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“What on earth do you want a dog for? You’ll get bored of it after a week and then I’ll have to listen to your mother whining about how she’s the only one that looks after it.”

“Oh.” Well, that was that, wasn’t it? Mycroft was not about to question his father on this. After all, he knew best, right? And if he thought that the boy would get bored of a dog then he was probably right - even if Mycroft didn’t quite think so himself.

The truth was, he’d read a book with a dog in and had grown rather fond of the idea of one. It seemed nice to have a loyal friend who couldn’t actually talk to you so they couldn’t be boring. The idea wasn’t going to leave his head simply because the other told him no, but he supposed that he would have to try and just forget about it now.

But, maybe... “What about a cat then?”

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“Well - I know it may be hard to believe given your astounding self-entitlement, however, you’re not always the most interesting person in the room, Mycroft.”

“Your mother has you ruined - She panders to you far too freely.”

Mycroft did not believe himself to be a figure that must demand attention at all time, nor did he believe himself to be worthy of such a thing. Why would he? His father had, rightfully so, made it clear that it wasn’t the case plenty of times before.

However, that being said, he was the only man in the room that his father had purposely met up with. Yes, there were other people there - it was, after all, a restaurant - but Mycroft failed to see why they would be more important than him in that moment. But perhaps it had been a little too cheeky of him to point it out. It wasn’t something that he would usually have done and, to be quite honest, he wasn’t fully certain what had come over him.

It was the stress of his work, he supposed. A lot had been building up recently and it had left Mycroft in a rather standoffish mood. Needless to say, such a thing was not ideal when it came to meeting with his father.

While he would usually rapidly back down and apologise, Mycroft instead found himself glaring back at the other man. “Oh, forgive me,” he responded, a snarky tone clear in his words, “I wasn’t aware that I should expect to be completely ignored when I take time out of my day to meet with my father.”

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“You’re not comfortable with any conversation.”

Well, that was somewhat true, wasn’t it? There was a lot that he wasn’t comfortable talking about - especially with his father. But there were things he did talk about too! Just... Not this.

“I’m happy to talk about other things. Why can’t we do that?”

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“No, it wouldn’t.”

“Your mother would have a fit and I’m not prepared to deal with her hysterics.”

“Oh come now, we all know that she would get over it. After all, I am hardly Sherlock, am I?”

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“Perseverance does not equal worthiness.”

SENTENCE MEME ⟶ HOUSE, M.D. / SEASON ONE ( episodes 01.01 – 01.06 )

What did this mean? Had he done something wrong? Or was this a warning against doing something wrong in the future? Perhaps a hint that he should stop trying to impress his father already?

“Are you merely stating a fact, or are you attempting to suggest something?” Mycroft eventually just asked. Better to be blunt, yes? His father would appreciate that. Well, unless he didn’t.

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