Heritage
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After the trip to Buckingham Palace, Sherlock finds out that maybe John's family background was different than he'd thought.
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- Part 1 of Heritage
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“If I’d had a different kind of father, everything would have been different. I might have wished otherwise, but there’s not much about the last twenty years I’d change.”
After the trip to Buckingham Palace, Sherlock finds out that maybe John's family background was different than he'd thought ... and this time, his father is not the problem.
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- Part 2 of Heritage
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John looked up, face calm again but with wounded eyes. “It’s not the way I would have wanted you to meet, but … come in. Father, this is my flatmate and best friend, Sherlock Holmes, and my good friend Detective Inspector Greg Lestrade. Sherlock, Greg—this is my father, Jonathan Brandon.” He paused to swallow. “Earl of Undershaw.”
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- Part 3 of Heritage
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Sherlock looked at his friend, noting the white at the lips, the lines of strain in the forehead, as his fingers curled around the boy’s shoulder. Then, before he could help himself, he asked, “He’s not your nephew, is he?”
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- Part 4 of Heritage
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“Ian?” Sherlock heard the break in John’s voice as he looked at the lanky teenager alone in the waiting room. The boy huddled in a corner, staring at nothing as he absently rubbed at the blood stains on his jeans. His blond head lifted when he heard his name, and for a moment he just looked through John as if he were yet another unknown hospital employee. Then the recognition broke through, and, tears welling up in his eyes, he said, “Dad.”
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- Part 5 of Heritage
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The other man tilted his head, eyes sharp. “You’re very loyal, very quickly, Dr Watson … or should I say Lord Undershaw?”
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- Part 6 of Heritage
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A one-shot look at what might have happened when, in Reichenbach, the Chief Superintendent shows up at 221B with Donovan only to meet, not plain, ordinary (ha!) John Watson, but rather Lord John Hamish Watson Brandon, Earl of Undershaw … who is NOT amused.
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- Part 7 of Heritage
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“Don’t you think you’ve gone too far, this time, Mycroft? No-one knows better than I that you can be petty and vindictive, but I thought you liked John?”
Mycroft’s forehead had pre-emptively creased when Sherlock entered, but now the lines deepened. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, Sherlock.”
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- Part 8 of Heritage
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Easiest case ever, John thought, if his cousin had brought a photo of him at 18. Case done. Person found. Sherlock would only need lift his head and look across the room to ask, “John? Is your surname Brandon, by any chance, rather than Watson?” John could just see it. He would nod in agreement and Sherlock would drop his head back on the couch and say, “I thought as much. Dull. Bored, John!”
What's a man to do when his estranged family hires his own flatmate to find him?
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- Part 9 of Heritage
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“What life? I’ve been away,” Sherlock said. Was this really the time to be playing games? “Just tell me where I can find him, Mycroft.”
“He’ll be at a charity event tonight, one sponsored by the Earl of Undershaw.”
Sherlock tried to ignore the amusement on Mycroft’s face as he told him. What could be so amusing? Charity events were always deadly dull. He was sure this would be no different.
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- Part 10 of Heritage
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John sat back on his heels, rubbing his head absently as he stared at the picture in his hand.
He didn’t look dazed because of the blow to his head, thought Sherlock. It was something else. “What is it?”
“This photo,” John said. “It’s my mother.”
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- Part 11 of Heritage
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What if John’s father had split with his mother before he was born? What if he came looking for him now?
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- Part 12 of Heritage
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One last fragment of the Heritage series ...
What if John didn't find out about his father until it was too late?
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- Part 13 of Heritage