#moricroft

***WARNING: SPOILERS ARE IN THIS POST ABOUT THE TV SERIES RELATING TO SHERLOCK (BBC)!***

I’m not positive if it’ll be something “new” or “unpopular.” I only saw little content of them or really haven’t run into anyone else shipping this.

So this ship I want to introduce is between James/Jim Moriarty and Mycroft Holmes (which their ship name will be: Jimcroft/Moricroft)! I would think they would have the potential to be a “ship” and I have a few reasons and headcanons that ran around in my mind for a while now.

So we all know that obviously, Mycroft was giving information about his brother Sherlock to Moriarty at the time when Moriarty was “playing a game” with Sherlock and that can be a good start where Moriarty starts to realize he’s actually more interested in Mycroft rather than Sherlock? Also, Mycroft working along with the government (and Sherlock saying that his older brother is basically “the government” himself) is a huge plus in Moriarty’s mind as well. So technically Mycroft was apart of Moriarty’s “game” too and if you think about it, it’s really Mycroft’s fault as well for tearing John and Sherlock apart and having to put Sherlock in no choice but to pretend to be dead for 2 years to resolve and end Moriarty’s “web.”

Also to add to Moriarty’s potential interest in Mycroft, when Eurus called to meet Moriarty and planned to record those audios with him, Moriarty wouldn’t shut up asking about her brother Mycroft. Like they had 5 minutes without surveillance to record the lines from Moriarty and in order for Moriarty to behave and get what she needed from him, she’d have to exchange quick information what she knows about Mycroft and then Moriarty would have to say a line or two in order to get more information on Mycroft. So after their time together, Moriarty walks back out to Mycroft and just flipping winks at him with no context whatsoever before leaving.

Consider this: Moriarty isn’t actually dead. Mycroft is helping Moriarty to hide, meaning that usually, Moriarty stays with Mycroft or at least near him. So now these days, Moriarty and Mycroft are chatting with each other, meeting up to have tea together, etc. 

But also consider: John one day coming over to visit Mycroft late at night, needing advice from Sherlock’s brother about Sherlock. But when John enters, he witnesses Moriarty just walking by him and casually leaving and John is in shock that 1. Moriarty is not dead, 2. Why was Moriarty here at this time of night with Mycroft, and 3. What the hell is going on. Mycroft comes out of his room not too long after and is surprised that John’s here and asks if he would like to sit down and have some tea with him. At first, it’s awkward, they’re both quiet after Mycroft comes back with the tea, then John is straightforward with “I just saw Moriarty walk out of here, what the hell is going on here?” Of course, Mycroft will deny it and tell John he’s just hallucinating, but then, oh boy, here’s the good part: John blackmailing Mycroft.

John just having the most serious face and stern voice and telling Mycroft if he doesn’t explain the situation between them, he’ll tell Sherlock about what he saw. And you know Sherlock is persistent about investigating and will not get rest until he solves whatever case he’s onto. This just shuts Mycroft up for a while before quietly resigning the act and tells John what would he like to know and what he wants. After exchanging information and John getting the advice he needed about Sherlock, he promises Mycroft that he won’t tell Sherlock about their little secret relationship that Mycroft and Moriarty are having.

I’m gonna put a bunch of prompts on my page, please check them out if you’re interested in any and just PM me, I like to RP over email but I don’t mind using tumblr PMs either.

Mycroft Holmes has two weaknesses. One is his brother. The other he keeps in a rural lake house, like an animal in a cage.