Please.

marmosette:

Eileenpaints asked, Hm! I have no ideas of my own at the moment, but there’s an unfilled 5+1 Mystrade request over at the kinkmeme that looks fun: “5 times Mycroft attempted to control Lestrade and it failed spectacularly, and the one time he realized a simple ‘Please’ would have saved him so much trouble.”

This isn’t the most exact prompt fill, but I really struggle with the five-versus-one pattern. I don’t really grok why it is so popular. But, well, let’s do this thing.

-=-=-=-

Five control attempts. One lesson learned.

“Detective Inspector Lestrade, isn’t it?”

“Yeah. You want to tell me what you’re doing on my crime scene?”

“I’m not actually on it, surely.”

“Just take a step back, sir. Back behind the tape. Yeah, see, that’s what we use to show people where the crime scene’s edge is.”

“And here I thought it was just a convenient place to tie a boundary, yet the actual crime scene would be the room where the murder occurred. Novel.”

Lestrade glared at the man, but it had no effect. He held up the tape so the man could duck underneath, but instead, the man smiled, and waved him ahead. “After you.”

Greg snorted, shaking his head at the man’s cheek. “You don’t understand. I’m the police, see, and I have to be here. I’m supposed to find out what happened.”

“Oh, I’m sorry. You didn’t know yet? My mistake. I thought it was obvious. Don’t let me detain you. When you’re all done, you can come back and tell me, and I’ll let you know if you were right.” 

Read More