Confirmation. Mycroft and Lestrade are the perfect pairing. This was fantastically tense, the nonsense train of thought spewings were really fun to read. The torture was hard to read (as it should be!) and the scenes w/Mycroft, Sherlock, and John were unbeatable--each character exactly right. And the end--well, obviously--squee inducing. I really loved it. Only thing that could make it better is if Gatiss and Moffat would read your stuff and decide they might as well do a separate series that is all M and L. Eager for more!