"Leave me alone, Sherlock!" Mycroft snapped, flipping a page in his textbook. "I'm trying to study."
"But I'm bored." his younger brother Sherlock whined.
"Then go do something! I've got my final exams tomorrow and they're rather important to me!"
"Everyone knows you'll ace your exams." Sherlock mumbled, sliding down into a seated position, his head against Mycroft's bedroom door.
The elder Holmes scoffed. "I don't know that."
"Can't we go do something? C'mon Mycroft, let's play deductions!"
"Sherlock!" Mycroft reprimanded. "Get out."
"Apologies, I didn't know you were currently experiencing your menstrual cycle." Sherlock grumbled, barely ducking in time as a shoe whizzed past his curly hair.
Mycroft Holmes held his head in his hands. Usually, he didn't get this… emotional over exams. But these were his first final exams in a university and they were quite nerve-racking to say the least. Mrs. Holmes had brought her son a tea in hopes of calming him down a bit but not even the lemon-ginger concoction could ease this anxiety.
Just when he was about to resign and abandon all hope, a beautiful sound wafted through his bedrooms walls. Closing his eyes and listening carefully, Mycroft identified the tune: one of his favourites, "Romance from The Gadfly" by Dmitri Shostakovich. It was a elegant, soothing, sometimes melancholy sounding piece and this did calm his anxious mind.
Mycroft, feeling very much like a small boy, got out of his desk and sat down, back up against the wall. He pressed his ear to the drywall and closed his eyes, letting his brother's music consume him.
Although Mycroft didn't know it, Sherlock was mirroring his brother's posture. Sherlock was also leaning against the other side of the wall, eyes closed, playing his violin as if it were only him and the violin, nothing else in the universe.
AN - Such a positive response I've gotten on this story! Thanks to all who reviewed (Daundelyon, Singstar4 and Prothoe!) of course. Hope this drabble was satisfying... I think we all know just how stressful final exams can be. But Shostakovich's "Romance" makes it all better, especially when Sherlock's the one playing it :) Enjoy!