17 Works by Tal
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A young Klaus Hargreeves is summoned by his father after wearing a skirt during a mission. He expects to be berated.
A take on Klaus' school boy uniform in which Reginald is still an a-hole, but not the bigot one might expect.
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So why do the Holmes Brothers, with all their intellect, play that silly game? Or; two times Sherlock got Mycroft to play Operation and one time Mycroft got Sherlock to.
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A take on Hannibal’s past for the TV series, as the past described in Hannibal Rises would be out of date for it. Title might change.
Some killers are born, some are created, but the Devil has always just been there.
Chapter one – An introduction: “Most of the rooms of his palace are bleak. They reflect the outside world.” A boy, five years of age, raised in Lithuania in the days of the Cold War.
Chapter two - A magnifying glass: "He’s five-and-a-half when his mother gives birth to a baby girl. " -
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"There’s this romantic notion about the trenches. Something about heroes and this is where they die..."
Thomas Barrow begs to differ. A monologue about his life in the trenches and what might have lead him to do what he did.
Songfic set to 'The Soldiering Life' by the Decemberists. Sardonically.
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"Are you threatening me? Because of a youthful dalliance? A few weeks of madness in a London Season?" Said the Duke of Crowborough to Thomas Barrow. This is a story of what might have happened in those weeks of madness and why they ended the way they ended.
Thomas Barrow is no fool. He knows who he is, he knows what that makes him, and he knows what he can get. He has learned to live the life he's been dealt and he doesn't seek out what he can't have. And he's fine, really.
But sometimes something good comes along and the hope of not dying alone, the possibility of being loved wins over common sense. Happens to the best. And when Thomas meets the Duke of Crowborough, it happens to him.
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“I squeezed his arm. It would be the worst mistake in my then short career in the British Government, losing me our good nation's trust, invaluable secret information and nearly costing me my job. This is not a story, not a memoire, it's a confession and one that will not be included in the files to be read fifty years after my death.”
Mycroft will always wear that ring, as a reminder of this and final proof that caring is never an advantage.
A little ring story, something that might have happened. From Mycroft's POV, no romance, no sentimentalisation. Because it's Mycroft.
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"Fear is those fifteen minutes in the morning I need every day to recall who I am. Not where I am, or what day it is, these matters are easily forgotten and should cause no dread on my behalf. No, I forget who I am..."
Guy Burgess, living in the Soviet Union after his defection, reflects on his fears.
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"He sits patiently on a chair in the research lab of St. Bart’s, absently leafing through a book on chemical science. "
Mycroft meets with Sherlock after the fall, as planned. Short missing scene, or at least a take on a scene I hope we'll see next season. It's just a bit of the Holmes brother being Holmeses and Mycroft being part of the plot. I believe in Mycroft Holmes as much as I believe in Sherlock Holmes.
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"It’s just a keystroke. Nowadays, that’s all it takes. The pressing down of a black plastic rectangular shaped block. ‘Enter’; sounds almost inviting. ‘Accept’; is almost cheerful. Pushing down a key is less than a second’s work. Simple. Effective."
A shortish drabble of one man and the power he holds in Government. At the stroke of a key.
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"If one should like to enter into a debate of near poetical and philosophical nature – this is a sanctuary of a certain kind. "
Guy Burgess reflects on the poetry of a public loo, and fails to pay attention to his surroundings, leading him to his current predicament; restrained by a police officer, against the wall.
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- Kudos:
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- It's only a small sniff, breaking the otherwise perfect silence, but it causes Sherlock to look up and shoot his brother a sideway glare. “Crying, Mycroft, really?” -
The two brothers at their mother's funeral. Both deal with the situation in their different ways. There is talk of tears and respect. There is glaring frustration and stoic calmness. Many things are left unsaid, but one thing is clear: the Holmes boys are not two for conventional mourning.
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Mycroft said it; 'you can imagine the Christmas dinners'. The answer, is simple: no, you can’t. You can't imagine the Christmas dinners because there aren't any. And the brothers will tell you why.
Told from Sherlock's and then from Mycroft's point of view. A little story on the reason behind their 'childish feud'.
Warnings: implied drug use.
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Lestrade says he's known Sherlock for five years. So, what happened five years ago?
Short drabble, yet another take on their first meeting.
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He's been reliably informed that he doesn't have a heart. When did that happen and what reliable source told him?
A take on the origin of Sherlock's 'I've been reliably informed that I don't have one.'
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- Part 3 of Behind the quote
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Why is it Sherlock, who deletes all knowledge he finds useless, knows about ancient skulls? And why does he care about their survival in the museum?
A take on the origin of the quote 'Careful! Some of those skulls are over 200,000 years old. Have a bit of respect!'
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- Part 2 of Behind the quote
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Why is it Sherlock, who doesn't know the Earth revolves around the Sun, can (sort of) quote Apollo 13ths famous words?
A take on the origin of Sherlock's 'Houston, we have a mistake!'
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- Part 1 of Behind the quote
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From Mycroft's point of view, the troubled relationship between the Holmes' brothers. In a songfic. Because there's nothing quite like the combination of Mycroft and dance-pop.
Rated slightly for implied drug-use.
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- 1,232
- Chapters:
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