Mycroft sat down on his sofa and stared at his chow mein guiltily. "To eat or not to eat," he thought glumly, "that is the question."
He picked up his chopsticks and clicked on the television. He stared at the screen, not really seeing, until a certain 'Breaking News!' caption caught his eye. Mycroft took a sip of his water and choked, nearly coughing up a lung. He lunged for the control remote and frantically tapped the volume.
"Susan Formack here. A man that had previously made an attempt on one of our government officials, unnamed of course, has been killed or rather, has killed himself." an anchor-woman explained. "This just in of course, but we appear to have a witness! The police have just brought him in, let's see what he has to say. Are you there Macy?"
Another woman, obviously filming from a different section of London, nodded.
"Hello, Susan! Macy Grimes reporting live to you with a witness that actually saw the suicide. Here he is."
None other than Sherlock Holmes, dressed in a painfully fake beard and God forbid, skinny jeans. Mycroft pinched the bridge of his nose; his brother was horrible with disguises.
"Alexander Geo—I mean, I saw the man on his balcony and I, you know, didn't have a clue who he was, shouted out, 'No, mate, don't do it!' but it was far too late. He was broken, on the pavement." Sherlock sighed and ran his hands through his hair as if the very memory was hard for him to bear. "I just can't believe he really—that he jumped, you know? You never think people will do it until their feet actually l-leave the ground." His voice cracked and the interviewer looked sympathetic.
"Poor dear," she said, looking at the camera, "back to you Susan."
Susan returned to the screen, shaking her head. "Macy, I don't quite know how to feel. I suppose the government won't have to worry about tracking him down. In other news—"
Mycroft turned off the television. "Oh, Sherlock…" he tsk-tsked. "What would I've done had you been caught?"
AN - So, I hope you don't mind that these are drabbles and not full blown chapters. I just felt like that was the right way to go for this particular one. Anyway, I'll post two tonight and save the rest for the next few days. Have a great night, all! (Also, Guest, thanks for your fantastic review! I'm so thrilled you're liking it so far!) Thanks VioletErin.26 for your awesome review too!