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1. In the Interest of Security by lestracle

   Fandoms: Sherlock (BBC TV 2010), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   07 Apr 2026

   Tags

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   • Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade
   • Mycroft Holmes
   • Greg Lestrade
   • Greg Lestrade's Wife
   • Sherlock Holmes
   • John Watson
   • Sally Donovan
   • greg is married
   • for now
   • Mycroft is smitten
   • Crime Procedural
   • Greg is an alcoholic
   • Mentions of Alcohol Abuse
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • mentions of abduction
   • Abduction
   • Greg is a great cop
   • Slow progression to Mystrade
   • Greg's wife cheats
   • mentions of affairs

   Summary

   Greg Lestrade is, probably, an alcoholic. His wife is cheating on him, his life is falling apart around him, and Mycroft Holmes is complicating matters considerably. After a case lands on his desk that turns out to not be his case after all, Greg finds himself pulled back into the orbit of a man he once did something costly for, something neither of them have ever addressed and something Greg had spent a long time trying not to examine too closely. He's not sure what's worse: the twelve years of silence, or the growing suspicion that Mycroft's been as aware of it as he has.

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   English

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