When a man becomes a father he is no longer a mere mortal; he is either a hero or a monster. And Siger Holmes was never a hero to his sons.

221b is accommodating an eleven-year old boarding school runaway. Neither John nor Sherlock are particularly pleased about this, especially considering that the boy is Sherlock's nephew. Crossover with the Nero Wolfe stories and based on the 1956 'theory' that the detective Nero Wolfe is Holmesian offspring.

Written for a prompt from WellingtonGoose: "Mycroft, Anthea and Her Majesty save the royal Jubilee from insert your own villian here " This isn't exactly that, but it's quite close.

"While the factual memory of an addict may be quick, accurate and extensive, his emotional memory may be scanty and, in the case of heavy addiction, approach effective zero." Rated for drug use.

John bumps into Mycroft at the airport. Post-Reichenbach.

Sherlock, forced to turn to his brother for help, remembers everything Mycroft has done for him in the past.

A visit to Mycroft's gives John a little insight into the Holmes brothers' fractured relationship. A drabble that got out of hand.