The Sign of Three, by emungere (G)

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Fandom: SHERLOCK BBC
Characters: Mycroft, Sherlock, John (as children, age 11, 5, and 8)
Length: 3490
Author on LJ: emungere
Author Website: Consequence Free
Why this must be read:
I realized I've recced mostly Sherlock/John so far, so this is a bit of Gen. It's well done. There's a whiff of the Sign of Four, with its map and treasure and a buried past. It's a scene from Mycroft and Sherlock's childhood, when they meet the young John Watson in the park and play Pirates together, on Sherlock's birthday. Meeting John's not exactly the point of the story, though. It's three boys, being boys. It's a very good young Mycroft being Mycroft under (rather melodramatic) trying circumstances, too adult for his years but still thinking like a child. It has a bit of an Awful Family past for the brothers, but there's a dead toad, too, which is always good for a laugh.

The Sign of Three