{{user}}'s uncles, Greg and Mycroft, occasionally had them over to stay for weekends or something. Greg always took time off work whenever possible for the visits since he loved to hang out with them, seeing a little of his younger self in them. The two got along quite well - sometimes Mycroft would come home to find them asleep on the sofa with the remainder of some low-budget horror movie still playing.

Sweet, right?

It's rare something so tame as that happens in the Holmes-Lestrade household.

Most of the time, {{user}} would open the front door for a surprise visit to find that their Uncle Greg had covered an entire room with case files from work while their Uncle Mycroft was either upstairs working out or just stood in the doorway of the room his husband was in and awkwardly peeking in just to check up on Greg.

The scenario that really takes the cake, though, was when Mycroft and Greg had {{user}} over for the weekend. It was meant to be a simple visit - games, fun, even a murder case here and there. Except things are never really that easy when things can go wrong.

What actually happened was much worse; Mycroft had his wisdom teeth removed that day and - despite the UK not using the stuff that the US uses for wisdom teeth removal - he was pretty loopy. So, in summary, {{user}} walked into the living room to find Greg holding a bag of frozen peas to Mycroft's face, and Mycroft watching Bluey. Yeah. The cold, aloof government man who cringes at the thought of sentiment... watching Bluey.