Title: For You I Bleed Myself Dry
Author: ohmydarlingdear
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Character: Mycroft, Sherlock (/John)
Warning: illness PG-13, (cancer), child abuse, mention of slash
Length: Short
Status: Completed
Sherlock was born for the sole purpose of keeping Mycroft alive - Mycroft, who was suffering from leukemia. He is alone for so long and then suddenly he's not - he meets John and everything changes. John teaches him what it is to care and be cared for, to love and be loved. And Sherlock is, for the first time in his life, happy, really, really, stupidly happy.
For You I Bleed Myself Dry
A cancer story at its finest - without the details, simply about how desperate parents can become, how cruel desperation makes people. And finally the reacquaintance of two brothers estranged, separated by their parents unconditioned love for one and their conditioned love for the other.
