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Mycroft Holmes’s media empire is the envy of the news and entertainment industries and gaining a spotlight segment on one of its television programs is the dream of every entertainer, politician and businessperson as the doors it opens for their careers are many and wide. One person, however, has always refused to be featured – the prominent and talented architect and property developer, Greg Lestrade. This time, after another refusal, Mycroft Holmes decides he won’t take no for an answer and informs Mr. Lestrade that he will run a segment with or without Lestrade’s cooperation and, further, he plans to host the special himself. Knowing Mycroft means what he says and not wanting any of his projects to suffer because of interference from television crews running amok, Lestrade agrees on the condition that his work isn’t interrupted and the segment focuses on what he does and the contributions he tries to make to the communities in which he works.
All of that is fine with Mycroft since the point of the exercise is simply to get closer to the handsome architect, who he has admired and pined for since they first met at a party over a decade ago. He now has one true chance to show Lestrade that he’s not the icy media manipulator his reputation paints and, further, he finds the architect the most breathtaking man he’s ever seen. Can a decade of longing-from-afar finally be rewarded or will the deceit needed to gain this chance dash any hopes for something real and meaningful with the man who stole his heart and never gave it back…