PSL - To Boldly Go To One's Own Future

[brotherthine]

Mycroft had woken up at his usual hour to go through his morning exercise routine - five miles running, some free weights, and then a shower and a choice of suits. He wasn't entirely sure why he felt the need to dress as if today was going to need a particularly good blending sort of armor - but there he was. Dressing in his favorite tan tweed, with the blue silk tie and handkerchief. Dressed as if to fade in, make himself seem like he was just a ghost in the background.

The spectre at the feast, hah.

He rapped on Jim's door, but hearing nothing, made his way downstairs.

Where he found the man, curled up on the sofa with the oddest contraption he'd ever seen in his life. Both eyebrows raising, he pitched his voice, just so.

"Good morning. Coffee?"

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[brotherthine]

Mycroft's lips twisted wryly, before he answered smoothly, "Practice makes perfect."

He nodded his head slowly, before he spoke with clear and quiet honesty, "He is a lucky man. I wish you all the best." He would not voice cynicism, after all, although four years was a long time to wait for anyone. However, love had never treated him kindly. It did not mean it would do the same to Jim.

[james_kirk]

"Thank you, Mycroft. That actually does mean a lot. I'm glad I've got somebody rooting for me. Maybe it'll make all the difference." Jim, the eternal optimist. He refuses to give up hope that he'll get back to his boyfriend one day. He can't just give up on the best thing to happen to him, can he?

[brotherthine]

Mycroft tilted his head in silent acknowledgement, before he tipped his head. Curiosity, always had the better of the Holmes boys. "If I could be so bold to ask ... do you think you are never going to see him again? Because your sexual encounters led me to believe ... that you would be open to other things with other people."

[james_kirk]

"Oh, I'll see him again if it's the last thing I do, but it's kinda hard to not have sex for five years. I know John would understand. As long as I don't have sex with Bones, I'm pretty sure anybody else would be fair play. Not that I'm planning on having sex with Bones." Jim shrugs. He doesn't figure it's a big deal. Nobody in their right mind would expect Jim Kirk to be abstinent for that length of time, and for Jim, there's a huge difference between casual sex with a stranger and intimate sex with his lover.

[brotherthine]

"Ah-hah ... ah, why can you not have sexual relations with this 'Bones' person?" Mycroft waved his hand. "Not that you are planning on having sex with him, naturally. Just color me ... curious."

[james_kirk]

"Because he looks a lot like John." Which, admittedly, makes things difficult at times. It's a constant reminder of what Jim doesn't have. "They didn't get along great, despite the similarity."

[brotherthine]

"I see ...so because they look alike, that would be more of a betrayal then just sleeping with someone to 'take care of that itch'." Mycroft hummed softly, before he tilted his head, curious. "Now, why would you want to sleep with me, when I am nothing like your John?"

[james_kirk]

Jim rolls his shoulders. "You're very intelligent and you look good in that blue." Jim gestures at the neckpiece. "Or maybe I don't want anyone who's like John?"

[brotherthine]

"Ah yes, the story of my life... I am intelligent, I look good in blue, and I am nothing like the love of your life." Mycroft smirked, but there was no edge to it, no acid. "I am aware of the first, flattered by the second, and as you can see, clearly amused by the third."

[james_kirk]

Jim gives Mycroft a lopsided smile in response. "You're not entirely unlike him. I'm less like him than you are. John was... amazingly smart, shy, selfless, and not a fan of PDA. He loved geology, was great with kids, and would die to save somebody else in a heartbeat, so it's probably a good thing he's practically immortal."

[brotherthine]

Mycroft's eyebrows rose together, before he said wryly, "Well, at least we have a few things in common." They actually did, which surprised him. Although he was not 'great with kids', at least not in a way that made sense to other adults. He spoke to them like they had a possibility of being smarter than their parents, and they often were.

However, the selfless acts of self sacrifice were something that he was well familiar with.

[james_kirk]

"Yeah. I can tell," Jim replies with a small, fond smile. "You're way more proper than he is, though. He uses 'fuck' like it's going out of style."

[brotherthine]

"Dear me. I am sure he must know every way to say it." Mycroft's lips twitched up at the corners.