lestrade dying in a shoot out with a criminal that the yard had been chasing for several months and was almost about to catch. mycroft getting the news that his husband and best friend had died, and him being so shocked and sad that he quits his job and leaves the british government to the next young person with ambition and great ideas. now he only lies in what used to be lestrade’s and his bed and keeps a full glass of scotch on the bedside table and just feels empty. he no longer wears bespoke suits, only lestrade’s old t-shirts that barely smell like him anymore

mycroft showing at the very last minute to the yard’s new years eve party, and at midnight he sneaks up behind lestrade who is thoroughly buzzed from the punch bowl and taps him on the shoulder. lestrade turns around and smiles and mycroft pecks him on the lips because theyre surrounded by so many people, but lestrade smirks and pulls him in for a full on french kiss. mycroft pulls away and his ears are so red

mycroft always keeps one window of his bank of computer monitors on lestrade and one day while he’s in the middle of a terribly boring meeting he looks at the window, because its become a reflex by now, and lestrade is in his office going over paperwork and suddenly he stares directly at the camera and smiles

mycroft riding on the back of greg’s motorcycle and hes going way too fast and oh dear god so he snuggles into lestrade’s back and holds on for his fucking life

greg secretly calls mycroft “my” in his head. he does it both because its cute but also because if mycroft knew it would frustrate him to no end.

lestrade being really into biking, and when he gets up at five am to change into his bike shorts, a half-awake mycroft just stares with barely open eyes at his butt covered in lycra

pre-slash greg treating mycroft like “one of the guys” at a crime scene that mycroft has decided to “drop in” on and smacking him on his back and laughing, while mycroft is suitably shocked and while he’ll never admit it, blushing just the tiniest bit

lestrade getting mycroft into hard rock music and showing him his band shirts from all of the concerts he’s been to. mycroft being overwhelmed by the sheer number of shirts he owns.

mycroft and lestrade cuddling on the couch. lestrade leaning back on mycroft and mycroft inhaling deeply and then tucking lestrade’s head underneath his chin.

mycroft and greg adopt a cat and mycroft is incredibly allergic and sneezes pretty much constantly when he’s at home (which is not often), but lestrade likes the cat and having the cat sit on his lap while he’s reading case files so the cat stays

mycroft and lestrade spooning in bed. mycroft being the little spoon and gregory craning up to place a kiss on the back of mycroft’s neck. mycroft sighing slightly and wiggling his butt further into lestrade.

pre-slash mycroft winking at gregory while he’s drinking tea, and lestrade snorting and getting tea up his nose.

lestrade kissing mycroft’s closed eyes. mycroft moving his nose up into gregory’s neck and nuzzling him.

mycroft coming to lestrade’s office when he knows that lestrade is having a boring day doing paperwork after a big case and surprising him with the tea that lestrade loves but never gets because it’s too expensive.

mycroft coming home after a long day running the british government and crawling into bed, waking lestrade up and mycroft putting a hand on his shoulder and whispering “go back to sleep gregory dear” and placing a kiss on his forehead.