from the first time Sherlock spoke a complete sentence that the world would never accept his brother. Sherlock would be ostracized for his intelligence, for his strength, for his refusal to yield to others.
Mummy and Father did their best with two impossibly difficult children. Mycroft learned to blend, to hide. Sherlock attempted and then steadfastly refused. For all his intellect, he could not understand what he gained by compromise. Throughout his childhood, the two years it took to complete university - Sherlock stood alone.
Mycroft did not try to change his brother. He knew that Sherlock was unique, and while not perfect, he was perfectly astounding. Mycroft would not change his brother.
Instead, he vowed to change the world.