God Rest Ye Sleuthy, Gentlemen: An Advent Calendar Drabble Collection

by tiltedsyllogism

a Sherlock drabble or 221b for every day of Advent. With one exception, these are 25 independent and self-contained ficlets - mostly on a Christmas theme, but not all. So ignore the character and genre tags: though each individual chapter/story is small, the fic as a whole has a range of genres, a cast of thousands, &c. Written in 2014.

19. Mycroft and Greg, snow and lights

The black sedan was waiting for him. It was late, and Greg really didn't feel like cleaning up after Sherlock. But he'd lost that fight months ago, so he climbed in.

"Hello then," Greg said. "What's the occasion?"

Mycroft stiffened, if that was even possible. "No occasion," he said carefully.

Greg shrugged. "Used to taking orders secondhand, is all," he said. "Where is, um…"

"Night off." Mycroft looked pointedly at Greg. "For all of us."

The car glided forward into snow-hushed streets. Greg's confusion faded as he stared out the window, spellbound.

"This," Mycroft said softly. "This is the reason."