For once, when James walked into Q-Branch it was completely silent. Of course there was the tapping of fingers on keys, and the rustle of paperwork, but there wasn't the normal laughter and murmur of conversation. It was creepy, but when he saw Q, it was obvious why.

Q looked terrible. He was much paler than usual and as James watched, he saw Q hesitate over his typing. On another person, this would be normal. They wouldn't know what to type, or where a certain key was, but Q typed like lightning, and a hesitation was like another person bursting into tears. James could tell he wasn't the only one to notice, if the minions glancing worriedly at their Overlord was any indication.

Then, to less surprise than it should have been, Mycroft Holmes walked in. He walked slowly, warily, and he looked almost as, if not more, tired than Q. James looked at Q, to see if he noticed his brother's entrance. Q stiffened slightly, and glanced up, but then immediately continued working, as if to ignore his brother. Holmes walked up to Q, still wary.

"Q?" for once Holmes looked scared, and worried. James had seen the man stressed, one time after a meeting, where the man had seemed especially worn, M had told him that there was a bit of trouble with a phone that contained important information, and that Holmes' brother was wrapped up in it.

Q pointedly ignored his brother, and Holmes' spine stiffened. Obviously the best way to give the man back his steel was a little sibling rivalry. "Q, stop this childish act. It isn't becoming of you."

"Sherlock and I were always closer after Myc pushed him away." it was obvious that Q was talking to Holmes, despite the fact he was looking at the screen and typing. Then Q looked directly at Holmes, and James could see the tears swimming in his eyes. "He was my older brother Mycroft. And it is your fault that he is now gone. Moriarty made him jump off that roof, but you gave him the leverage. This is one thing I will never forget, whether or not I ever talk to you again. Do not forget that Mycroft. I will not forgive this one sin."

Holmes opened his mouth, then snapped it shut, and turned and walked towards the door. Right before he walked through, he looked back, and said "I know, Q. I know. You may never forgive me, but if Moriarty lives, he best not forget one thing. He has raised the fury of the Holmes. Mother and Sons. And if he lives, so does Sherlock." and then he left.

James glance back at Q, and when he saw the steel back in the hacker's eyes, he shivered. He was glad that it had not been him who had dared raise that fury.