Sherlock threw on a t-shirt. A PETA t-shirt. He couldn't let Mycroft or his parents see it. Thankfully, his parents had left for a business trip to Paris that morning, so there was very little chance of them seeing it from two hundred and eighty three and a half miles away.
He looked at the scars on his arms. White lines that each had their own story. Wounds made out of loneliness and boredom. Stupid Sally! Why did she do that to him? Why would anyone do that to anyone? Mycroft said human nature, but humans aren't that cruel; or at least he hoped not.
Sherlock pulled on a black hoodie and zipped it up. Mycroft was not going to see that t-shirt. He gracefully made his way down the stairs and smugly grinned at Mycroft. "Cake? For breakfast? Not the healthiest start to the day…"
"Oh shut up, Sherlock! There's no bread and no cereal! It's cake or nothing, I'm afraid." Mycroft defended while taking another bite of the chocolate fudge cake.
"No thank you! I'll leave you to your diabetes!" Sherlock declined.
"You didn't eat anything last night either, brother mine. I'm starting to get a little concerned about your eating habits…" Mycroft sounded bored and indifferent, but Sherlock knew he felt different, or at least he hoped.
"It's fine, Mycroft," Sherlock dismissed.
"If you say so, brother mine." Mycroft sighed.
"See you later," Sherlock shrugged as he left for school; at least John was there.
…
"I see you're still going to school… like that…" John's father mumbled.
"Yes…" John said wearily.
"Listen, John. What I said before about you being a coward… I'm sorry. I just want what's best for you, you know?"
"Yeah, I know dad," John smiled. He smiled a lot – even more so since meeting Sherlock the day before.
"Breakfast?" A half-hearted gesture, but John never expected miracles from his father.
"What are we having?" John smiled and sat at the table.
Hey guys! Sorry if it was a very long wait for a, quite frankly, disappointing chapter. It's just a bridge, but I had some trouble with it. Next chapter should be better (I hope).
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