Six year old Sherlock has been a particularly chaotic gremlin all evening, and Mycroft gives him an early bedtime. He puts him to bed, and reads him his story.
When the story is finished, Sherlock begs Mycroft to stay with him until he falls asleep. However, Mycroft wants to do research on East Germany before he turns in. And he did tell Sherlock that heβd get an early bedtime, and he has to follow through on what he says. . . But Sherlock has been well-behaved since he dressed him in his pyjamas, and he ought to encourage that. And Sherlockβs pleading pulls on his heartstrings.
Mycroft tells Sherlock that he can sleep on the sofa while he does some research in the living room, but heβll have to keep his eyes shut, be quiet and stay under his blanket.
Sherlock smiles and wraps his arms around his big brother. Mycroft lifts him up and carries him downstairs, along with his blanket and bee plushie.
