Clearly Mycroft is keeping some kind of tabs on Sherlock, wonder if he's aware that Sherlock is actively making himself boring and is thus living in a 23/7 act rather than doing anything that actually interests him. I'm presuming Mycroft has had limited ability to interfere or help but it is implied he's at the very least now in a situation he can keep up to date of Rudy/Sherlock at least. Wonder if he's been essentially witness protection or prisoner, Rudy's death has to be at least some form of trigger or else MH wouldn't have reached out (and managed to contact Sherlock and only Sherlock), like his distanced was enforced in such a way even a genius of Mycroft's calibre couldn't attempt to contact a genius of Sherlock's calibre, who Rudy may suspect of not believing in Mycroft's death (which if they are in contact...). Like Sherlock has gone out of his way to be mild mannered artsy William and Mycroft who even then, KNOWS Sherlock (better than Eurus considering she was younger than Sherlock and he's been acting a LOOONG time) knows that he must be seriously scared of something to be that committed, so not only would contact theoretically be possible, but Sherlock isn't going to be letting anyone suspect anything is off AND is open to the possibility.
I love how Mycroft is still a very prominent presence in Sherlocks mind-palace and it's almost like he never left except Sherlock is vulnerable and furious and pasting a slightly vapid bookish emotional fountain on top. Also Sherlock basically going 'I'm going to have a very pointedly intellectual vacation that will end with me casually and obliviously wandering into a terrorist ring that (I have identified as a Interpol/CIA priority) will surrender me to America where I can Illegally search for my dead brother. - I kind of hope that since sherlock couldn't be a detective that he might still have ties to the homeless, so he can convincingly be a homeless man (he's probably been tortured I'm sure he can pull of the looks), after presumably dropping of government radar, and find Mycroft.
I've never seen a story similar to this, which is a shame because I love Mycroft and Sherlock and wish they were blatantly on the same side (and maybe occasionally affectionate with each other, beyond mind palaces and blatant awareness of each other) even if others suffer for it because they are each-others 'ride or die' between arguments. I hope you continue this soon, I really enjoyed it so far.
first things first, thank you for the long comment! I can not tell you how much it made me happy to read it and know people like my work enough to think about what will come next! of course Mycroft is , We know he has OCD, also with that kind of sister? he would try to protect his lil brother from a far. I dont think he knows Sherlock is living like that though, considering in his mind eye, Sherlock doesnt even want to be recognised by the middle name Mycroft called him. we know Eurus is terrifyingly brilliant, so the act must be spectacular for her to fall for. Sherlock was indeed an emotional child, so maybe Mycroft thinks he has suppressed the awful memories so it hurt less? Rudy may have been the contact, the only one he had left and after losing him, he panics. he doesnt know anything about his brother, or that without Rudy, would Eurus make a move and eliminate him? he is the shadow man, but for sherlock? he will dare to come out of shadows and play the sun, burning whoever hurt his lil bro. the homeless network, yeah I can see that. like John Reese in Person of interest... my other stories about mycroft are all full of brotherly romance, err bromance? not incest I swear! particularly the Jump - and the sequence- and like poison in my vains. but yea, there are no other stories like mine. I always try to read the best compeleted ones , in hits and kudos and sometimes bookmarks, so I dont write a copy of another story. thank you for commenting again and sorry for replying so late.
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