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PROLOGUE
“We were just kids, Mycroft”
“Yet you told me you loved me”
The tears that were falling off his face couldn’t be hidden, even as he tried to look away and grab a handkerchief.
“You love her, don’t you?” he asked, looking at the man he was so madly in love with, but who now loved another. “Please don’t be ridiculous” “Just tell me the truth, Gregory” he hissed, getting up from the armchair to stand in front of him, trying to make himself look strong and superior, even if inside he just wanted to whisper those same old words and crawl into those familiar arms “Please… It is all I ask of you…” He mumbled, his voice starting to break as the tears threatened to fall down his cheeks “If you don’t love me anymore, tell me, and I will let you go” he said as a sigh escaped his lips.
“I will never stop loving you, Mycroft Holmes” the man told, getting up from his chair and standing in front of him, looking him in the eyes before walking away.
“I hope that one day you can live up to the promise you made me” he told, making the other man turn around “That we would live in a small flat… Just the two of us and a cat… And that you would help me rule the world…” he said, sighing softly as he just rolled his eyes and walked away, slamming the door behind him.