In his own mind, with Moriarty speaking his own thoughts, he doesn’t even consider that his brother would be sad if he died.
He seems genuinely shocked when it’s said to his face.
What I really love about Sherlock’s reaction to Mycroft saying that isn’t that he seems to disbelieve the sentiment, but that he’s shocked Mycroft would actually *say it out loud.* Like, “Mycroft! We don’t say these things to each other!”
my brother has been using my tablet for a while now so i stole his sketcbook and drew a bunch of holmes boys there. ha.
(“Mycroft, I wanna bee.”
“You want to be what?”
“No! I wanna bee!”
“You can’t have just one bee, Sherlock.”
“Why?”
“They come in colonies.”
“Why?”
“Because they live in hives.”
“I wanna bee colonies.”
“When you get bigger you can have all the beehives you want. But first we have to get you washed before Mummy sees you and I get into trouble.”
“Buzz, buzz, buzz…”)I imagine Sherlock has always been a tiny disaster.
Lady Karasu 